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Electrical Engineer - R&D Team

Los AngelesOn-siteFull-time

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Electrical Engineer to design, analyze, prototype, and integrate electrical and electromechanical systems for Direct Air Carbon Capture reactors and related test infrastructure, including hardware-in-the-loop digital twins.

About this role

About Deep Sky
Deep Sky is on a mission to accelerate the world's transition to carbon removal by developing and operating direct air capture (DAC) facilities. Our state-of-the-art plant in Innisfail will play a crucial role in capturing CO₂ directly from the atmosphere, helping combat climate change on a global scale. Join us in this groundbreaking journey to achieve net-zero.

Job Overview
We are seeking an Electrical Engineer to join Deep Sky's R&D Engineering Team onsite in Los Angeles, CA to design, analyze, prototype, and integrate electrical and electromechanical systems for Direct Air Carbon Capture reactors and the supporting test infrastructure including hardware-in-the-loop digital twin systems. If you have a passion for building robust systems, solving complex engineering challenges, working hands-on with the hardware, and not afraid to fail, we’d love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

  • Rapidly develop electronics for Direct Air Carbon Capture reactors and supporting infrastructure including high power electronics, control systems and actuators, programmable logic controllers, reactor instrumentation, and harnessing.
  • Create and review electrical load lists, piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&ID) for various plant and facility designs.
  • Drive system trades, requirements capture, component selection, analysis, schematic capture, prototyping, bring-up, debugging, documentation, manufacturing, and testing.
  • Design, procure components, integrate, and test electrical ground support equipment including data acquisition systems and electrical simulators.
  • Create development and qualification testing campaigns to validate analysis and requirements and exercise designs to their limits.
  • Build math and analysis models to verify initial design assumptions.
  • Establish vendor relationships and healthy supply chain through each prototyping step through final integration.
  • Lead multidisciplinary root cause investigations and component redesigns to improve reliability and production rate.
  • Demonstrate extreme ownership of product outcomes at every stage of development and production.

    • Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, avionics, hardware, robotics, physics or other related STEM discipline.
  • 3+ years of engineering design experience (will count up to 1 year of internships, student projects, and/or extracurricular projects)

    • Preferred Skills and Experience

  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, autonomously driven, and demanding atmosphere.
  • Strong judgment in assessing risk and making decisions without complete data.
  • Hands-on experience with electrical design, prototyping, integration, and testing.
  • Proficient in electrical CAD and analysis software (e.g., Altium or similar).
  • Self-motivated, strong multi-tasking, organizational, communication, and documentation skills.
  • Experience working effectively across multi-disciplinary teams.

    • Additional Requirements

  • Willing to work extended hours and weekends when needed.
  • Some travel may be required.

    • Compensation

  • $100,000 - $180,000 per year
  • Final compensation will be based on a variety of factors such as your experience, skill set, and how well your background aligns with the role's responsibilities and our team’s needs.

    • Skills

    ActuatorsAltiumControl SystemsData Acquisition SystemsDigital TwinElectrical CADElectrical DesignElectrical Ground Support EquipmentInstrumentationIntegrationManufacturingP&IDProgrammable Logic ControllersPrototypeRoot-cause InvestigationsSchematic CaptureSensorsSupply Chain ManagementTestingTesting Campaigns

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