New Grad Electrical & Avionics Engineer (Flight Systems)

Mach Industries; Huntington Beach (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Mach Industries in Huntington Beach, CA, is seeking a New Graduate Electrical & Avionics Engineer to help design, develop, integrate, and test electrical systems for autonomous defense platforms. You’ll work across circuit-board design, avionics, power distribution, and hardware testing from prototype to flight-ready hardware.

This hands-on role offers broad technical ownership, collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams, and rapid progression in a fast-paced defense environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field.
• Graduating by December 2026.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Analog & digital electronics

PCB design

Schematic capture

Embedded systems

Power distribution

CAN / Ethernet / UART / SPI / I2C

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Graduating by December 2026

Tools

Altium Designer

Cadence

KiCad

Job description

Mach Industries in Huntington Beach, CA, is seeking a New Graduate Electrical & Avionics Engineer to help design, develop, integrate, and test electrical systems for autonomous defense platforms. You’ll work across circuit-board design, avionics, power distribution, and hardware testing from prototype to flight-ready hardware.

This hands-on role offers broad technical ownership, collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams, and rapid progression in a fast-paced defense environment.