Principal Electrical Engineer – Flight Hardware & Power

Heaviside Industries, Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Heaviside Industries in Los Angeles, CA is seeking an experienced electrical engineer to own the flight-vehicle electrical architecture amid challenging defense requirements. You will lead high-density PCB design, power electronics, EMI/EMC, and MIL-STD-810 testing, while mentoring the EE team and delivering production-ready docs.

This role requires a U.S. Person per ITAR and hands-on lab work in a fast-growing, mission-focused environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of electrical engineering experience in defense or aerospace flight hardware.
• End-to-end ownership of complex PCBAs: architecture, schematic, layout direction, bring-up, and qualification.
• Expert proficiency in Altium Designer or equivalent EDA tools.
• Experience in two of: power electronics, mixed-signal design, high-speed digital design, or motor drive electronics.
• Working knowledge of EMI/EMC design practice and MIL-STD-461 qualification.
• Strong lab skills: instrumentation, debug methodology, and disciplined failure analysis on flight hardware.
• Bonus: munition electronics, GPS/telemetry systems integration.
• U.S. Person as defined by ITAR.

Responsibilities

• Own electrical architecture for flight vehicles: power distribution, mission compute, sensing, actuation, and RF payload integration.
• Design high-density PCBAs from schematic capture through layout oversight, bring-up, and MIL-qualification.
• Lead power system design for battery-powered munitions under size, weight, and launch-shock constraints.
• Design vehicle harnessing and interconnect for launch shock, vibration, and MIL-STD-810.
• Drive EMI/EMC design and qualification with the RF team to keep GPS-denied navigation quiet.
• Own board bring-up, integration, and root-cause failure analysis through environmental qualification and flight test.
• Release production-ready electrical documentation and mentor engineers.

Skills

Electrical engineering

PCB design ownership

Altium Designer

Power electronics

Mixed-signal design

High-speed digital

EMI/EMC

Lab instrumentation

RF integration

ITAR compliance

Job description

Heaviside Industries in Los Angeles, CA is seeking an experienced electrical engineer to own the flight-vehicle electrical architecture amid challenging defense requirements. You will lead high-density PCB design, power electronics, EMI/EMC, and MIL-STD-810 testing, while mentoring the EE team and delivering production-ready docs.

This role requires a U.S. Person per ITAR and hands-on lab work in a fast-growing, mission-focused environment.