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Hardware Engineer

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)💼 Full-time💰 $129,000–$129,000🗓 2026-09-03 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design, test, and integrate full-cycle PCBs and fuzing circuitry for missile and air vehicle systems.

Role type

Senior Hardware Engineer (Defense/Aerospace)

Builds

Fuzing systems, effectors, and vehicle interconnects for military applications

Domain

Defense technology, missile systems, avionics

Deliverable

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

Required skills

PCB design, schematic design, component selection, test equipment operation, signal integrity analysis, power integrity analysis, firmware development, root cause analysis, vendor evaluation

Preferred skills

Avionics design standards (DO-254, DO-178C, DO-160), UAS/missile program experience, MIL-STD compliance, explosive operations handling, volume production scaling

Technologies

Altium, Eagle, Ethernet, CAN, I2C, SPI, PCIe, USB, MCU, CPU, FPGA

Responsibilities

Full cycle PCB design from requirements to integration, develop fuzing circuitry, collaborate on vehicle subsystems, create system interconnect diagrams, conduct design reviews, perform lab/ground/flight testing, low-level firmware development, root cause analysis

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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