New Grad Electrical & Avionics Engineer, Autonomous Systems

Mach Industries Inc.; Huntington Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 120.000 - 125.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Mach Industries is seeking a New Graduate Electrical & Avionics Engineer in Huntington Beach, CA to support the design, development, integration and testing of electrical systems for autonomous defense platforms.

You will work across circuit-board design, avionics, power distribution, and vehicle harnessing, collaborating with mechanical, software and systems teams to rapidly build and validate reliable hardware.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Graduating by summer 2027.
• Electrical or avionics experience gained through internships, research, academic projects, student competition teams, or professional roles.
• Foundational understanding of analog and digital electronics, circuit design, power systems, and electrical interfaces.
• Experience with schematic capture or PCB design software such as Altium Designer, Cadence, KiCad, or an equivalent tool.
• Hands‑on experience building, testing, debugging, or integrating electrical hardware.
• Ability to work effectively across engineering disciplines in a fast‑paced, hardware‑focused environment.

Aufgaben

• Design and develop electrical and avionics systems for autonomous aircraft, missiles, propulsion systems, and related defense platforms.
• Support schematic capture, component selection, PCB layout, stack‑up design, and board bring‑up.
• Design circuits incorporating microcontrollers, high- and low-speed communication buses, analog and digital interfaces, sensors, power distribution, EMI protection, and ESD protection.
• Develop flight avionics, guidance and control electronics, communications systems, power electronics, and supporting test hardware.
• Design and integrate vehicle wiring harnesses, connectors, sensors, actuators, and electrical interfaces.
• Build prototypes and conduct bench‑level, subsystem, and vehicle‑level testing using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power supplies, electronic loads, and other laboratory equipment.
• Troubleshoot electrical hardware, identify root causes, and implement design or process improvements.
• Support hardware‑in‑the‑loop testing, environmental testing, system integration, and flight or field‑test activities.
• Develop and maintain schematics, drawings, bills of materials, test procedures, design documentation, and product specifications.
• Partner with mechanical, software, systems, manufacturing, and test teams to ensure electrical components integrate successfully into the overall vehicle.
• Work alongside manufacturing and quality teams to transition designs from prototype builds into reliable, repeatable production.
• Ensure designs meet applicable performance, reliability, safety, quality, and regulatory requirements.

Kenntnisse

Electrical engineering basics

Analog & digital electronics

Circuit design

Power systems

Electrical interfaces

Schematic capture / PCB design tools

Hands-on hardware experience

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Embedded programming basics

Ausbildung

Bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering

Graduating by Summer 2027

Tools

Altium Designer

Cadence

KiCad

Jobbeschreibung

Mach Industries is seeking a New Graduate Electrical & Avionics Engineer in Huntington Beach, CA to support the design, development, integration and testing of electrical systems for autonomous defense platforms.

You will work across circuit-board design, avionics, power distribution, and vehicle harnessing, collaborating with mechanical, software and systems teams to rapidly build and validate reliable hardware.