Senior Electrical Engineer

Location: Onsite in Boulder, Colorado

About Emporia

Emporia is accelerating the energy transition by helping small commercial and residential consumers save up to 50% on their utility bills. We combine automated energy management tools, real-time 24/7 energy monitoring with Utility rate schedules and wholesale energy prices to give our customers true insight into how they are using and spending money on energy. Our Smart Outlets, EV chargers, home batteries and cloud integrations to a third-party smart home device, thermostat and smart appliances allow us to reduce pollution, shift usage to less expensive times and save our customers money.

Our Mission

We help people use energy smarter, save money, and improve the world—guided by four pillars:

• Customer Satisfaction: We listen to our customers and build products that elevate their lives.
• Optimization: We refine processes to offer the highest-quality products at the best value.
• Innovation: We continuously evolve through technology, ingenuity, and common sense.
• Making the World Better: We develop home electrification solutions that solve real problems and improve lives.
  
  

Role Overview

Our Hardware Engineering team is looking for a passionate electrical engineer to help us expand the Emporia Energy hardware ecosystem. The ideal candidate will show strong ownership of hardware projects from initial design trades through high volume production. As a senior member of our team they will be expected to work closely with peers on cross disciplinary projects and provide mentorship for junior members of the team as needed. Throughout, they will demonstrate the strong analysis, design, and test skills required to produce reliable, low-cost hardware that our customers expect.

Responsibilities

• Help define product architectures and development strategies to optimize the safety, cost, performance, and time-to-market of the Emporia hardware ecosystem
• Own the design, simulation, prototyping, and validation for various engineering projects including residential EV chargers, bidirectional chargers and home energy management systems
• Collaborate with firmware, mechanical, and manufacturing engineers as needed
• Support, from an engineering perspective, the transition from new product development into high volume manufacturing
• Work closely with a team of passionate engineers to ensure we develop exceptional hardware products – participate and/or lead design reviews and trades as needed, or lend a hand with testing and debug as required. We are a small team requiring a high level of collaboration and teamwork to ensure we achieve our goals.
  
  

Required Qualifications & Skills

• 8 years of experience developing complex products as a power electronics engineer, electrical engineer, or related role
• BS in electrical engineering or related field
• Exceptionally strong foundation of expertise in the design and analysis of analog, digital, and mixed signal electrical systems
• Passion for electrical engineering design and debug
• Familiarity with both AC and DC power system basics, including strong understanding of AC power distribution
• Experience designing products for compliance with regulatory standards in fields such as consumer electronics (UL), aviation/aerospace, medical, or similar
• Electrical hardware lab equipment expert – hands on engineering required
• Expertise with schematic and layout in at least one industry standard tool, preferably Altium
• Expertise with at least one modeling and simulation-aided analysis tool chain using components such as PLECs, Python, SPICE, SimPower, MATLAB, etc.
• Knowledge of renewable energy related concepts such as lithium-ion batteries, solar arrays, general power conversion/regulation/distribution, and power fault protection
• Familiar with scripting using Python, Javascript, Visual Basic, or equivalent
• Demonstrated experience managing workload and project deliverables
• Strong writing, interpersonal, and communication skills
  
  

Desired Qualifications & Skills

• MS/PhD in electrical engineering or related field
• Experience designing, debugging, and manufacturing Level 2, V2x EV chargers
• Experience designing and debugging for electrical and safety compliance standards such as FCC, CE, UL/ETL, etc.
• Experience designing and shipping high-volume consumer products
• On-site factory experience with contract manufacturers
• Familiarity with Altium Designer
• Experience writing embedded software
  
  

What We Offer

💰 Compensation: $120k-180k Options

📈 Career Growth: Be part of a fast-growing company at the forefront of home energy innovation.

🏥 Benefits: medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), employee stock option program, paid holidays plus unlimited PTO, discounts on Emporia products and partner offerings.