Lead Aerospace Electrical Engineer – System Architect

Neon Aerospace; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity participation

Full health benefits

401K

Job summary

Neon Aero, Inc. is seeking an experienced electrical hardware engineer to lead the design and integration of complex power electronics, avionics interfaces, and mixed-signal boards for next-generation aerospace products.

You’ll own end-to-end development from concept through production release, collaborate with suppliers and contract manufacturers, and ensure manufacturability, reliability, and safety in a fast-moving hardware team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field preferred; relevant professional experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree
• Strong proficiency with Altium (or comparable ECAD tools).
• Experience taking electronic assemblies into production and shipping hardware.
• Experience across multiple hardware domains: Power electronics and motor drives, Embedded digital, Sensor interfacing, CAN/ARINC.

Responsibilities

• Lead system architecture and integration across complex, multi-domain programs.
• Own electrical subsystems end-to-end—from concept, through validation, to production release.
• Design and develop power electronics, embedded digital, and mixed-signal hardware using industry-standard ECAD tools (Altium, Cadence, or equivalent).
• Drive DFM/DFT/DFC/DFA/Cost decisions early, ensuring designs scale cleanly into manufacturing.
• Create robust schematics and guide PCB layout, with strong signal integrity and EMI/EMC discipline, and produce production-ready documentation.
• Architect and implement communication bus physical layers (CAN and other aviation buses) for fault-tolerant, certifiable avionics data communication.
• Partner with suppliers and contract manufacturers to support prototype builds, first-article inspections, and production ramp.
• Define validation and test strategy, including ICT, boundary scan, functional test coverage, ESS, and production yield metrics.
• Support lab bring-up and integration, troubleshooting issues, running root-cause investigations, and iterating designs quickly.
• Perform electrical analysis (SPICE simulation, power-stage evaluation, signal integrity, thermal interaction with mechanical systems, EMI mitigation).
• Participate in design reviews to ensure system-level performance, safety, reliability, manufacturability, and cost targets are met.
• Get hands-on during board bring-up, system integration, and hardware testing.

Skills

Electrical hardware design

Power electronics

PCB layout

System integration

Altium

EMI/EMC

DFM/DFT

Cross-functional collaboration

Hardware debugging

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

Cadence

Job description

Neon Aero, Inc. is seeking an experienced electrical hardware engineer to lead the design and integration of complex power electronics, avionics interfaces, and mixed-signal boards for next-generation aerospace products.

You’ll own end-to-end development from concept through production release, collaborate with suppliers and contract manufacturers, and ensure manufacturability, reliability, and safety in a fast-moving hardware team.