Lead Electrical Engineer

Intramotev is building self-propelled battery-electric railcars and vehicles, and is looking for a Lead Electrical Engineer to own the electrical architecture, integration approach, and component-level requirements across the full vehicle electrical stack. In this hands-on technical leadership role, you will guide a team of 4–6 engineers while making the critical calls that connect high-voltage energy systems to control electronics that interface with the autonomy stack.

Role overview

You will own the electrical requirements and integration for traction-class energy systems, spanning high-voltage (HV) energy storage, distribution, and conversion through vehicle wiring and control electronics. Intramotev specifies and qualifies supplied electronics and energy-storage hardware, and you will carry responsibility for those requirements and integration activities from concept through production and into the field.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical direction of a team of 4–6 electrical engineers, including day-to-day tasking, design reviews, technical mentoring, and skills development, while unblocking the team on the most challenging electrical problems.
• Own electrical architecture across HV energy systems, control units and remote I/O, harness and low-voltage distribution, and traction or motor control electronics, making trade-offs across performance, cost, and schedule.
• Define and own functional and performance requirements for every electrical component and system, carrying those requirements through integration and validation, including for hardware that is purchased rather than built.
• Direct architecture and integration for HV energy storage, distribution, and conversion, including charging and motor control, isolation, and electrical safety for traction-class energy systems.
• Drive ECUs and remote I/O modules from requirements through supplier selection, integration, bring-up, and validation, including transition from prototype hardware to qualified production units.
• Own harness architecture, routing, connector selection, and harness documentation in RapidHarness, along with low-voltage power, communications, and sensing that connect the HV system into vehicle controls, perception, and safety.
• Set team standards for design, test, and validation, taking electrical hardware from concept through design validation and into production, including EMC/EMI mitigation on high-power drivetrains.
• Serve as the primary electrical point of contact for systems, software, mechanical, and manufacturing leadership, ensuring clean hardware/software interfaces, and owning relationships with key suppliers and a contract-manufacturer partnership for electronics and harness builds.
• Own electrical release and change control, resolve issues on fielded systems, and lead root-cause analysis to closure across the product lifecycle.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of electrical engineering and design experience for vehicles or complex industrial equipment, including time in a technical leadership role.
• Demonstrated technical leadership of engineers, including day-to-day tasking, design review, technical mentoring, and skill development.
• Hands-on ownership across all three areas: (1) electronic control unit or embedded hardware development (in-house or supplier-specified and qualified), (2) wire harness and low-voltage distribution design, and (3) high-voltage energy storage or power-conversion systems.
• Experience taking electrical hardware from concept through design validation and into production.
• Willingness to expand into technical areas beyond current expertise and develop innovative approaches.
• Comfort working in a team environment both as an individual contributor and as a leader.
• Fluency in written and verbal English.
• U.S. Person requirement: no immigration or work visa sponsorship will be provided.

Technologies

• RapidHarness
• CAN
• Ethernet
• PLM/PDM

Compensation & benefits

• Base salary: $125,000 – $150,000 per year plus equity
• Medical coverage: Intramotev covers 100% of employee medical premiums, with low-cost dental and vision options
• Vacation: Unlimited paid time off for full-time employees
• Equity: Equity available for full-time employees
• Parental leave: Paid time off for new parents

Additional information

• Location: St. Louis, MO (onsite)
• Employment type: Full-time, 100% in-office
• Travel: Occasional domestic travel for testing, integration, demonstrations, and customer interactions
• Relocation: Competitive relocation package for qualified candidates

Intramotev is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military or veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.