Power Electronics / Electrical Systems Engineer (Robotics)

Location: Hybrid at the Charlotte, NC headquarters, United States

Company

hirify.global is a venture-backed U.S. robotics startup that designs, manufactures, and supports AI-powered exterior-cleaning drones and robots.

What you will do

• Own the drone tether power system from architecture through validation and production.
• Design high-voltage DC transmission and DC-DC conversion stages for approximately 7,000 W continuous load and transient peaks up to 10,000 W.
• Size tether conductors, insulation, connectors, protection thresholds, and current limits with appropriate safety margins.
• Design thermal management for converters, connectors, and cabling across the full load range.
• Integrate the power system with ESCs, the flight controller, and onboard power distribution to maintain stable behavior during load steps and peak transients.
• Coordinate tether mechanical integration and electrical safety compliance, and produce schematics, power budgets, test plans, and design documentation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• Experience shipping multiple electronics products to production and owning hardware from concept through deployment.
• Proven experience designing multi-kilowatt power electronics, including DC-DC converters.
• Working knowledge of high-voltage DC systems, conductor sizing, thermal management, grounding, and electrical protection.
• Experience integrating power systems with three-phase motor drives and ESCs under load.
• Comfort with electrical safety standards, high-voltage grounding, and arc-flash mitigation.

Nice to have

• Experience with tethered drones, UAV power systems, or long-cable power delivery.
• Familiarity with EMI/EMC design and mitigation.
• Hands-on prototyping, hardware bring-up, and bench validation experience.
• Background in EV motor controller design or high-voltage DC power routing.

Culture & Benefits

• Work directly with the founder at a fast-growing, venture-backed robotics startup.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 3% retirement match and employee stock option plan.
• 15 days of paid time off, 3 sick days, and 11 paid holidays, including 3 floating holidays.
• Hands-on collaboration in a team building and validating real hardware.

Hiring process

• A video of up to two minutes is technically optional and may explain why hirify.global is a fit and what cannot be captured by a resume.