Our Mission at Scythe
Humanity has lost touch with nature - we’ve traded dirt and trees for asphalt, and we rely on loud, polluting, gas-powered machines to care for our limited natural spaces.Scythe is forging a new future by building intelligent, all-electric machines that unlock a new superpower: the ability to care for the outdoors pollution-free at enormous scale. From today’s first steps in landscape maintenance to full-fledged re-terraforming in the future, Scythe is pioneering autonomous machinery that supports the ingenuity of humans, multiplying our power to nurture our planet.At Scythe, you’ll work with a team of world-class experts in everything from computer vision to mechanical engineering, pushing the limits of possibility and growing by overcoming hurdles along the way. The world needs what we’re building—come join us in making it a reality.
Electrical Systems Integration Engineer at Scythe
Scythe Robotics is looking for a talented Electrical Systems Integration Engineer to develop, debug and integrate Scythe's hardware and firmware systems. This multidisciplinary role requires broad knowledge, intuition, and deep collaboration to handle a range of responsibilities relating to high level system design, component integration, debugging, testing, and validation.As an Electrical Systems Integration Engineer you will work with other engineers and operations experts from across the company to successfully design, build, scale and deploy an industry-leading zero-emissions autonomous mowing product.
We expect you to thrive in a fast-paced, self-managed engineering environment, and to be a collaborative, low-ego teammate who helps Scythe realize its big mission.
This position is primarily on site at our Longmont location with some work from home opportunities.
What you’ll do at Scythe
- Work on robot electronics subsystems from cradle to grave. Analyze system designs, assist in component development and selection, assist bring up, and develop validation techniques…in order to ultimately build state-of-the-art Scythe products
- Work with robot mechanical and mechatronics systems to improve overall system integration
- Work closely and collaboratively with other teams to define the scope, requirements, and potential impact of projects as new designs move from concept, through prototype and into production
- Perform real-time troubleshooting on the product as it goes from the integration phase through final operations
- Perform and guide bring up, validation and reliability testing
- Some firmware and software programming abilities to help test and validate overall system integration requirements
- Data collection and analysis for integration testing purposes and product road mapping
- Perform component engineering for product improvement or cost down purposes
- Participate in design meetings and reviews with an eye towards integration, bring up and interoperability
What you know well
- Using a diverse set of tools to integrate, implement and analyze hardware, firmware, and software solutions
- Creating and interpreting firmware and hardware implementation schematics, diagrams and technical documents that explains upcoming/existing integrations to technical and non-technical individuals
- Solid understating of electrical theory and fundamentals
- Proficient in some programming languages such as C, C++ , Python, or Rust.
- Comfortable using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters and mechanical tools
- Excellent communications skills for explaining complex implementations
- Worked 4+ years within an operations or development environment
What you’ve maybe done
- Worked within an automation, robotics, automotive or aerospace environment or similar engineering field
- System level design, integration, or testing of electro-mechanical systems and/or components that include large battery/power systems
- Built hardware + firmware + software projects on your own, either as a hobbyist or in professional capacity
- Experience with monitoring, visualization and alerting tools such as Datadog, Grafana, or Kibana
Why Scythe?
- Scythe is an early-stage but well-capitalized startup. Have a huge impact alongside an awesome team of experts shipping something the world has never before seen
- Competitive salary and equity compensation
- Fully-sponsored medical, vision, and dental insurance, including 75% funded dependent coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan (non-matching today)
- Headquarters near beautiful Boulder, CO. Enjoy the bounties of nature and open spaces close to home with mountain biking, hiking, skiing and more.
- Satellite offices in several other states
- Flexible paid time-off and remote work opportunities
- Highly collaborative learning culture where personal freedom, growth, and responsibility are valued
- An opportunity to have an incredible positive impact on the world
Closing
Scythe is a total compensation company, which provides employees a comprehensive salary, equity, and benefit package. However, only the minimum salary amounts are listed here. Scythe carefully considers a wide range of compensation factors, including education, years of experience, competencies and other relevant business considerations. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary along with your compensation mode preferences. The Electrical Systems Integration Engineer position has an expected minimum annual cash salary of $100,000.
The actual pay may be higher depending on your skills, qualifications, and experience. Equity and benefits packages are NOT included in this estimate.Scythe is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other factor protected by applicable local, state or federal laws.
Life at Scythe Robotics
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