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Saronic

Electrical Engineer – UUVs & Undersea Electronics

Austin, TXfulltimemidAdded today

About this role

Saronic Technologies seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer to design and develop electrical systems for unmanned underwater vehicles and subsea electronics. You'll lead architecture through field testing, collaborating across mechanical, software, and systems teams to deliver mission-critical platforms for harsh marine environments.

What you'll do

  • Design electrical architectures, power distribution, motor controls, and sensor interfaces for UUVs, AUVs, ROVs, and subsea payloads
  • Select and integrate subsea-rated components including connectors, batteries, penetrators, processors, and communication modules
  • Create schematics, PCB layouts, cable drawings, and interface control documentation
  • Integrate electronics into pressure housings and develop interfaces for sonar, acoustic modems, navigation systems, and thrusters
  • Troubleshoot and support electrical integration of propulsion, navigation, communications, and energy storage subsystems
  • Support environmental qualification testing including pressure, thermal, vibration, and EMI/EMC assessments

What they're looking for

  • Analog and digital circuit design
  • Power electronics and battery system design
  • Embedded systems and microcontrollers
  • Communication interfaces (Ethernet, CAN, RS-485, I2C, SPI, USB)
  • PCB design and schematic capture
  • Pressure housing and subsea connector integration
  • EMI/EMC mitigation and grounding design
  • Environmental testing and qualification procedures
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Saronic

Saronic builds autonomous maritime systems and vessels equipped with advanced imaging, software, and electro-mechanical components. The company is hiring quality engineers, software engineers, graphics programmers, optomechanical engineers, and manufacturing engineers to develop and manufacture reliable autonomous maritime operations.

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Likely interview questions

  • Describe your experience designing electrical systems for undersea or harsh-environment applications—what specific challenges did you address?
  • Walk us through your approach to power budgeting and battery selection for a long-duration autonomous underwater vehicle.
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