Electrical Engineer III

Cantos Ventures; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 161,000; Full time

Job summary

Neros is issuing an Electrical Engineer III role in Torrance, CA, to own electronics hardware across our product portfolio. You will design, analyze, and verify digital, analog, RF, and mixed-signal subsystems, driving hardware from requirements to production on systems that fly.

Responsibilities include worst-case circuit analysis, verification planning, schematic capture, and leading hardware integration with rigorous test and qualification processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.
• 5+ years of electronics hardware design and verification with production ownership.
• Strong fundamentals in analog, digital, and RF circuit theory.
• Hands-on experience executing WCCA across multiple subsystem types.
• Experience authoring and executing electronics verification plans from requirements through production test.
• Proficiency in schematic capture and directing PCB layout (Altium preferred).
• Experience leading hardware integration and board bring-up with circuit-level debugging.

Responsibilities

• Execute worst-case circuit analysis across digital, analog, RF, and mixed-signal subsystems to validate design margin ahead of hardware builds.
• Author electronics verification plans establishing traceability between requirements and test methods.
• Contribute to schematic capture and guide PCB layout decisions.
• Lead hardware integration from board bring-up through production qualification and troubleshooting.
• Write and execute test procedures, document results, and maintain verification traceability.
• Coordinate EMI/EMC, thermal, shock/vibe, and environmental qualification activities with external labs.
• Participate in design reviews focusing on margin, testability, and verification approach.
• Support FMEA, derating analysis, and reliability predictions on safety-critical subsystems.

Skills

5+ years experience

electronic hardware design

worst-case circuit analysis (WCCA)

DFT/DFM/DFR

schematic capture

Altium

PCB layout coordination

MATLAB/Python

board bring-up

test procedures & verification

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

bench instrumentation

Job description

Who we are

Neros is a defense technology company rebuilding America's drone industrial base. We design and manufacture high-performance unmanned systems that are tested in combat, iterated at startup speed, and built at massive scale. Our team culture is fast, hands-on, and obsessed with closing the gap between design and deployment.

As drones transform the character of warfare, Neros is delivering the systems the West needs to compete on the modern battlefield and deter the adversaries of democracy. We're hiring engineers, operators, and builders who want to move fast, take on extreme ownership, and get capability into the hands of warfighters in months, not years.

What you will be doing

As a Electrical Engineer III at Neros, you will carry end-to-end technical ownership of electronics hardware across our full product portfolio. Your work spans circuit design, worst-case circuit analysis, and verification execution across digital, analog, RF, and mixed-signal subsystems. You will contribute directly to design decisions, build verification evidence from the ground up, and take hardware from requirements to production on systems that fly.

Responsibilities

• Execute worst-case circuit analysis across digital, analog, RF, and mixed-signal subsystems to validate design margin ahead of hardware builds
• Author electronics verification plans that establish traceability between requirements and specific test methods, acceptance criteria, and verification evidence
• Contribute to schematic capture across subsystems where your analysis and integration experience directly inform design decisions
• Lead hardware integration from board bring-up through production qualification, including hands-on troubleshooting at the circuit and system level
• Write and execute test procedures, document results, and maintain requirements traceability through verification close-out
• Coordinate EMI/EMC, thermal, shock/vibe, and environmental qualification activities with external test laboratories
• Participate in design reviews as a primary contributor on design margin, testability, and verification approach
• Support FMEA and derating analysis on safety-critical subsystems across the product portfolio

You should have the following

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field
• 5+ years of experience in electronics hardware design and verification, with demonstrated ownership of both design execution and verification close-out on production programs
• Strong fundamentals in circuit theory across analog, digital, and RF domains, with the ability to apply that depth to both design contribution and hands-on analysis work
• Hands-on experience executing WCCA across digital, analog, RF, and mixed-signal subsystem types
• Experience authoring and executing electronics verification plans from requirements through production test completion
• Proficiency in schematic capture and directing PCB layout (Altium preferred)
• Experience leading hardware integration and board bring-up, including circuit-level debug using bench instrumentation
• Expertise in DFT, DFM, and DFR
• Working proficiency in MATLAB, Python, or a comparable scripting language for data analysis, test automation, or results processing

Nice to have

• Familiarity with formal qualification standards such as MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-810, IEC, UL, or CE
• Background in aerospace, defense, or drone hardware development with production qualification experience
• Experience contributing to FMEA, derating analysis, or reliability prediction on safety-critical hardware
• Experience with SI/PI analysis tools

US Salary Range

$115,000 - $161,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are considered part of Neros' total compensation package.

We're an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all applicants without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

Neros posts external titles (e.g., "Engineer II," "Senior I") to reflect true leveling, but internal titles don't include level numbers - your internal title will be the base title only ("Engineer" or "Senior Engineer," as applicable).