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Senior Electrical Engineer (Sensor Systems)

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)💼 Full-time💰 $146,000–$146,000🗓 2026-08-27 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design, test, and validate proximity sensors and electrical systems for autonomous air vehicles and defense platforms.

Role type

Senior Electrical Engineer (Sensor Systems & Power Electronics)

Builds

Proximity sensors, vehicle-level integrations, PCB designs, and wire harnesses for autonomous defense systems.

Domain

Defense technology, autonomous vehicles, sensor fusion, power electronics

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Complex board design, mixed-signal circuit design, sensor design and integration, power electronics/converter design, EMI testing, test equipment automation (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers), electronic CAD tools (Altium/Eagle), system interconnect design

Preferred skills

Height of burst sensor design, ordnance fuzing systems, UAS/missiles/maritime programs, MIL-STD compliance (1316, 810, 882E, 2105), JOTP-052/054, explosive operations handling

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; full lifecycle PCB design from requirements to integration; develop system interconnect diagrams and wire harnesses; conduct design reviews; perform root cause analysis for field operations; support vendor surveys and component sourcing

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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