Sr. Electrical Engineer

Senior Electrical Engineer

Location: Irvine CA (onsite)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Salary Range: $150000 $250000 USD (Base salary dependent on experience skills and location; eligible for bonus equity and comprehensive benefits)

About the Opportunity

Aerospace is at a turning pointcosts are rising supply chains are strained and legacy building methods cant keep up. Our client is breaking that mold. Combining start-up agility with deep aerospace expertise they design build and scale next-generation aircraft using automation AI-driven tools and a fully connected digital backbone.

Here you wont just take a jobyou will help reinvent how the world flies. If you are ready to solve complex problems push technology further and collaborate with top-tier talent this is your opportunity to make a direct impact.

Role Overview

As a Senior Electrical Engineer you will lead the architecture design and integration of complex electrical and electromechanical systems. Your scope will span actuator drives power electronics avionics communication energy management and high-performance hardware across aerospace robotics and advanced mobility applications.

This is a hands-on role for an engineer who thrives at the intersection of architecture and executionsomeone who can translate system requirements into robust certifiable and manufacturable hardware from concept through production release.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead system architecture and end-to-end subsystem ownership from concept to validation and production release.
• Design and develop power electronics embedded digital systems and mixed-signal hardware using industry-standard ECAD tools (Altium Cadence or equivalent).
• Drive DFM DFT DFC DFA and cost-reduction decisions early in design cycles to ensure clean manufacturing scale-up.
• Create schematics guide PCB layouts and enforce strong signal integrity and EMI/EMC discipline.
• Architect communication bus physical layers (CAN and other aviation protocols) for fault-tolerant avionics systems.
• Partner directly with suppliers and contract manufacturers for prototype builds first-article inspections and yield optimization.
• Define validation/test strategies (ICT functional test coverage ESS) and run electrical analysis (SPICE simulation signal integrity power-stage evaluation).
• Perform hands-on lab bring-up troubleshooting root-cause analysis and rapid hardware iterations.

What You Bring

• Experience: 8 years developing and shipping complex electronic hardware into production.
• Education: Bachelors or Masters in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent practical experience).
• ECAD Expertise: Proficiency in Altium or comparable tools including schematic capture PCB layout stack-up definition and release documentation.
• Domain Breadth: Hands-on experience across power electronics motor drives microcontroller systems sensor interfacing and communication buses (CAN RS-485 ARINC etc.).
• Industrialization: Proven track record working with suppliers/CMs to resolve board yield test coverage and quality issues.
• Mindset: Strong first-principles thinker with a bias toward action comfortable working in lab environments and balancing cost performance and reliability.

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in aerospace aviation automotive robotics or high-performance fast-iteration hardware industries.
• Exposure to safety-critical environments (e.g. DO-254 DO-160 ARP4754B ARP4761).
• Scripting experience (MATLAB Python) for test automation and analytical modeling.
• Background in electric propulsion or high-reliability actuator drive systems.

Whats Offered

• Competitive base compensation ($150k$250k) plus equity performance bonuses and full health dental and vision benefits.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Opportunity to work with elite engineering talent in a fast-moving high-impact environment.