Power Systems Engineer

Employment Type: Direct Hire, Full-Time (On-Site)

Compensation

• P2: $135,000 per year
• P3: $170,000 per year

Who we’re looking for

As a Power Systems Engineer, you will be working full-time in Torrance office on the Commercial Systems team reporting to the head of commercial architecture and working on designing new electric and hybrid propulsion systems to make port operations cheaper, quieter, and less emissive.

Core responsibilities

• Owning the design and integration of high voltage systems, including protection and control schemes
• Getting hands-on with wiring, testing, and debugging both high and low voltage systems
• Owning the development and use of bench test systems, ensuring feature parity between bench systems and production vessels
• Contributing to functional spec development, reviews and the proceeding SW/controls feature testing
• Supporting sea trials to validate and certify systems
• Interfacing with component suppliers, partner shipyards, and vessel operators, with occasional travel (5-10% of the time)
• Solid electrical fundamentals and electrical engineering knowledge
• Experience with power electronics and high voltage energy storage systems
• Experience with automotive and industrial communication protocols (CAN, LIN, Modbus, etc)
• Familiar with MATLAB/Simulink, oscilloscopes, and other specialized tools
• Practical experience designing, building, and troubleshooting hardware in production environments
• Clear written and verbal communication
• Comfortable pushing at a fast but sustainable pace
• Comfortable spending time on boats in the field to collect test data
• We value engineers who take full ownership, apply first-principles thinking, and prioritize technical problems effectively for the most business value
• Firsthand experience working on commercial vessels
• Understanding of ABS, USCG, and IEC standards for high-voltage and energy storage systems on commercial vessels
• Experience with functional safety (DFMEA, redundancy strategies) for mission-critical systems
• Experience with EMI/EMC and grounding in high-power marine or automotive environments, including filtering and shielding practices
• Familiar with firmware development for unit testing and integration
• Familiar with Linux, LTSpice, Zuken, and Altium

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PAY TRANSPARENCY POLICY STATEMENT

Compensation for roles at Suna Solutions varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to the specific client, office or remote location, role, skill set and level of experience. As required by local law, Suna Solutions provides a reasonable pay scale to include the hourly or salary range that Suna Solutions reasonably expects to pay for roles that may be hired in California, Colorado, New York City or Washington.