Full-Time

Lead Electrical Engineer

Cambridge, MA

Posted on 4/18/2024

Superpedestrian

Superpedestrian

51-200 employees

Develops technology for micro-electric vehicles

Robotics & Automation

Senior, Expert

Cambridge, MA, USA

Required Skills
Altium
Requirements
  • 7+ years of relevant experience with a minimum BS in Electrical Engineering.
  • Experience supervising teams and working as an individual contributor.
  • 4+ years experience developing embedded hardware incorporating ARM processors, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Cellular, or similar devices including production release and scaling.
  • Comfortable in start-up operation environment, applying rigor and resourcefulness to meet short and long-term goals, with a collaborative spirit.
  • Demonstrated success bringing a product or assembly through its entire lifecycle from initial concept to production manufacturing to sustaining support and engineering.
  • Interest and ability to mentor and develop an electrical engineering team.
  • Proficiency in circuit design and layout (Altium experience highly valued).
  • Proficiency in design of wiring, cabling, shielding, noise management, transient suppression, electrical packaging, heat sinking, and analog circuit design.
  • Extensive experience designing microcontroller systems with multiple communication protocols (CAN, I2C, SPI, serial, etc.).
  • Experience processing and analyzing data emitted from embedded systems through modern data analysis techniques.
  • Experience bringing products through EMC and electrical safety certification processes.
  • Experience with circuit simulation tools such as LTspice.
  • Strong capability with standard electrical diagnostic tools (e.g. oscilloscope, logic analyzer, spectrum analyzer, signal generator) and demonstrated capability in circuit bread-boarding and PCBA bring-up and debug
  • Automotive systems and electronics experience is a plus.
  • Working knowledge of C or C++ programming languages in an embedded environment.
  • Experience with hands-on projects and familiarity with workshop tools.
  • Excellent communication, teamwork, and leadership skills.
Responsibilities
  • Lead critical design and development activities for electrical and electronic hardware products.
  • Assist with and contribute to conceptual design and product requirements for novel transportation platforms.
  • Provide group-wide technical guidance for electrical design from concept work to full-scale manufacturing.
  • Identify and supervise appropriate test methods for both prototype and production-level hardware.
  • Engage in intra-company collaboration between electrical, firmware, mechanical, product, manufacturing, and operations.
  • Supervise and coach engineers of all experience levels with an eye toward their continued development and the overall performance of the electrical engineering team.

Superpedestrian specializes in developing technologies for micro-electric vehicles, including the Copenhagen Wheel and the LINK electric scooter. Their proprietary Vehicle Intelligence System (VIS) autonomously detects and protects against over 100 common malfunctions, enhancing vehicle safety and reducing costs for fleet operators.

Company Stage

M&A

Total Funding

$267.8M

Headquarters

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Founded

2013

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

-42%

1 year growth

-43%

2 year growth

-50%
INACTIVE