Electrical Engineer, Quantum Energy Systems

Pronoia Energy

$110K — $130K *
Energy & Utilities
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years in electrical engineering with proven power-electronics or battery-management design experience in commercial hardware.
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or related field.
  • Expertise in analog and digital circuit design for high-voltage or high-current applications.
  • Strong knowledge of thermal management for fast charging technologies.
  • Hands-on experience with precision measurement tools like oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzers.
  • Ability to work in a lab environment with live battery cells and adapt to a dynamic startup culture.

Responsibilities

  • Design power-electronics circuits for charging, discharging, and power conversion integrating quantum energy storage materials.
  • Develop battery management systems to ensure safe and balanced cell operation.
  • Create sensing and measurement instrumentation for characterizing cell behavior in testing environments.
  • Oversee circuit-level thermal management, particularly for addressing heat from fast charging.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to refine product specifications and rapidly prototype solutions.
  • Engage in troubleshooting and innovative circuit architecture development for intellectual property creation.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to tackle major engineering challenges in quantum energy storage.
  • Equity in a startup and potential performance incentives.
  • Access to advanced labs and tools in a flexible, collaborative workspace.
  • Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance and unlimited PTO.
  • Support for professional development and relocation if necessary.
Full Job Description
Role Summary:

To meet our ambitious goals we are hiring an Electrical Engineer to design the circuitry that turns our novel quantum energy material into a usable device. This is a hands-on role in a high-stakes, high-reward startup environment where your work will directly shape the future of energy. In this role you will design and optimize the power electronics, charging and discharging circuits, sensing systems, and battery management electronics that sit around our core energy storage material. Because we are pursuing radically fast charging and high energy density, you are the person who has to actually handle the currents, voltages, and heat those ambitions imply, and make them safe and reliable. You will work side by side with our Principal Electrical Engineer and with cross-functional teams in materials, cell, and physics, in a fast prototyping loop that turns unknowns into working hardware. This role is onsite in Torrance, California.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design and build power-electronics circuits for charging, discharging, and power conversion around our quantum energy storage material.
  • Develop the battery management system, in hardware and supporting software, that keeps cells safe, balanced, and within their limits.
  • Build the sensing and measurement instrumentation that characterizes cell behavior on the bench and in test rigs.
  • Own thermal management at the circuit level, treating fast charging as fundamentally a heat problem.
  • Collaborate with the cell, embedded, and science teams to refine specifications and iterate toward each functional prototype.
  • Contribute to troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and intellectual property development for novel circuit architectures.


Required Qualifications:

  • 3+ years of experience in electrical engineering, with demonstrated power-electronics or battery-management design that shipped in real hardware, not only simulation.
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related field.
  • Strong expertise in analog and digital circuit design and power electronics for high-voltage or high-current applications.
  • Fluency in thermal management, with the instinct that fast charging means heat first.
  • Hands-on experience with high-precision measurement instruments such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, and precision power supplies.
  • Comfort working in a lab around live, energetic cells, and a builder's temperament suited to a small, fast-moving team.


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience in EV, aerospace, or battery-pack power systems.
  • Experience designing for high charge rates and high current density.
  • Programming and automation skills (Python, C++) for test-bench operation and data acquisition.
  • Prior work in deep tech R&D alongside interdisciplinary teams in physics or materials science.


What We Offer:

  • Chance to solve one of the world's biggest engineering challenges and pioneer quantum energy storage.
  • Competitive salary, equity in a transformative startup, and performance-based incentives.
  • Access to cutting-edge labs, tools, and resources in a flexible, collaborative work environment.
  • Comprehensive benefits: health insurance, unlimited PTO, professional development stipend, and relocation assistance if needed.
  • A culture of innovation where your work will accelerate our path to market impact.


If you're excited to tackle this real-world quantum problem and build the energy systems of the future, apply with your resume and cover letter detailing relevant projects.

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