Senior Vehicle Controls Engineer

<h2>What we're building</h2> <p>The marine industry supports recreation, global commerce, and national defense. And yet it runs on technology that hasn't meaningfully changed in fifty years. Until now.</p> <p>Arc is on a mission to electrify the marine industry. We're rethinking powertrains, software, and vessel designs from first principles. And we're already executing. We started with consumers to develop and harden our core technology. We're now scaling production of our flagship model with new models and sectors on the horizon. Now we're extending our platform to commercial applications, starting with tugs, ferries, and defense, with years worth of signed contracts and a pipeline that spans every vessel type on the water.</p> <p>The technology is proven, the momentum is building, and the opportunity is enormous. The marine industry is going electric and Arc is building the platform that powers it.</p> <h2>Who we're looking for</h2> <p>We're looking for someone fired up by the mission and ready to build. You'll thrive here if you move fast, take ownership, and care about the details.</p> <p>This is a full-time, on-site role at our Los Angeles headquarters. You'll report to the Manager of Electrical Engineering and work closely with a lean, high-trust team where everyone’s work matters.</p> <h2>What you'll do</h2> <ul> <li>Own the vehicle level control architecture and end-to-end development of real time systems that power next generation sport watercraft capabilities, spanning foundational powertrain and BMS control to precision station keeping, intelligent propulsion, and advanced maneuvering</li> <li>Translate vehicle-level requirements into robust, production-ready control architectures and implementations</li> <li>Develop, tune, and validate control strategies and fault detection / mitigation logic for safety-critical systems</li> <li>Lead system bring-up, vehicle integration, and deep cross-domain debugging (electrical, firmware, and mechanical)</li> <li>Drive structured root cause investigations using data, instrumentation, and experimentation</li> <li>Define and execute validation strategies including bench testing, HIL, and production-level verification</li> <li>Improve system reliability, diagnosability, and serviceability across product iterations</li> <li>Contribute meaningfully to code reviews, design reviews, and technical problem solving within the controls team</li> </ul> <h2>Minimum Qualifications</h2> <ul> <li>5+ years of experience in embedded systems, controls, or vehicle electrical integration</li> <li>Strong hands-on experience building and debugging real-time, hardware-integrated systems</li> <li>Deep familiarity with CAN-based arc