Electrical Engineer, Maneuver Dominance

Job Title: Electrical Engineer, Maneuver Dominance

We are seeking a highly skilled Electrical Engineer to join our Maneuver Dominance team at our Costa Mesa HQ. As an Electrical Engineer, you will work closely with the program leadership and a wide spectrum of cross-departments as part of a team focused on solving hard problems and changing the industry forever.

Responsibilities:

• Full cycle aircraft systems electrical design and integration including requirements capture, system architecture design, equipment selection, supervision or completion of wire harness build, bring-up, test, and rework.

• Troubleshoot issues that span the electrical and software boundaries, with solid skills using both lab equipment (Oscilloscopes, DMM, etc.) and basic software debugging tools.

• Development of payloads and subsystems (sensors, payload interfaces, power management, and networking).

• Develop system interconnect diagrams and define wire harnesses that connect electronic equipment within a subsystem.

• Work closely with other electrical, mechanical, software, firmware, and test engineers to deliver fully functional products.

• Work in a fast-paced environment supporting new developments and customer operated hardware.

• Conduct peer-level and cross-discipline design reviews.

• Design and support the integration & testing of an rotorcraft system through TRLs 3-8.

• Conduct vehicle platform system design & analysis as required by your supported program or effort.

• Conduct design reviews, perform requirements analysis, and plan system verification to ensure compliance with project goals and industry standards.

• Work within a dynamic team of multidisciplinary engineers and specialists throughout the life of product design, integration, and test effort.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.

• 3+ years of experience (non-internship) designing, testing, and troubleshooting complex board designs.

• Knowledge of modern analog and digital electronics and electronic circuits.

• Competence with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, thermal chambers, current-probes, and automation of tests.

• Familiarity with standard interfaces such as Ethernet, CAN, I2C, SPI, PCIe, USB, etc.

• Familiarity with common MCU, CPU, FPGA devices and technologies.

• Familiarity with software development processes and tools such as git, Github, JIRA, etc.

• Comfortable with a variety of electronic CAD tools (Altium preferred, Eagle and others acceptable).

• Experience in design for signal integrity / power integrity.

• Experience with battery systems and ability to support alternate battery systems design.

• Experience with high reliability systems.

• Experience with radio frequency-based systems.

• Experience with rapid payload/sensor integration.

• Experience in designing and integrating high power electronics.

• Experience in fieldable system design.

• Comfortable in conducting worst case circuit or uncertainty analysis.

• High-ownership and a bias toward action – if you see a problem, you want to solve and fix it.

• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

• Ability to travel 25% with potential surges above 25%.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience designing electrical and power systems for autonomous rotorcraft.

• Experience with battery systems both primary and secondary chemistries.

• Experience with High Voltage Power Electronics.

• Experience with inverters and high power electric motors.

• Understanding of MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-810G.

• Outstanding leadership and interpersonal skills.

• Familiarity with running a qualification campaign for flight hardware.

• Familiarity with designing for rugged environments.

• Experience with electro-mechanical and electrical design concepts.

• Experience with Formula SAE, Baja SAE, Design Build Fly, etc.

Salary Range: $132,000-$171,000 USD