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Senior Electrical Engineer, Weapon Systems

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)💼 Full-time💰 $146,000–$146,000🗓 2026-07-18 → 2026-07-31

Core

Designing, testing, and integrating full-cycle PCBs and fuzing circuitry for missile and air vehicle systems.

Role type

Senior Electrical Engineer (Weapon Systems)

Builds

Missile fuzing systems, vehicle interconnects, and electronic subsystems for air vehicles.

Domain

Defense / Aerospace / Weapon Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

PCB design (schematic, layout, bring-up, test), fuzing circuitry design, system interconnects, wire harness definition, low-level firmware development, root cause analysis, test equipment operation (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, thermal chambers), signal/power integrity analysis, electronic CAD tools (Altium, Eagle), MCU/CPU/FPGA knowledge, analog/digital electronics, data acquisition and analysis.

Preferred skills

Avionics design standards (DO-254, DO-178C, DO-160), UAS/missile/maritime program experience, DoD Weapons Safety Boards experience, volume production scaling, MIL-STD compliance (1316, 882E, 2105), JOTP-052/054 experience, explosive operations handling.

Technologies

Altium, Eagle, Ethernet, CAN, I2C, SPI, PCIe, USB, MCUs, CPUs, FPGAs

Responsibilities

Full cycle PCB design from requirements to integration; Develop fuzing circuitry for missile systems; Collaborate with vehicle teams on tailored fuzing systems; Design system interconnects and wire harnesses; Conduct design reviews; Build and test components in lab/ground/flight; Perform root cause analysis for field operations.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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