Standard Subsea
Hardware Engineer
$120K–$175K
Los Angeles · On-site · Full-time · Posted Sep 20, 2026
- Experience
- No specific number of years stated; the posting prioritizes practical build experience.
- Education
- Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field is listed as a bonus; no equivalent-experience language stated.
About the job
Develop, build, install, and test end-to-end electrical systems for uncrewed surface vessels, from schematics and prototypes through commissioning and sea trials.
What you'll do
- Design vessel systems for power, propulsion, energy storage, control, communications, and high voltage; create schematics and manage power budgets.
- Build and install harnesses, connectors, enclosures, and simple PCBs; commission systems and troubleshoot them on the water.
- Select components and establish grounding, shielding, and protection while coordinating with mechanical and software engineers and considering safety, EMC, and marine compliance.
What they ask for
- Hands-on experience building electrical hardware.
- Comfort with high voltage, including safe isolation, lockout, and arc-flash awareness.
- Hands-on experience with harnesses, connectors, and installations; ability to lay out simple power-distribution, breakout, or integration boards.
- Knowledge of power distribution, protection, control interfaces, and high-reliability component selection; experience taking a design through prototype to field use.
Nice to have
- Experience with uncrewed or remotely operated marine vehicles or other harsh-environment platforms; high-reliability or mission-critical electrical systems.
- Experience with hybrid power, battery management, energy storage, or reliability methods such as derating, FMEA, and MTBF; degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
Pay
$120K – $175K USD base salary
Tools
PCBs, COTS boards, FMEA, MTBF
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