Lead Electrical Engineer - Flight Control Systems

Moog Military Aircraft LLC; United States; On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k matching program

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (selects)

Relocation assistance

Flexible paid time off

Job summary

Moog Military Aircraft LLC is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead design, integration and test of automatic flight control systems for unmanned aircraft. You will work across electrical architecture, lab validation and flight test support in a collaborative aerospace environment, mentoring junior engineers.

The role requires hands-on experience with avionics, embedded systems and high-reliability hardware, plus strong schematics skills and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related discipline.
• 5+ years in electrical design, integration and test.
• Experience with avionics, embedded systems, or high-reliability hardware.
• Strong read/write of schematics and interface documents.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Lead electrical design and integration for automatic flight control system hardware and subsystems.
• Develop architectures, wiring diagrams, harness concepts, and interface control documents.
• Define and verify electrical interface requirements across hardware, software, and system boundaries.
• Support selection/integration of avionics, sensors, actuators, compute platforms, and power systems.
• Build, troubleshoot, and validate prototype electrical assemblies and flight-critical hardware.
• Plan labs, bench tests, integration tests, and flight-test preparation.
• Diagnose faults, perform root-cause analysis, and drive corrective actions.
• Collaborate with systems, software, mechanical, manufacturing, and flight test teams.
• Contribute to requirements development, risk assessments, and design reviews.
• Support configuration management and design assurance for flight-critical systems.
• Evaluate redundancy, reliability, and safety impacts of electrical architectures.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership.

Skills

Communication skills

Hands-on debugging

Schematic reading/writing

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelors in Electrical/Aerospace Engineering

Job description

Moog Military Aircraft LLC is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead design, integration and test of automatic flight control systems for unmanned aircraft. You will work across electrical architecture, lab validation and flight test support in a collaborative aerospace environment, mentoring junior engineers.

The role requires hands-on experience with avionics, embedded systems and high-reliability hardware, plus strong schematics skills and cross-functional collaboration.