
Orpheus Ocean is revolutionizing deep ocean exploration by providing flexible and cost-effective solutions for scalable deep ocean intelligence. Their core product is the Orpheus AUV (Autonomous…

Orpheus Ocean is revolutionizing deep ocean exploration by providing flexible and cost-effective solutions for scalable deep ocean intelligence. Their core product is the Orpheus AUV (Autonomous…
Product: Orpheus AUV — modular, 6000 m depth-rated autonomous underwater vehicle
Founded: 2024
Headquarters: New Bedford, Massachusetts
Recent funding: Pre-seed announced Mar 3, 2025 (led by Propeller)
Team size (reported): 9 employees
Deep ocean exploration, seafloor surveying, environmental monitoring, and sample collection
2024
DeepTech
2.8M
Participating investors reported: Village Global, JetStream, Climate Capital
“Backed by early-stage climate and deeptech investors including Propeller Ventures, Village Global, JetStream, and Climate Capital”
Job Description:
Orpheus Ocean Inc is seeking a full-time Senior Electrical Engineer to play a key role in the research, development, manufacturing, testing, and operation of our robotic autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) platforms, payloads, and equipment. As part of our core engineering team, you will help advance the deep-ocean exploration capabilities of our autonomous platforms, supporting survey, assessment, and monitoring for rapidly expanding sectors of the blue economy - including seabed minerals, offshore wind, and critical subsea infrastructure.
Company Description:
Orpheus Ocean is revolutionizing exploration of Earth's final frontier: the deep ocean. We are a venture-backed, MA-based startup that is designing, building and operating novel autonomous platforms for ultra-scalable deep ocean access, to unlock and secure the future of the blue economy. Our flagship Orpheus AUV is the first to enable untethered interaction with the seafloor and agile exploration of environments down to 6,000 meters. Learn more at www.orpheusocean.com
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Duties/Responsibilies:
As a Senior Electrical Engineer at Orpheus Ocean, you will work closely with a multidisciplinary team to design and deliver robust electrical systems for our robotic platforms, payloads, and supporting infrastructure. The ideal candidate will take ownership of all electrical aspects of our products and grow with the company, potentially into a leadership role.
This role offers significant ownership, hands-on work, and direct impact on next-generation ocean robotics.
About You:
You are a self-motivated engineer who thrives in fast-paced, hardware-driven environments and enjoys tackling difficult technical challenges. You can independently drive development cycles and take assigned high-level objectives from concept to finished product with rigor and creativity. You are driven to do whatever it takes to get the job done, wearing numerous hats across responsibilities and disciplines, while enthusiastically learning outside of your existing skillset and experiences. You are capable of working across electrical design, fabrication, testing, and operations. You communicate clearly, collaborate well as a part of an interdisciplinary team, and are energized by building real systems that operate in the ocean.
As a pivotal member of our early-stage team, you must be enthusiastic and prepared to overcome the challenges associated with a growing seed-stage startup, and do so with respect, responsibility, and resilience. You must be adaptive and continually in pursuit of self/team-improvement in a workplace culture that expects all team members to both positively solicit and provide frequent constructive feedback to/from all colleagues, supervisors, and executives.
Minimum Qualifications:
Desired Qualifications:
Physical Requirements:
Physical duties for this position include but are not limited to, ability to infrequently lift and carry 50 lbs or less independently, multiple times per day. Visual abilities to include near, far, peripheral, depth perception, and ability to distinguish basic colors. Hearing requirements include the ability to hear and respond to instructions, communicate effectively in loud areas (pier/dock, warehouse). Other physical tasks include occasional prolonged standing/walking; use of hands for basic /fine grasping and manipulation, repetitive motion, reaching above and below the shoulders, pushing, pulling, kneeling, bending, twisting, and stooping. Other occupational requirements include talking, traveling, working around others, and with others. Will be exposed to dust or other irritants and electrical/mechanical/power equipment hazards. Physical duties are subject to change.
Location:
On-site, Plymouth, MA with flexible but limited work-from-home days on an as needed basis
Employment Type:
Full-time exempt (salaried); expectation is 40 hours per week minimum and occasionally more as needed to meet critical deadlines with infrequent possibility for weekend work, off-hour work, and/or sea duty.
Orpheus Ocean is an Equal Opportunity Employer