Electronics Design Engineer

GridBlock has an exciting opportunity for an Electronics Design Engineer. In this position you will work with a cross-functional research & development team and design Analog, Digital and Mixed Signal electronics for the control, sensing, monitoring, and connectivity of state-of-the-art power converters and power systems. You will take your original design ideas and architecture from prototyping to mass production to create best-in-class hardware solutions that power GridBlock’s energy routing technologies.

The Electronics Design Engineer needs to be agile, professional, and comfortable in a rapidly changing environment. The right person is trustworthy with confidential information, highly organized, self-motivated, has excellent communication skills, can think strategically, and works equally as well independently as with a team. GridBlock values efficiency and strives to maintain smooth operations.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Specification, design, schematic capture, layout and routing, prototyping, and debug of complex circuits, PCBs, and electrical assemblies including high-speed digital processing and communications, sensors, relays, power conditioning subsystems, used in power converters and power systems
• Modeling, simulation, and analysis of complex electronics circuits
• Optimize product solutions with firmware/hardware control co-design
• Hands-on bring up of prototype boards
• Detailed and functional measurements and design verification
• Perform root-cause failure analysis, FMEA, and related hazard analysis
• Electronics unit circuit design, development, test and integration
• Work with project management to generate and update product design and development schedules

Skills & Requirements

Education / Experience

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or equivalent (required)
• MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or equivalent (preferred)
• 5+ years of relevant experience in hardware design
• Strong understanding of analog and digital circuit design
• Knowledge of system grounding/shielding and EMI mitigation techniques
• Strong hands-on testing and troubleshooting experience
• Experience with common electrical interfaces: PCIe, USB, MMC, EMIF, MIPI and I2C/SPI/UART/CAN buses
• Experience with SoC and FPGA systems
• Proficiency with devices, interfaces, and protocols for industrial communications such as TCP/IP, RS-485, etc.

Specific Skills / Abilities

• Think with first principles and excellent electronics fundamentals
• Determined to continually improve designs and seek new ways to solve problems
• Experience using OrCad for schematic capture and Cadence Allegro for PCB layout
• Proficient in the use of circuit simulation tools (PLECS, PSPICE, etc)
• Strong understanding of signal integrity, noise issues, signal processing in power electronics environments
• Proficient in script programming (Python, Pytest) for test automation
• Ability to work with HIL platforms, experience with OPAL-RT system is a plus
• Excellent technical communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to work in a dynamic, diverse, multicultural, and cross-functional team
• Comfortable working in a start-up environment and ability to solve complex problems and provide solutions for short and long term

Great Place to Work

Enjoy…

A fast-paced, entrepreneurial culture focused on innovation

A flexible, autonomous work environment

A culture of respect, learning, and excellence

Experienced, highly talented experts as team peers

Growth and travel opportunities

Be part of a team of change-makers making a positive impact on people around the world

About GridBlock

GridBlock is an innovative energy router that dynamically manages the flow of energy between multiple sources and loads and is able to create and operate a self-contained microgrid. GridBlock packetizes and routes electrical energy with isolation and high accuracy to serve AC or DC systems seamlessly. The precision technology enables a bidirectional power flow on multiple ports or channels concurrently, bringing the flexibility and control of Internet routers and switches to the electrical grid. Increasingly, electrical installations require smart integration of EV or e-truck charging, battery storage, solar panels, and critical loads, with custom design and build for each location adding to the cost of implementation. GridBlock simplifies all of this with a flexible, software-defined, modular solution that can manage a wide variety of end-use configurations and applications, from 500kW to 100+ MW deployments.

GridBlock is part of Endeavour, a purpose-built company taking on global challenges to guarantee renewable energy and clean water to everyone, everywhere by decentralizing infrastructure, developing new technologies, and deploying energy, water, and waste valorization solutions that are more profitable than those that currently exist. Endeavour companies are made up of passionate change-makers who want to leave the world better than the way we found it.

Today, Endeavour is deploying solutions that are immediately scalable and profitable, including EV charging, data center cooling, and waste to fuel systems. As we look to the future, Endeavour and GridBlock intend to remain at the forefront of innovation, taking on grander challenges based on the needs of our clients and of local economies.

Position: Electronics Design Engineer

Full-Time or Part-Time: Full-Time

Reports to: Director, Engineering

Location: Atlanta, GA

Contact: recruiting@endeavourii.com