Avionics & Electrical Engineer for Autonomous VTOL Aircraft

Haast Autonomous; Pendleton (OR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Haast Autonomous in Pendleton, Oregon, is seeking an Electrical Engineer to own the avionics and power‑distribution architecture for our long‑range VTOL aircraft. You will design reliable electrical systems, translate system requirements into schematics and harness documentation, and support aircraft through assembly, ground and flight testing.

This role blends electrical design, systems engineering, hands‑on integration, and rapid troubleshooting, with collaboration across mechanical, controls,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, mechatronics, or a related field.
• Experience designing and integrating electrical or avionics systems.
• Strong understanding of power electronics, embedded systems, digital communications, and electrical protection.
• Ability to create and review schematics, wiring diagrams, pinout tables, and engineering drawings.
• Experience using oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers, power supplies, electronic loads, and other laboratory equipment.
• Experience troubleshooting complex electrical systems at the component and system levels.
• Ability to work directly with hardware and support hands‑on aircraft integration.
• Strong technical documentation and configuration‑management habits.

Responsibilities

• Design the aircraft’s avionics and electrical power architecture.
• Develop system block diagrams, schematics, wiring diagrams, connector pinouts, and harness drawings.
• Size and select wiring, connectors, fuses, contactors, power‑distribution components, regulators, and protective devices.
• Integrate flight controllers, propulsion systems, batteries, sensors, radios, navigation systems, actuators, payload systems, and onboard computers.
• Design electrical interfaces for high‑voltage propulsion and low‑voltage avionics systems.
• Develop grounding, shielding, isolation, and EMI/EMC strategies.
• Perform voltage‑drop, current, thermal, power‑budget, and failure‑mode analyses.
• Define electrical requirements, interface‑control documents, and acceptance‑test procedures.
• Design or oversee the development of custom PCBs, interface boards, power‑distribution boards, and test equipment.
• Conduct bench testing, hardware‑in‑the‑loop testing, ground testing, and flight‑test support.
• Diagnose electrical, avionics, communications, and power‑system failures.
• Work closely with mechanical, aerospace, controls, software, manufacturing, and flight‑test engineers.
• Review technician‑built harnesses and electrical assemblies for compliance with engineering documentation.
• Manage component obsolescence, lead‑time risks, design changes, and configuration control.
• Build scalable electrical design, verification, and documentation processes.

Skills

Electrical avionics design

Schematic & PCB review

High-power systems

Test & troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Multimeters

Logic analyzers

Power supplies

Job description

Haast Autonomous in Pendleton, Oregon, is seeking an Electrical Engineer to own the avionics and power‑distribution architecture for our long‑range VTOL aircraft. You will design reliable electrical systems, translate system requirements into schematics and harness documentation, and support aircraft through assembly, ground and flight testing.

This role blends electrical design, systems engineering, hands‑on integration, and rapid troubleshooting, with collaboration across mechanical, controls,