Electrical Engineer – PCB Design for Space Robotics

Lumicity; California; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Lumicity in Southern California is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to own end-to-end design and development of complex PCB assemblies for robotics, aerospace, defense, and autonomous systems.

You will lead schematic capture and layout using Altium Designer, debug hardware, and collaborate across mechanical, firmware, software, manufacturing, and systems teams to deliver high-relibility hardware.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field; Master's or PhD preferred.
• 3-5+ years in electrical hardware development for robotics, aerospace, defense, automotive, medical devices, drones/UAS, industrial equipment, or other complex hardware.
• 1+ year of full‑time, in‑house experience at an early‑stage hardware startup required.
• Strong hands‑on PCB design experience using Altium Designer.
• Experience taking complex PCBAs through the full design, fabrication, assembly, bring‑up, and test lifecycle.
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving environment with evolving requirements and significant hands-on ownership.

Responsibilities

• Own PCB designs from schematic capture and layout through fabrication, assembly, bring-up, and validation.
• Design complex PCB assemblies using Altium Designer.
• Debug and troubleshoot PCBAs using standard lab equipment.
• Make design trade-offs across performance, reliability, manufacturability, thermal, packaging, cost, and schedule.
• Work closely with mechanical, firmware, software, manufacturing, and systems teams.
• Support hardware integration, testing, root-cause analysis, and design improvements.

Skills

PCB design

Schematic capture

Hardware debugging

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's or PhD preferred

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

Lumicity in Southern California is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to own end-to-end design and development of complex PCB assemblies for robotics, aerospace, defense, and autonomous systems.

You will lead schematic capture and layout using Altium Designer, debug hardware, and collaborate across mechanical, firmware, software, manufacturing, and systems teams to deliver high-relibility hardware.