Principal Electrical Engineer
Core
Senior technical authority for production electronics, owning the hardware development lifecycle from system architecture through detailed design, layout oversight, and high-volume production release.
Role type
Principal Electrical Engineer (Hardware Architecture & Design)
Builds
High-performance unmanned systems (drones) for defense and combat applications
Domain
Defense technology, Unmanned Systems, High-Speed Digital, Embedded Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
High-speed digital design, Embedded systems architecture, Schematic capture (Altium), PCB layout (high-speed/power/mixed-signal), Worst-case circuit analysis, Signal integrity (SI) and Power integrity (PI) analysis, EMC/EMI compliance, System architecture definition, High-speed serial interfaces (PCIe, MIPI, USB, LVDS, SerDes), DFM/DFT practices
Preferred skills
RF/wireless system design, Antenna design, FPGA design and integration, Multi-physics simulation (Ansys SIwave, HyperLynx), System-level modeling (MATLAB/Simulink), UAV/Avionics background
Technologies
Altium, Ansys SIwave, HyperLynx, PCIe, MIPI CSI-2, USB 3.x, LVDS, SerDes, FPGA, MATLAB/Simulink
Responsibilities
Establish and enforce rigorous design practices including worst-case circuit analysis and DFM/DFT/DFR; Serve as final technical sign-off authority on major design decisions and product releases; Mentor electrical engineers to raise hardware practice standards; Define system requirements and shape the hardware roadmap; Provide expert-level technical leadership on complex multi-disciplinary problems; Communicate architectural vision and design decisions to technical and executive audiences
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic oversight