Senior Electrical Engineer, Ground Systems

Job Description

****About the Company:****

We are an Aerospace \& Defense startup headquartered in Gardena, CA. Our founding team hails from SpaceX, Anduril, and Lockheed Martin, and we are backed by Joint Staff-level military leadership and top-tier Silicon Valley rms. We're assembling a high urgency team committed to moving fast, solving hard problems, and defending what matters most. With a world-class business development \& leadership team already in place, we are well positioned to capitalize on already overwhelming demand.

****Role Overview:****

As an electrical engineer you will own the design, manufacturing, and integration of the electronics that power our next-generation ground support equipment for air defense platforms. You will have an opportunity for significant system ownership and to be a key contributor to design and architecture.

You'll work closely with software, mechanical, and manufacturing teams to deliver the best in-class electronic systems. If you want to build complex hardware on systems that matter---this role is for you.

****Key Responsibilities:****

* Own the design and manufacturing processes for custom harnesses for vehicle platforms.

* Support design of embedded vehicle systems including power, compute, sensing, actuation, and communication subsystems

* Act as the primary point of contact for any manufacturing issues on electrical assemblies

* Determine layer stackup, perform component package selection, component placement, routing feasibility studies, and signal routing of digital, analog, RF, and power conversion of printed circuit boards (PCB)

* Create and release documentation for fabrication of PCBs

* Own schematic design, component selection, PCB layout, and design review

* Manage board-level bring-up, debugging, and validation in lab and field test environments

* Guide board-level manufacturing, testing, and assembly processes (both in-house and external vendors)

* Establish test procedures for validation, environmental, and EMC/ESD qualification

****Basic Qualifications****

* Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.

* Strong experience with Altium Designer or similar CAD system (KICAD, EAGLE, CADENCE)

* Experienced with High-speed digital electronics, embedded microcontrollers, RF components, power electronics, digital buses (CAN, SPI, UART, I2C), sensor integration

* 5 years of experience designing, building, and testing electronics for aerospace, defense, robotics, or automotive systems

* Proficiency in schematic capture, layout (Altium), and board-level signal and power integrity design

* Familiarity with environmental design constraints including thermal, EMI/EMC, shock, and vibration

****Preferred Qualifications****

* Master's degree or equivalent experience in avionics or high-reliability hardware systems

* Proven experience delivering complex, multi-board avionics or embedded systems from concept to production

* Familiarity with Military standards for system design and qualification

* Experience in design-for-manufacture and supply chain planning for high-mix, low-volume aerospace production

* Experience with rapid prototyping, in-house assembly, and validation test campaign.

* Prior work in systems where the hardware must survive extreme environments (missiles, launch vehicles, hypersonic systems, satellites)

****Itar****

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

****Compensation:****  

****Salary:**** $ 160000- $200000 ****Equity**** ****Benefits**** ( Healthcare, Vision, Dental, 401k, and Lunch)