Electrical Engineer
Design · Full-time
Vancouver, BC, Canada
CAD 90k-120k / year
Basilisk Industries is building a high-power electron beam system for industrial rock cutting. We aim to transform the mining and drilling industries, driving down the cost of geothermal power and the critical minerals that the energy transition needs. We are looking for an outstanding electrical engineer to join our team.
What you’ll do:
Beginning with subsystem development and progressing to full scale, and working closely with our pulsed power and physics leads, your work will involve the design of all the electrical aspects of a high-power electron beam. This includes high voltage pulsed power and trigger subsystems, coil drivers and related power supplies, data acquisition and telemetry, and system controls. A lot of the work will involve hands-on prototyping – we will need you to work with suppliers and manufacturers to have components made quickly and accurately and then assemble and test them in our lab.
We’re looking for:
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A degree in electrical engineering or equivalent with at least 5 years’ experience
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Experience with designing and testing printed circuit boards operating at high voltage (kV) and high power
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Experience with power semiconductors with tight timing and synchronization
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Experience with instrumentation and controls: firmware, sensors/actuators, coil control, and system hardening for an electrically noisy environment
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Experience with simulation tools such as SPICE/LTspice, Comsol, or equivalent
This is an early-stage role with real ownership. If taking your designs from concept to hardware, for an application with real world impact appeals to you, we’d like to talk.
Compensation: CAD $90,000-$120,000 depending on qualifications; comprehensive benefits; and equity in a company with significant upside. Based in Vancouver, BC: world class mountains and ocean at your doorstep.
This is an on-site position. Candidates must be legally eligible to work in Canada.
About Basilisk Industries:
Rock breaking technologies are fundamental to the global economy – they are the starting point of global supply chains for energy and critical minerals and sit at the nexus of modern technology, national security and resilience, and the energy transition.
Basilisk is developing novel drilling and boring technology using electron beams to deliver a leap in rock-cutting performance, slashing the cost of accessing thermal and mineral resources in hard rock.
Led by deeptech veterans with decades of experience in cutting edge applied science startups, Basilisk is backed by leading early-stage climatetech and deeptech investors.