Electrical Engineer

Nautilus Defense LLC Staff Electrical Engineer Pawtucket, RI
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Nautilus is seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer to provide technical leadership in the design, development, and delivery of low-power, compact embedded electronics for textile-integrated systems. The ideal candidate brings deep experience architecting embedded hardware, with a strong track record of taking products from early concept through validation, manufacturing, and deployment.

Rhode Island based Nautilus Defense builds state-of-the-art textile-integrated systems for monitoring high-value assets and their environments. Our technologies enable the broad distribution and interconnection of electronics in textiles without detracting from their mechanical properties. We leverage these technologies to develop systems of immediate value to our customers while continuously advancing their readiness for manufacturing and use at scale.

Nautilus is a small interdisciplinary team structured tofacilitatethe rapid experimental development of novel integrated systems. Nautilus team members alldemonstratehigh levelsof technical leadership and personal autonomy. The ideal candidate for this position has experience working both independently and as a member of a fast-moving, high-performing team. Technical craftmanship and integrity are paramount to success in this position.

Nautilus is seeking a
Staff Electrical Engineer
to provide technical leadership in the design, development, and delivery of low-power, compact embedded electronics for textile-integrated systems. The ideal candidate brings deep experience architecting embedded hardware, with a strong track recordof takingproductsfrom early concept through validation, manufacturing, and deployment.

This role spans the full embedded hardware lifecycle—from early system architecture through schematic capture, PCB layout, validation, and production support. As a Staff Engineer, you will help shape technical direction, guide design decisions thatimpactmanufacturability and reliability, and collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams toproductizesystems where power efficiency, physical footprint, RF performance, and robust communication are critical.

This position requires US Citizenship.

Job Responsibilities:

• Architect, design, and deliver embedded PCBs integrating microcontrollers, SoCs, sensors, and power management circuits
• Provide technical ownership of schematic capture and PCB layout, balancing electrical performance, RF considerations, mechanical constraints, and manufacturability
• Lead board bring-up, debugging, and validation of prototype and production hardware using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and related lab equipment
• Drive hardware through verification, qualification, and release to manufacturing, supporting multiple product revisions as needed
• Support system-level integration, test strategy development, and root-cause analysis of field or manufacturing issues
• Define and implement digital interfaces such as I²C, SPI, UART, USB, GPIO, and wireless interfaces
• Collaborate closely with firmware engineers to ensure reliable hardware/software co-design and integration
• Support rapid prototyping, iterative board revisions, and design-for-manufacture (DFM) and design-for-test (DFT) activities
• Establish andmaintainclear documentation for hardware designs, test procedures, and revision history to support product lifecycle needs
• Participate in and lead design reviews, contributing to system architecture and long-term platform decisions
• Mentor andprovidetechnical guidance to other engineers on embedded and RF hardware best practices
• Contribute to R&D efforts to evolve core technology capabilities and transition them into shipped products

Preferred

Skills and Experience:

• 9+ years of experience designing, debugging, anddeployingembedded hardware products from concept through production
• Demonstrated ownership of hardware that has entered manufacturing or fielded use
• Proficiency with schematic capture and PCB layout tools (e.g., Altium Designer,KiCad, OrCAD)
• Strong understanding of PCB design best practices for…