CareerPlan

Electrical Engineer, Weapon Systems

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)Full-time$129k2026-10-01 → 2026-11-10
Security clearance required

Core

Design, build, and test fuzing circuitry and electronic systems for missile and air vehicle weapon systems.

Role type

Electrical Engineer (Weapon Systems)

Builds

Fuzing systems, effectors, and system interconnects for missiles and UAS

Domain

Defense / Aerospace / Weapon Systems

Required skills

PCB design, fuzing circuitry design, system interconnect design, firmware development, root cause analysis, test equipment operation, signal/power integrity design, electronic CAD tools, analog/digital electronics

Preferred skills

Avionics design standards (DO-254, DO-178C, DO-160), UAS/missile/maritime program experience, weapons safety board experience, volume production scaling, explosive operations handling

Technologies

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

Responsibilities

Full cycle PCB design from requirements to integration, develop fuzing circuitry for missile systems, design system interconnect diagrams and wire harnesses, conduct lab/ground/flight tests, perform low-level firmware development for bring-up, conduct peer-level design reviews, support field operations with root cause analysis

Seniority

Mid-Senior, hands-on IC