Avionics Electrical Engineer: PCB & Power Design

HIKINEX; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

HIKINEX in Costa Mesa, CA is seeking an experienced electrical engineer to lead full cycle PCB design for mission-critical products. You will gather requirements, create schematics, select components, and oversee layout, bring-up, testing, and integration.

The role involves hands-on power design, working with microcontrollers, and collaborating across electrical, mechanical, software, firmware, and test engineering teams to deliver robust systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent with 3+ years designing, testing, and debugging complex systems.
• Power system analysis, loading analysis, simulation, and testing to determine optimal solutions.
• Hands-on with lab test equipment (oscilloscopes, DMM, loads) and EMI/thermal testing.
• Familiarity with CAN, I2C, SPI, Ethernet, RS232/422, RS485, USB interfaces.
• Strong organization and written/oral communication skills.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance
• Experience with power design and power management systems
• Hands-on experience with microcontrollers, including bring-up and design work
• Knowledge of analog/digital electronics and circuits
• Experience designing mixed-signal PCBs with multiple layers and impedance matching
• Understanding of low/high voltage power electronics for interconnect diagrams and wire harnessing

Responsibilities

• Full cycle PCB design from requirements and schematic through layout, bring-up, test, and system integration.
• Conduct bring-up and design work on microcontrollers, ensuring seamless integration within the system.
• Troubleshoot issues spanning electrical and software boundaries using lab equipment and basic debugging tools.

Skills

Power design

Microcontroller bring-up

Lab equipment mastery

Circuit analysis

Electrical interfaces

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

DMM

Logic analyzers

Spectrum analyzers

Job description

HIKINEX in Costa Mesa, CA is seeking an experienced electrical engineer to lead full cycle PCB design for mission-critical products. You will gather requirements, create schematics, select components, and oversee layout, bring-up, testing, and integration.

The role involves hands-on power design, working with microcontrollers, and collaborating across electrical, mechanical, software, firmware, and test engineering teams to deliver robust systems.