CareerPlan

Electrical Engineer, Hardware Platform, 5+ years of experience

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)Full-time$129k2026-10-05 → 2026-11-10
Security clearance required

Core

Design and test high-reliability electronics for propulsion systems, missile fuzing, and vehicle interconnects in defense and aerospace applications.

Role type

Senior Electrical Engineer (Hardware Platform)

Builds

Propulsion flight controllers, power electronics, motor controllers, fuzing circuitry, and vehicle interconnect systems for defense hardware.

Domain

Defense & Aerospace Hardware

Required skills

PCB design, analog/digital/power electronics, circuit simulation, lab test equipment operation, signal/power integrity analysis, system interconnect design, root cause analysis, vendor management

Preferred skills

Propulsion electronics, fuzing/ordnance systems, MIL-STD compliance, MATLAB/Simulink, avionics design standards, production scaling

Technologies

Altium Designer, LTSpice, CAN, I2C, SPI, Ethernet, USB, PCIe, MCU/CPU/FPGA architectures

Responsibilities

Lead full-cycle PCB design from requirements to integration; design safety-critical circuits; conduct design analysis (WCA, thermal, DFMEA); execute board bring-ups and qualification testing; develop system interconnect diagrams; perform root cause and failure analysis; support vendor surveys and component sourcing.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC