Senior Electrical Engineer - Subsea Power Systems

Senior Electrical Engineer

• Subsea Power Systems Verterra Energy | New Brighton, MN | Onsite or Hybrid for the right person $165,000
• $210,000 base + equity + performance bonus.

Relocation supported. We can flex for the right person, and equity is a real number, not theater. About Verterra Verterra Energy is a hydrokinetic defense technology company building underwater power generation systems for DoD and commercial deployment. Our devices live in rivers and oceans, generate real power, and have to survive in environments that humble most hardware. Small team. Mission-driven. No politics, no layers, no theater. The Problem We Need You to Solve Underwater power generation is unforgiving. Saltwater wants to destroy your electronics. Pressure wants to crush your enclosures. Biofouling wants to coat every surface. Connectors fail. Cables fatigue. And the device still has to deliver clean, reliable, dispatchable power

• sometimes through hundreds of meters of umbilical, sometimes into a microgrid, sometimes back to a vessel.

We need a senior electrical engineer who has actually shipped hardware into one of these environments and watched it come back working. Not someone who's read about it. Someone who's done it. What You'll Own End-to-end electrical architecture for our power generation systems: generator, power electronics, conditioning, conversion, protection, monitoring Subsea power transmission and umbilical design (or close coordination with whoever builds them) Pressure-rated enclosure electrical design

• sealing strategy, penetrators, wet-mate connectors, dielectric considerations Materials and corrosion strategy for long-duration saltwater immersion Grid-tie, islanded operation, or vessel power integration depending on deployment Instrumentation, telemetry, and condition monitoring Working with mechanical, controls, and systems engineers to make tradeoffs real Working with manufacturing and suppliers to take designs from prototype to production Leading design reviews, owning schedules, mentoring junior engineers Who We're Looking For The ideal candidate has done underwater power generation directly.

We know that's a small pool, so we're equally interested in people from these adjacent worlds who want to apply their skills to a harder, more interesting problem: Subsea oil & gas (electrical engineers from subsea control systems, ROV/AUV electrical, subsea power distribution) Tidal, wave, or offshore wind (especially floating offshore) Naval and defense electrical (submarine electrical, UUV/AUV power, NUWC/NSWC/NRL alumni) Oceanographic instrumentation (WHOI, Scripps, MBARI, deep-sea exploration backgrounds) High-reliability power electronics from aerospace, EV/hybrid traction, downhole tools, or satellite EPS

• if you have a real interest in moving into marine Must-Haves 10+ years of electrical engineering experience with shipped hardware (not just simulation, not just lab demos) Deep power electronics expertise: conversion topologies, magnetics, thermal management, EMI/EMC Real harsh-environment design experience: pressure ratings, sealing, corrosion, vibration, thermal cycling Hands-on with test, integration, and field deployment•you've debugged hardware in a wet, cold, miserable place and liked it Direct ownership of designs through manufacturing and into the field Comfortable being the most experienced electrical person in the room and making the call Strongly Preferred Direct underwater power generation experience (tidal, wave, hydrokinetic, OTEC) Wet-mate connector and subsea cabling design Generator and grid-tie experience (synchronous, PMSG, induction) Active US security clearance or eligibility for one Defense or DoD program experience Nice to Have Patent contributions Experience with classified programs Published work in IEEE OES, MTS, or similar communities Why Verterra Hard, real engineering problems with hardware that ships and gets deployed Direct ownership•you build it, you watch it work in the field Small team, direct access to leadership, decisions made in days not quarters DoD and commercial market traction Twin Cities engineering culture•serious people, low ego, high standards $165,000•$210,000 base + meaningful equity + performance bonus Relocation supported for the right person; open to hybrid for candidates in major subsea hubs (Houston, San Diego, DC, Aberdeen) How to Apply Send your resume and a short note (3-5 sentences is plenty) on the hardest electrical problem you've personally solved in a wet, deep, or otherwise hostile environment.

If you have shipped product or fielded systems we can point to, mention them. NDA-friendly descriptions are fine. We move quickly on candidates who fit.

Pay:

$165,000.00

• $210,000.

00 per year

Benefits:

401(k) 401(k) matching Dental insurance Flexible schedule Health insurance Health savings account Life insurance Paid time off Parental leave Professional development assistance Referral program Vision insurance

Work Location:

Hybrid remote in New Brighton, MN