Cosmic Robotics
Senior Electrical Engineer
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- Arrangement
- On-site
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior
- Posted
- 19 August 2026 (about a month ago)
Checked 6 days agoApplications go to the employer, never to RoleSprint
About this role
Senior Electrical Engineer
Location: San Francisco, CA (full time, in-person)
Company Overview
Our mission is to accelerate the construction of critical infrastructure on Earth while pioneering technologies to enable humanity to build beyond. Starting with Cosmic-1 – a system that installs solar panels 10x faster than today’s methods, helping us transition to a clean energy future and laying the groundwork for the future of autonomous construction.
The Role
As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you will own a critical Cosmic-1 subsystem and lead development from concept to deployment. As a core member of the team, you will help define the era of autonomous construction.
This is a rare opportunity to:
- Work on hard, meaningful problems that impact the future of infrastructure and energy.
- Collaborate with a world-class team from NASA, SpaceX, Google, Built Robotics, and others.
- Rapidly grow, learn, and lead within a quickly scaling company.
Responsibilities
- Own hardware components and systems such as the high voltage system, low voltage system, custom HV batteries, embedded systems, PCB assemblies, and harnesses
- Full product lifecycle ownership from requirements collection, trade studies, preliminary and detailed design, development, and overseeing manufacturing, integration, testing, and customer delivery
- Work with manufacturing, mechanical, software, and product engineers to develop innovative new solutions to complex interdisciplinary problems
- Work with vendors and suppliers to find creative solutions to tight deadlines
- Set milestones, plan roadmaps, and deliver on ambitious timelines
- Recruit, mentor, and build a world-class engineering organization
Requirements
- 3+ years of professional engineering experience
- Excellent first-principles understanding of analog and digital circuit design and circuit analysis and simulation
- Expert electrical design skills using software such as Altium designer
- Strong programming skills in Python or C++
- Superb failure analysis and electrical system troubleshooting skills
- Experience designing or developing high voltage vehicle electrical systems including familiarity with high voltage batteries and power electronics as well as HV safety standards and components
- Excellent communication and project management skills
- Thrive in fast-paced environments and push boundaries to meet deadlines
Bonus
- 5+ years of professional engineering experience in electrical design or development
- Management and recruiting experience
Work location
- San Francisco, CA, US
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Published 19 August 2026, last checked 6 days ago. A posting stops being advertised here 90 days after the employer published it, and one the employer takes down is marked closed rather than quietly removed.