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.

• 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

• 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.

• 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

Endeavour is taking on global challenges, and to create the appropriate global solutions is not easy. Our teams work extremely hard because we believe in Endeavour’s mission: to guarantee clean water and renewable energy to everyone, everywhere by decentralizing infrastructure, developing new technologies, & deploying energy, water, and waste treatment solutions that are more profitable than those that currently exist. We are a group of passionate change-makers who want to leave the world better than the way we found it. Endeavour prides itself on hiring talented, highly motivated people because that’s what our mission requires. There is a strong sense of camaraderie between good-natured people who bring their A-game to work every day to make a difference. To work at Endeavour is to know that you are part of something special—something bigger than yourself.

Today, we’re 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 intends to remain at the forefront of innovation, taking on grander challenges based on the needs of our clients and of local economies. We hope that our Sustainable Habitat for Innovation with a Purpose (SHIP) will be a model that inspires people and businesses to #jointhejourney so that together we can combine the best of what technology and the natural world can offer to ensure a regenerative/sustainable world for generations to come.