Senior Systems Engineer

This role is located onsite in our Boulder design facility.

About Emporia
Emporia is an energy management technology company revolutionizing home energy by making energy efficiency accessible to all homeowners helping to save up to 50% on their utility bills. Our product lineup includes smart home energy monitors, smart plugs, EV chargers, home battery systems, and an integrative app that allows for seamless energy management. By reducing energy waste and saving customers money, we’re helping create a healthier planet and a brighter future.
For more information, visit emporiaenergy.com.
 
Our Mission
We help people use energy smarter, save money, and improve the world—guided by four pillars:

• Customer Satisfaction: We listen to our customers and build products that elevate their lives.
• Optimization: We refine processes to offer the highest-quality products at the best value.
• Innovation: We continuously evolve through technology, ingenuity, and common sense.
• Making the World Better: We develop home electrification solutions that solve real problems and improve lives.

Where Do We Need Your Help?
We’re a high-growth technology company with top-rated products, including the leading home energy monitor and a top-selling EV charger. As we expand beyond our early adopters to a broader consumer base, we need a passionate Systems Engineer to drive the development and integration of our high-power electric vehicle charging technology and whole-home energy management solutions.

Role Overview 

In this role, you will collaborate with Hardware, Test, Cloud, and Firmware teams—as well as directly interface with OEM customers—to ensure system-level performance, reliability, and compliance with industry standards. You will be responsible for defining, testing, and tracking the overall system design validation, product requirements, conducting bench testing for performance verification, and supporting customers’ needs to deliver robust, high-quality solutions.  

Responsibilities 

• Develop and refine system-level architecture and integration for high-power EV charger and whole-home energy management solutions. 

• Interface with customers and external partners to gather requirements and ensure alignment on specifications. 

• Define and document system requirements for high-power, safety-critical applications. 

• Derive subsystem level requirements from system requirements and cascade to the appropriate team. 

• Collaborate closely with multiple teams (Hardware, Test, Firmware, Cloud and App) to ensure system requirements are understood. This includes participating in hardware design and firmware code reviews to ensure requirements are implemented as written. 

• Report out on requirements implementation and validation status for all hardware and firmware requirements 

• Utilize version control and continuous integration tools (e.g., Git, Bitbucket, Jenkins) to track system-level changes and maintain organized documentation. 

• Conduct hands-on bench testing of system-level performance using oscilloscopes, multimeters, digital logic probes, power supplies, and other lab equipment. 

• Develop Integration & system validation tests for newly built prototypes

• Troubleshoot system issues on prototype units and act as the system expert. Root cause system issues quickly and identify hardware or firmware issues. 

• Employ scripting tools (e.g. Python) as needed to automate testing and enhance system verification processes. 

Required Qualifications and Skills 

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field. 

• 10+ years of experience in systems engineering. The ideal candidate will have system design experience involving high-power and safety-critical applications.  

• Demonstrated ability to work with UL 1998 or similar certifications for safety-critical products. 

• Strong understanding of high-power electronics and the ability to interpret schematics for system-level design. 

• Hands-on experience with lab equipment for diagnosing, troubleshooting, and validating system performance on the bench. 

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across internal teams, external partners, and directly with customers. 

• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git, Bitbucket) and continuous integration (Jenkins). 

• Experience scripting in Python (or similar) to facilitate testing and automate processes. 

• Knowledge of embedded systems OS/RTOS (FreeRTOS, Quantum Leap QM) and common microcontrollers (ESP32, STM32, MSP430) is a plus (though direct firmware development is not required). 

What We Offer

💰 Compensation: The expected base salary range is $120,000-$160,000, plus stock options, however the offered salary may be higher or lower than the above range depending on numerous factors including, but not limited to work experience, skills and internal equity considerations. The base salary is not inclusive of benefits or other incentives.

🏥 Benefits: medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), employee stock option program, paid holidays plus unlimited PTO, discounts on Emporia products and partner offerings.

📈 Career Growth: Be part of a fast-growing company at the forefront of home energy innovation.

Emporia Energy is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. We will make reasonable accommodations for any qualified applicant with a disability, provided that the individual is otherwise qualified to safely perform the essential functions of the job with or without accommodation and that the accommodation would not impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Please let us know if you believe you require reasonable accommodation, or if you would like assistance to complete an application or to participate in an interview at the company.

A cover letter and resume are required to be considered for this position.

New employees will be required to successfully complete a background check.

Any communication to applicants relating to the Emporia Energy hiring process will only come from email addresses with the domains emporiaenergy.com or [email protected]. If in the course of the application or hiring process with Emporia Energy you are contacted through another domain, are requested to provide banking or other sensitive information, or you note any other suspicious activity, please contact [email protected].