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Senior Manager, Electrical Engineering

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)Full-time$191k2026-10-01 → 2026-11-10
U.S. persons only (export control)

Core

Lead a technical team to design, prototype, and scale autonomous drone systems, rocket motor systems, and imaging payloads for defense missions.

Role type

Senior Manager, Electrical Engineering (Technical Lead)

Builds

Autonomous aerial systems, high-performance imaging payloads, and launchers for US and allied military use.

Domain

Defense / Aerospace / Embedded Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Mixed signal circuit design, ECAD tools (Altium), embedded systems design, test equipment operation (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers), multi-disciplinary team management, extreme environment product experience

Preferred skills

Unit/subsystem payload ownership, technical leadership, scalable manufacturing solutions, systems engineering/architectural trade, embedded software/firmware (C/Linux), safety-critical environment development, embedded software protocols (SPI, ADCs)

Technologies

Altium, C, Linux, SPI, ADCs

Responsibilities

Guide architecture trades, board design, implementation, troubleshooting, and validation; support system-level integration and flight tests; mature product designs for mass production; troubleshoot electrical/software boundary issues.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities