Staff Electrical Engineer

Nautilus Defense
Pawtucket, RI
Job Description
Role Overview

Nautilus is a small interdisciplinary team seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer to provide technical leadership in the design, development, and delivery of low-power, compact embedded electronics for textile-integrated systems.

What You Will Do

Architect, design, and deliver embedded PCBs integrating microcontrollers, SoCs, sensors, and power management circuits, and lead board bring-up, debugging, and validation of prototype and production hardware.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate has experience working independently and as a member of a fast-moving, high-performing team, with technical craftmanship and integrity paramount to success in this position.

Requirements

  • 9+ years of experience designing, debugging, and deploying embedded hardware products from concept through production
  • Demonstrated ownership of hardware that has entered manufacturing or fielded use
  • Proficiency with schematic capture and PCB layout tools (e.g., Altium Designer, KiCad, OrCAD)
  • Strong understanding of PCB design best practices for signal integrity, power distribution, grounding, EMI/EMC, and mixed-signal layouts
  • Hands-on RF experience, such as integrating wireless modules, designing RF signal paths, antennas, or supporting RF validation and tuning
  • Experience using high-speed lab equipment (e.g., spectrum analyzers, VNAs, high-bandwidth oscilloscopes)
  • Experience integrating microcontrollers, SoCs, sensors, wireless modules, and power management into compact, low-power designs
  • Deep familiarity with embedded interfaces and protocols (I2C, SPI, UART, USB, GPIO)
  • Experience collaborating with firmware teams on complex hardware/software integration and debugging
  • Working knowledge of DFM, DFT, and manufacturing workflows with contract manufacturers
  • Strong documentation and communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain design decisions and tradeoffs
  • Ability to operate independently, take initiative, and provide technical leadership in small, fast-moving teams

Benefits

  • US Citizenship required
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