- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- Simi ValleyCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Oct 7, 2026
- Salary
- $122,500–$187,000 a year
Senior Electrical Engineer
Job description
The Sr. Electrical Engineer designs, develops, modifies and evaluates electronic parts, components or integrated circuitry for electronic equipment, or other hardware systems and/or electrical engineering applications. In this role, one selects components and equipment based on analysis of specifications and reliability as well as determines design approaches & parameters. Conducts general engineering and design of electronic systems on small, unmanned aircraft vehicles with cross-functional teams. May also review vendor capability to support product development.
AV isn’t for everyone. We hire the curious, the relentless, the mission-obsessed. The best of the best.
Job responsibilities
- Lead and manage a team of systems engineering and integration professionals, including staffing, workload planning, performance management, mentoring, and career development
- Own systems engineering execution from requirements development and decomposition through system integration, verification, validation, and transition to production
- Own I&T planning and execution, including integration readiness, test planning, procedure development, test conduct, data review, issue resolution, and reporting
- Manage requirements traceability, allocation, verification planning, and technical baseline evolution throughout the system development lifecycle
- Lead development of system-level artifacts such as requirements, interface definitions, technical plans, test plans, procedures, reports, and customer-facing technical presentations
- Coordinate across software, hardware, manufacturing, quality, reliability, safety, flight test, and program management teams to achieve cost, schedule, and technical objectives
- Support airworthiness, system safety, and reliability activities, including field test safety, hazard-related technical coordination, and reliability growth / issue closure as applicable
- Provide clear and timely status of technical progress, risks, issues, and mitigation plans to internal leadership and external customers
Job requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
- 8 years of electrical engineering experience, with at least 5 in design and development
- Experience leading electrical engineering activities including requirements, architecture, schematic design, PCB layout, and PCBA and system test. FPGA experience a plus.
- Experience owning or leading Integration & Test execution for complex aerospace, defense, embedded, or mission-critical systems
- Master’s degree in electrical engineering.
- Aerospace, defense, or UAS systems engineering experience strongly preferred
- Experience with Altium Designer
- Experience developing systems test plans, procedures, reports, and objective evidence packages
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