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Electrical Test Engineer, Intelligence Systems

Santa Ana, CA (OC-31)💼 Full-time💰 $129,000–$129,000🗓 2026-09-15 → 2026-09-25

Core

Design and build complex systems and PCBA platforms to test defense products, ensuring they meet stringent standards for the Intelligence Community.

Role type

Senior IC electrical test engineer (manufacturing)

Builds

Test automation platforms, circuit board test fixtures, and data acquisition boards for military systems

Domain

Defense technology / Intelligence Community / Hardware testing

Deliverable

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

Required skills

PCBA design, schematic capture and layout, electronics test equipment operation, low/high speed interface debugging, DFM/DFT expertise, PLM systems proficiency

Preferred skills

Python scripting for automation, FPGA RTL and bare-metal coding, Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Technologies

Altium, Cadence, PADs, FPGA, MCU, embedded Linux, RTOS, I2C, SPI, CAN, RF, USB

Responsibilities

Design circuits and schematics for test automation; source PCBAs and test fixtures; bring up and debug circuits and interfaces; integrate designs into PDM systems; manage requirements for custom circuits and assemblies

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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