Gridware
Senior Research Engineer, Electrical
San Francisco, CA · Senior
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$4,821 more — $189,821 — moves this role to Level IV and 4 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $189,821 would place this position at wage Level IV. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Electrical Engineers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
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About the role
- About Gridware Gridware is a San Francisco-based technology company dedicated to protecting and enhancing the electrical grid.
- We pioneered a groundbreaking new class of grid management called active grid response (AGR), focused on monitoring the electrical, physical, and environmental aspects of the grid that affect reliability and safety.
- This comprehensive approach helps improve safety, reduce outages, and ensure the grid operates efficiently.
Responsibilities
- Develop measurement performance requirements. Select and evaluate new sensors for current and new sensing capabilities.
- Root-cause sensor signal issues from fleet to bench: use fleet telemetry (time-series + metadata) to isolate cohorts and failure signatures, test hypotheses via circuit simulation and benchtop reproduction, drive fixes design solutions, and partner with HW and FW engineering to implement them.
- Design and validate measurement chain changes to improve physical phenomena observability.
- Downsize on-device data. Develop signal compression techniques, selective data storage decisions, and sampling rate reduction strategies.
- Develop and own test methods to characterize and validate sensor performance.
- Develop hardware-in-the-loop test infrastructure to reproduce the real-world physical phenomena Gridware technology detects. Run hardware-in-the-loop tests to validate changes to our tech stack ( HW, phenomena detection algorithms).
- Collaborate closely with product managers, data scientists, and SW / HW / FW engineers.
- Develop measurement performance requirements.
- Develop signal compression techniques, selective data storage decisions, and sampling rate reduction strategies.
- Develop hardware-in-the-loop test infrastructure to reproduce the real-world physical phenomena Gridware technology detects.
Requirements
- Track record of owning ambiguous sensing, signal-quality, or measurement-performance problems from framing through validation.
- Experience collecting high-quality electrical measurements: have built and run custom measurement setups using standard lab instrumentation (scope/ DAQ and related tools).
- Experience leading technically complex work with multiple stakeholders and deadlines.
- Strong candidates will usually bring deep experience in several of these areas.
Compensation
- Benefits Health, Dental & Vision (Gold and Platinum with some providers plans fully covered) Paid parental leave Alternating day off (every other Monday) "Off the Grid", a two week per year paid break for all employees.
Benefits
- Health, Dental & Vision (Gold and Platinum with some providers plans fully covered) Paid parental leave Alternating day off (every other Monday) "Off the Grid", a two week per year paid break for all employees.
- Commuter allowance Company-paid training
- Experience with deployed IoT fleets (tens of thousands of devices) and developing "observability for sensor performance" e.g. telemetry design, health metrics, calibration drift monitoring.
Company info
- Even if you meet only part of this list, we encourage you to apply!
- Role Description We are seeking a creative, hands-on Senior Research Engineer to lead ambiguous sensing and measurement problems with real-world impact.
Visa & Work Authorization
- At this time, Gridware is unable to provide visa sponsorship or immigration support for this role.
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