Electrical Engineer

Heaviside Industries, Inc.; California (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical, vision & dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

Heaviside Industries, based in Los Angeles, CA, seeks a senior hardware engineer to design mission-grade PCBAs used in autonomous precision munitions. You will own schematic capture, component selection and high-density layout, driving power, signal integrity and EMI/EMC from day one.

You will collaborate with firmware and embedded software teams to bring boards up and validate performance. Required are a BS/MS in EE, 5+ years of PCB design experience for flight/mission-critical hardware, and

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years designing PCBAs that shipped (flight, automotive, robotics, or comparable mission-critical hardware).
• Expert with a modern EDA tool (Altium, Cadence Allegro, KiCad or equivalent).
• Strong fundamentals in analog, digital, power and high-speed design.
• Hands‑on experience with board bring‑up tools — oscilloscope, logic analyzer, network analyzer, spectrum analyzer, thermal camera.
• Comfortable reading firmware and partnering with FW/embedded engineers to debug across the boundary.
• Bonus: RF design, high-speed digital (DDR, PCIe, MIPI), MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, DO-160 or comparable standards, experience with ordnance or pyrotechnic interfaces.
• U.S. Person as defined by ITAR (22 CFR §120.62)

Responsibilities

• Design high-density PCBAs including navigation computers, sensor boards, power systems and RF front-end.
• Own schematic capture, component selection and DFM-aware layout.
• Drive power architecture, DC-DC conversion and thermal management.
• Design for signal integrity and EMI/EMC compliance.
• Specify, integrate, and bring up sensors and modules (IMUs, GNSS, baro, mag, RF transceivers).
• Lead board bring-up alongside firmware and embedded software teams.
• Run qualification and environmental testing (thermal, vibration, shock, EMI/EMC, HALT).
• Own obsolescence planning and BOM/manufacturing linkage.

Skills

PCB design experience

Firmware interaction

Team collaboration

Education

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

Cadence Allegro

KiCad

Oscilloscope

Logic analyzer

Spectrum analyzer

Thermal camera

MIL-STD-810/461/DO-160 familiarity

Job description

ABOUT HEAVISIDE INDUSTRIES

Heaviside Industries builds multi-domain autonomous precision munitions for U.S. and allied special operations and conventional forces. While modern warfare has rapidly evolved with the proliferation of unmanned systems, hyper-precise munitions in contested environments are the future of the battlefield. Economical precision strike capabilities are critical to U.S. and allied war efforts, enabling successful defeat of enemy military assets and infrastructure. Heaviside builds precision munitions designed to operate in GPS-denied and spectrum-jammed battlefields—where traditional systems degrade or fail—without inflated prices or sacrifice to performance.

All engineering and manufacturing is conducted in-house in Heaviside’s Los Angeles, CA headquarters and Oslo, Norway office.

Heaviside is backed by Interlagos, Menlo Ventures, Flume Ventures, Cantos, Anorak Ventures, and Ravelin Ventures.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Design, lay out and bring up mission-grade PCBAs — Navigation computers, sensor boards, power systems, RF front-end and seeker electronics




• Own schematic capture, component selection and DFM-aware PCB layout for high-density mixed-signal designs in tight mechanical envelopes




• Drive power architecture: battery and ordnance-grade power, DC-DC conversion and thermal management




• Design for signal integrity and EMI/EMC compliance from day one; partner with mechanical to get grounding, shielding and connector strategies right




• Specify, integrate, and bring up sensors and modules — IMUs, GNSS, baro, mag, RF transceivers and motor drivers




• Lead board bring-up side-by-side with firmware and embedded software




• Run qualification and environmental testing: thermal, vibration, shock, EMI/EMC, HALT




• Own component obsolescence, second-source strategy and the relationship between the BOM and our manufacturing line

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering or related field




• 5+ years designing PCBAs that shipped — flight, automotive, robotics or comparable mission-critical hardware




• Expert with a modern EDA tool (Altium, Cadence Allegro, KiCad or equivalent)




• Strong fundamentals in analog, digital, power and high-speed design




• Hands‑on experience with board bring‑up tools — oscilloscope, logic analyzer, network analyzer, spectrum analyzer, thermal camera




• Comfortable reading firmware and partnering with FW/embedded engineers to debug across the boundary




• Bonus: RF design, high-speed digital (DDR, PCIe, MIPI), experience with MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, DO-160 or comparable standards, experience with ordnance or pyrotechnic interfaces




• U.S. Person as defined by ITAR (22 CFR §120.62)

Additional Information:

Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case‑by‑case basis and may vary based on job‑related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full‑time hires, you may also be eligible for long‑term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

https://www.pmddtc.state.gov/?id=ddtc_kb_article_page&sys_id=24d528fddbfc930044f9ff621f961987.

Heaviside is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Heaviside is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, physical disability or any other legally protected status.