EmbeddedElectronicsEngineer

ABOUT US: Collaborative autonomy is how self-tasking teams of machines will solve hard human problems, and HavocAI is an unquestioned leader in collaborative autonomy. We set the standard for autonomous surface vessels for a wide range of defense and commercial maritime missions. Success requires us to grow quickly, and we’re looking for teammates who are passionate about solving hard problems, about pushing the envelope, and about preventing conflict and saving lives. Ambition is welcome to apply within. ROLE OVERVIEW HavocAI is seeking an Embedded Electronics Engineer to design, build, and validate the hardware that powers our autonomous systems. This role is for someone whose instinct is to reach for a schematic before a terminal, and who takes pride in building boards that work the first time — and keep working in real-world operating environments. This role sits at the hardware layer. You will own PCB design and bring-up across three core areas: power electronics and motor drive, embedded compute and SoC integration, and the vehicle electronics backbone that ties systems together. Software teams will own the stack above the hardware abstraction layer; your job is to ensure the hardware beneath it is fast, reliable, manufacturable, and ready for whatever platform comes next. WHAT YOU’LL OWN POWER ELECTRONICS & MOTOR DRIVE - Design and build electronic speed controllers and motor drive stages for brushless actuators across aerial, ground, and novel platforms - Select and validate FETs, gate drivers, shunt resistors, and passives to meet current handling, thermal, and efficiency targets - Implement low-level motor drive firmware, including FOC and BLDC commutation, on embedded MCUs as needed to validate and characterize hardware designs - Conduct power stage characterization, including efficiency curves, thermal mapping, and protection behavior under fault and overload conditions - Design telemetry signal chains for current sense, temperature, RPM, and related veh