Electrical Engineer — Advanced Avionics Hardware & PCB

Nova Solvers; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Paid vacation and sick leave

Paid company holidays

Performance incentives

Job summary

Nova Solvers in Torrance, CA seeks a mid-level Electrical Engineer – Advanced Avionics Hardware, focused on PCB and PCBA design to support spacecraft electronics and avionics. This hands-on role covers requirements, architecture, schematic design, PCB development, bring-up, debugging, integration, qualification, and production.

You will develop new PCBAs and products, evaluate technologies, and transition concepts from prototypes to repeatable hardware.

Qualifications

• 3–7 years of experience designing, building, and testing electronic hardware.
• Direct experience with PCB and PCBA design, development, bring‑up, or production support.
• Strong proficiency with Altium Designer or similar PCB design tools for schematic capture and PCB development.
• Experience developing digital, mixed‑signal, embedded, sensor, communications, or power electronics.
• Solid understanding of PCB design fundamentals including grounding, power distribution, controlled impedance, EMI/EMC, manufacturability, and testability.
• Experience with PCB fabrication houses, contract manufacturers, or electronics suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop printed circuit boards for spacecraft, payload, avionics, power, communications, sensor, and test applications.
• Develop analog, digital, mixed‑signal, embedded, and power electronics.
• Develop schematics, select components, define interfaces, and support PCB layout and release.
• Work with PCB layout resources to define stackups, routing constraints, controlled impedance, grounding, power distribution, EMI/EMC considerations, and manufacturability requirements.
• Describe and integrate FPGA, SoC, processor, memory, sensor, communications, and peripheral circuitry.
• Support development of power conversion, switching, monitoring, protection, and distribution electronics.
• Evaluate signal integrity, power integrity, thermal constraints, component derating, reliability, and environmental performance.
• Develop new PCBAs, electronic products, and reusable hardware architectures that expand Nova Solvers’ electronics portfolio.

Skills

PCB/PCBA design

Electrical engineering fundamentals

Analog/digital/mixed-signal

FPGA/SoC interfaces

Hardware troubleshooting

Education

B.S./M.S. in Electrical/Computer/Aerospace Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

Nova Solvers in Torrance, CA seeks a mid-level Electrical Engineer – Advanced Avionics Hardware, focused on PCB and PCBA design to support spacecraft electronics and avionics. This hands-on role covers requirements, architecture, schematic design, PCB development, bring-up, debugging, integration, qualification, and production.

You will develop new PCBAs and products, evaluate technologies, and transition concepts from prototypes to repeatable hardware.