CareerPlan

Technical Lead - Containerized Command & Control

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)Full-time$146k2026-10-14 → 2026-11-10
Citizens or permanent residents onlySecurity clearance required

Core

Lead Electrical Architect defining and shaping electrical architecture for AI Factories and Command/Control centers, bridging systems concepts with detailed electrical design for air-transportable, hardened systems.

Role type

Senior IC Electrical Architect (Defense Systems)

Builds

Air-transportable, modular, containerized tactical data centers and command centers optimized for AI inference at the tactical edge

Domain

Defense / Embedded Systems / Power Distribution / Ruggedized Computing

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Electrical architecture, embedded systems (MCUs, CPUs, FPGAs), full-cycle ECU/LRU design, harnessing design, power distribution (3-phase, MV/LV), SCIF accreditation, electromagnetic hardening, MIL-STD compliance

Preferred skills

Containerized data center design, expeditionary infrastructure, GPS-denied operations, aerospace/defense background, advanced degree, active security clearance

Technologies

MCUs, CPUs, FPGAs, ISO containers, MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end architecture of tactical data centers, conduct architectural trades, translate CONOPS into electrical requirements, design modular systems for austere environments, partner with AI/ML teams, lead prototyping and field testing, allocate functions to electrical modules, flow information to PCB design teams

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC