Electrical Engineer

Orpheus Ocean Inc is seeking a full-time Senior Electrical Engineer to play a key role in the research, development, manufacturing, testing, and operation of our robotic autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) platforms, payloads, and equipment. As part of our core engineering team, you will help advance the deep-ocean exploration capabilities of our autonomous platforms, supporting survey, assessment, and monitoring for rapidly expanding sectors of the blue economy - including seabed minerals, offshore wind, and critical subsea infrastructure.

Orpheus Ocean is revolutionizing exploration of Earth's final frontier: the deep ocean. We are a venture-backed, MA-based startup that is designing, building and operating novel autonomous platforms for ultra-scalable deep ocean access, to unlock and secure the future of the blue economy. Our flagship Orpheus AUV is the first to enable untethered interaction with the seafloor and agile exploration of environments down to 6,000 meters.

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As a Senior Electrical Engineer at Orpheus Ocean, you will work closely with a multidisciplinary team to design and deliver robust electrical systems for our robotic platforms, payloads, and supporting infrastructure. The ideal candidate will take ownership of all electrical aspects of our products and grow with the company, potentially into a leadership role.

• Electrical design, analysis, and documentation of components, assemblies, and subsystems spanning power systems, motor control, communication interfaces, circuit protection, grounding, signal integrity analysis, and embedded computers
• Design and validate high-reliability power systems including battery packs, BMS integration, DC-DC conversion, power distribution, load switching, and fault protection
• Perform power budgeting, thermal analysis, and energy modeling for mission planning
• Design and implement fault detection, isolation, and recovery mechanisms (FDIR) to ensure AUV electrical systems are robust, repeatable, and safe under failure conditions.
• Support engineering, manufacturing, testing, and operations workflows by maintaining clear communication, documentation, and revision control of high-quality schematics, block diagrams, wiring diagrams, interface control documents, and specifications
• Own component selection, vendor qualification, and lifecycle management for critical electrical hardware
• Fabricate circuit card assemblies and electrical systems via soldering (through-hole and SMT), crimping, and connector termination
• Perform inspection, test, and qualification of system and subsystem assemblies including circuit card assemblies, wiring harnesses, and individual components.
• Develop and conduct test plans for bench, tank, and open-water testing of Orpheus AUV electrical systems for factory acceptance and to troubleshoot technical issues to achieve functionality and compliance
• Conducting and documenting failure modes and effects analysis to identify root-causes and implement design improvements
• Own electrical system architecture including power, signal, grounding, and communication topology across the full vehicle and payload stack
• Support system integration, bring-up, and validation efforts alongside systems test engineering, including debugging and resolving electrical issues
• Collaborate with mechanical and systems engineering to ensure proper integration of electrical systems within pressure housings, thermal constraints, and subsea interfaces
• Contributing to process development, systems architecture decisions, and overall product evolution
• Managing and mentoring junior electrical engineers and technicians
• Participate in offshore field work

This role offers significant ownership, hands-on work, and direct impact on next-generation ocean robotics.

You are a self-motivated engineer who thrives in fast-paced, hardware-driven environments and enjoys tackling difficult technical challenges. You can independently drive development cycles and take assigned high-level objectives from concept to finished product with rigor and creativity. You are driven to do whatever it takes to get the job done, wearing numerous hats across responsibilities and disciplines, while enthusiastically learning outside of your existing skillset and experiences.

You are capable of working across electrical design, fabrication, testing, and operations. You communicate clearly, collaborate well as a part of an interdisciplinary team, and are energized by building real systems that operate in the ocean.

As a pivotal member of our early-stage team, you must be enthusiastic and prepared to overcome the challenges associated with a growing seed-stage startup, and do so with respect, responsibility, and resilience. You must be adaptive and continually in pursuit of self/team-improvement in a workplace culture that expects all team members to both positively solicit and provide frequent constructive feedback to/from all colleagues, supervisors, and executives.