Lead Electrical Engineer

Position Title: Lead Electrical Engineer

About Us

At Intramotev, we are dedicated to revolutionizing the freight industry by liberating tons of freight from congested highways, reducing carbon emissions, and enhancing transportation efficiency. We are deploying self-propelled battery-electric railcars and vehicles to transform freight logistics and bring innovation to our rail network.

Based in St. Louis, MO, we are committed to promoting industrial revitalization, saving lives, and minimizing the environmental impact of trucking.

We actively foster a work environment for every teammate that's welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunities for professional growth. Find your future with us.

We are seeking a Lead Electrical Engineer to own the electrical architecture, integration, and requirements for our self-propelled battery-electric railcars and vehicles — from the high-voltage (HV) energy system through vehicle wiring to the control electronics that tie the vehicle into the autonomy stack. This is a technical leadership role: you set the direction for a team of 4–6 electrical engineers and carry the hardest calls across four areas — high-voltage energy storage, distribution, and conversion, including charging and motor control;

the vehicle's electronic control units (ECUs) and remote I/O modules; wire harness and low-voltage power, communications, and sensing; and traction inverters and powertrain electrical integration. We are an integrator: we specify and qualify supplied electronic and energy-storage hardware rather than designing boards or battery packs in house. Where the hardware is supplied, the requirements and the integration are still yours to own, concept through production and into the field.

Breadth is the defining characteristic of the role — the same person owns all four areas.

This is a full-time, 100% in-office role based in St. Louis, MO. Alongside leading the electrical team, you'll work cross-functionally on project teams of 3–10 engineers drawn from multiple disciplines, and engage in occasional domestic travel for testing, integration, demonstrations, and customer interactions.

• Leadership & Mentoring: Lead the technical direction of a team of 4–6 electrical engineers — day-to-day tasking, design review, technical mentoring, and skill development — and unblock the team on its hardest electrical problems.

• Design & Architecture: Own electrical architecture across high-voltage energy systems, control units and remote I/O, harness and low-voltage distribution, and traction/motor control electronics; make the critical trade-offs on performance, cost, and schedule.

• Requirements Ownership: Define and own the functional and performance requirements for every electrical component and system on the vehicle, and carry them through integration and validation — including for hardware we buy rather than build.

• High-Voltage & Energy Systems: Direct the architecture and integration of HV energy storage, distribution, and conversion, including charging and motor control, isolation, and electrical safety for traction-class energy systems.

• Control Unit Development: Drive the vehicle's ECUs and remote I/O modules from requirements through supplier selection, integration, bring-up, and validation, including the transition from prototype hardware to qualified production units.

• Harness Development: Own harness architecture, routing, connector selection, and harness documentation in Rapid Harness, along with the low-voltage power, communications, and sensing that tie the HV system into vehicle controls, perception, and safety.

• Testing & Validation: Set the team's design, test, and validation standards; take electrical hardware…