Electrical Engineer — Flight-Grade PCBAs & Mission-Critical HW

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

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