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Research Engineer, Electrical Sensing

Gridware· R&D
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Hybrid (San Francisco, CA)$145k - $160kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Research Engineer with strong electrical engineering foundation to solve sensing and measurement problems for Gridware's Active Grid Response technology, focusing on measurement and applied research, data analysis, and sensor performance improvements.

Responsibilities

  • Investigate sensor signals to understand physical phenomena, identify performance limitations, and root-cause measurement issues.
  • Help define measurement requirements and evaluate sensors for current and new sensing capabilities.
  • Design and run experiments to characterize sensor performance and validate new approaches.
  • Analyze experimental and fleet data using Python, MATLAB, SQL, or similar tools.
  • Improve how we capture useful signal information on constrained edge devices through sampling, filtering, compression, and related techniques.
  • Partner with HW, FW, ML, and product teams to translate research findings into improvements to our technology.

Qualifications

  • MS in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related field with 2+ years of relevant industry experience, or PhD with relevant research or industry experience.
  • Strong fundamentals in electromagnetics, sensing, and electrical measurement.
  • Experience investigating ambiguous sensing, signal-quality, or measurement problems through data analysis and experimentation.
  • Comfortable using Python, MATLAB, or similar tools to analyze scientific or engineering data.
  • Hands-on experience collecting and interpreting electrical measurements using lab instrumentation such as oscilloscopes and DAQs.
  • Strong technical judgment, communication, and ability to work across disciplines.

Skills

Required:Sensor signal investigationMeasurement scienceExperiment designData analysisEdge computing data techniquesCross-disciplinary collaboration

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
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Protecting the grid today, preparing the grid for tomorrow

Gridware exists to enhance and protect the mother of all networks: the electrical grid. The grid touches everyone and makes our modern economy possible. But it’s also fragile. When the grid is compromised, everything grinds to a halt, and the consequences can be dire: wildfires burn, land is destroyed, property is damaged, progress stops, and lives are lost. Our team builds smart sensors that help utility companies to immediately detect, find, and fix outages and take steps to prevent new outages, and other related disasters, from happening at all. The need for power will only increase. We protect the grid of today while we build the grid of tomorrow. Gridware is privately held and backed by the best climate-tech and Silicon Valley investors. We are headquartered in the Bay Area in northern California.

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