- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- OxnardCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Sep 16, 2026
- Salary
- $130,000–$190,000 a year
Full-time
EWIS Design Engineer
Job description
The team has created and exited multiple startups, negotiated defense deals worth billions of dollars, and designed and built 30+ novel aircraft, with aerospace experience from Scaled Composites, Airbus, Archer Aviation, Blue Origin, and Boom Supersonic.
Swarm Aero is redefining air power, building the largest swarming UAV and the most versatile swarming aircraft network in the world. The company is moving quickly to launch the first aircraft designed specifically for swarming, as well as the Command & Control software to mobilize swarms of thousands of heterogeneous autonomous assets and empower human operators to achieve superhuman results.
Swarm Aero is building autonomous UAV swarms that…
Job responsibilities
- Design and develop aircraft electrical systems including power distribution, wire harness routing, connector selection, and load analysis
- Work with the mechanical team to integrate avionics devices and cabling into the airframe by specifying or creating necessary mounts, brackets, and shelving
- Define avionics interface requirements and integration approach for avionics routed systems
- Develop and maintain electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and ICDs using appropriate design tools
- Collaborate with structures, mechanical, and systems engineering teams to ensure electrical routing, grounding, shielding, and EMI/EMC requirements are met
- Support flight test anomaly investigation and drive root cause analysis on avionics and electrical faults
- Contribute to airworthiness documentation and flight authorization packages
Job requirements
- 3+ years of avionics or aircraft electrical engineering experience on aerospace, defense, or UAS platforms
- Hands-on experience with aircraft electrical system design including power distribution, wire harness design, and load analysis
- Strong familiarity with aerospace connector families, cable families, and aerospace wiring practices.
- Proficiency with wiring harness design tools such as Zuken, Capital, Artifact, or equivalent
- Proficiency with cable routing tools such as Solidworks/Catia Electrical, NX Electrical, CreoParametric, or equivalent
- Experience taking avionics or electrical systems from design through hardware integration and flight test
- Comfortable working across hardware, software, and test disciplines in a fast-moving environment
- US person status required; active security clearance a plus