Lead Power Electronics Engineer – Avionics & Actuator Drive

Society of Defense Financial Management; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Society of Defense Financial Management in Los Angeles, CA is seeking an Electrical Engineer specializing in power electronics for defense avionics. This on-site role focuses on designing robust power and actuator drive electronics for high-performance flight hardware, with early equity opportunities.

You will own power distribution, battery management, EMI/EMC, and bring-up of schematics, layouts, and test procedures while collaborating with embedded software, controls, and systems engineers in

Qualifications

• 5+ years in circuit design and power electronics.
• Power systems experience in demanding hardware environments (aerospace/defense/automotive/ robotics).
• Strong PCB design and layout with EMC grounding, shielding, filtering, and power integrity.
• Hands-on lab experience debugging hardware and bringing up boards.
• Ability to take designs from schematic through layout, integration and test.
• Experience in a fast-paced, 0-to-1 development environment.
• Daily use of AI tools such as Claude or Cursor in workflow.
• BS in Electrical Engineering.
• U.S. Citizen or Green Card holder (no visa sponsorship).

Responsibilities

• Design power distribution and conversion, including battery management, regulation, and protection circuits.
• Own actuator drive electronics, including power stage, current sensing, motor commutation, and position interfaces.
• Create schematics, PCB layouts, and bring-up procedures for analog and digital avionics.
• Lead EMI/EMC design and validation.
• Integrate and tune hardware with embedded software, systems, and controls engineers.
• Build test infrastructure and support debugging, integration, and environmental testing.
• Help define scalable electrical architecture for high-rate manufacturing.

Skills

Circuit design

Power electronics

PCB design

EMC

Lab debugging

Schematic to layout

Startup experience

AI tools (Claude/Cursor)

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

KiCad

SPICE

FPGA interface

Job description

Society of Defense Financial Management in Los Angeles, CA is seeking an Electrical Engineer specializing in power electronics for defense avionics. This on-site role focuses on designing robust power and actuator drive electronics for high-performance flight hardware, with early equity opportunities.

You will own power distribution, battery management, EMI/EMC, and bring-up of schematics, layouts, and test procedures while collaborating with embedded software, controls, and systems engineers in