Staff Electrical Engineer (Sensors)
Core
Design, test, and validate proximity sensors and electrical systems for autonomous air vehicles and defense applications.
Role type
Staff Electrical Engineer (Sensors)
Builds
Proximity sensors, vehicle-level integrations, and complete lifecycle designs for autonomous systems.
Domain
Defense technology, autonomous vehicles, sensor fusion
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Complex board design, mixed-signal design, sensor design and integration, UAS/power electronics design, test equipment operation (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers), EMI testing, electronic CAD tools (Altium, Eagle), system interconnect design
Preferred skills
Height of burst sensor design, ordnance fuzing systems, UAS/missiles/maritime programs, DoD Weapons Safety Boards, volume production scaling, MIL-STD compliance (1316, 810, 882E, 2105), JOTP-052/054, explosive operations
Technologies
Altium, Eagle, CAN, I2C, SPI, MIL-STD-1316, MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-882E, JOTP-052, JOTP-054
Responsibilities
Design, test, and validation of proximity sensors; Vehicle-level integrations and lifecycle design; Full cycle PCB design and integration; Vendor surveys and component sourcing; Conduct peer-level and cross-discipline design reviews; Root cause analysis for field operations
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic oversight