Electrical Engineer – Vehicle Systems at Parallel

<div class="content-intro"><p>Parallel Systems is pioneering autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles designed to transform freight transportation by shifting portions of the $900 billion U.S. trucking industry onto rail. Our innovative technology offers cleaner, safer, and more efficient logistics solutions. Join our dynamic team and help shape a smarter, greener future for global freight.</p></div><p><strong>Electrical Engineer – Vehicle Systems</strong></p> <p>Parallel Systems is seeking an Electrical Engineer to own the design and development of vehicle electrical systems for our production autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles. This role focuses on vehicle electronics, including power distribution, traction & braking systems, safety-critical control logic, and compute/sensor networks. You’ll serve as the responsible engineer of high-reliability electrical systems that are tightly integrated with mechanical, software, and autonomy components and subject to regulatory oversight.</p> <p>The ideal candidate brings automotive or vehicle experience, is eager to work on regulated, safety-critical systems, and thrives in cross-functional environments.</p> <p><strong>This position requires up to 25% travel to our contract manufacturer and customer sites.</strong> </p> <p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Own the design & development of vehicle electrical systems, including wiring harnesses, commercial-off-the-shelf hardware, and test stands</li> <li>Drive the development and documentation of safety-critical subsystems, including DFMEAs, system hazard analyses, and verification & validation</li> <li>Perform hands-on hardware bring-up, bench testing, and debugging of electrical assemblies and prototype vehicles</li> <li>Lead end-to-end system integration with full lifecycle ownership, interface management, and cross-functional alignment to ensure the system works with all software and mechanical dependencies</li> <li>Maintain accurate engineering documentation including schematics, BOMs, test reports, and change logs</li> </ul> <p><strong>What Success Looks Like:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>30 Days:</strong> You've built a strong understanding of the vehicle architecture, taken ownership of a subsystem, and are leading a concept review with the broader engineering organization</li> <li><strong>60 Days:</strong> You're hands-on in your subsystem, driving progress. Testing and validation is fully defined and first articles are running in the lab</li> <li><strong>90 Days:</strong> You've completed initial design validation and are working with the manufacturing engineering team to bring your subsys