We’d love to hear from you if you want to
Join a quickly growing, profitable startup ($5M contracts won in last 18 months)
Work on a product with hypergrowth metrics (14X revenue in last 12 months)
Solve problems in a huge market ($1T market size)
Work on products that have an impact in the real world
About this role:
Picogrid is looking for a Electrical Hardware Development Engineer who is passionate about advancing the state of the art in defense. As a foundational member of Picogrid’s engineering team, you will work closely with our founders to define our core technology stack, engineering culture, and product roadmap.
In this role:
You will design, test, and deploy electromechanical systems to enable the deployment of autonomous sensor technology across the globe
You will raise the bar for defense technology and set a new paradigm for how autonomous systems are designed and deployed
You will NOT get bored, working across diverse engineering problems and eventually shaping your role as an individual contributor or manager
You will work alongside top machine learning, hardware, and software engineers
Who you are
You take extreme ownership and maintain a deep understanding of your hardware through detailed design, hardware bring-up/characterization/testing, requirements generation/verification, and by seeing your hardware through all aspects of its lifecycle
You thrive in fast-paced environments with fluctuating requirements and blank-sheet designs
You test and iterate on designs to enable high-field reliability and performance in all environments and use cases
You are able to define electrical architecture and design, product requirements, component selection, analysis, and schematic capture with thorough documentation
You are experienced in circuit and full-product bring-up, debugging, troubleshooting and confidence, acceptance, and qualification best practices
Some types of experiences we’re especially excited to see:
3+ years of professional experience designing and delivering production-ready electrical systems
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, mechatronics, computer engineering, or another engineering discipline
You have a multidisciplinary background with an ability to work closely with software, firmware, mechanical, PCB layout, integration test, manufacturing, and deployment teams
Active clearance or eligible to obtain clearance
Experience (or interest in) building climate tech, defense tech, or related fields
Why join us?
Picogrid is a profitable, quickly growing company building hardware-software systems for public and private sector customers. We offer:
Stock options with a high upside (early stage)
Minimum starting salary of $110,000
Unlimited PTO and eleven paid holidays
Full Health Coverage (medical, dental, and vision)
Daily office-provided lunches and dinners
Remote/hybrid-friendly work environment
A $300 per year learning stipend that can be used on Audible, Calm, Masterclass, Duolingo, and more
A one-time stipend of $500 to assist with expenses that come with setting up a home office
Unique office in El Segundo, CA, stocked with quality coffee, snacks, and craft beer
Interview Process
You apply
Conversation with our engineering team about your work experience
1-2 hour take-home project
Onsite interviews
We make you an offer 🎉
About Picogrid
Picogrid is a defense technology company that builds a common platform for autonomous systems.
We connect fragmented technologies including visual surveillance, radar, and electronic warfare to enable new capabilities across sensors, artificial intelligence, and command and control systems.
From day one, your work will touch the lives of our users across the U.S. Army, Air Force, CAL FIRE, PG&E, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife, and others.
Export Control Requirements
To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
