Principal Electronics Engineer

ALTEN Technology USA; Carson (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Mentorship opportunities

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

ALTEN Technology USA seeks a Principal Electronics Engineer in California. In this role, you will research, design, and test electronic systems for the aerospace industry, including Variable Frequency Motor Drives and Power Converters. You will also validate customer requirements, mentor lower-level engineers, and ensure designs meet standards. Salary ranges between $140,000 and $160,000 annually, along with comprehensive benefits and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in electrical engineering or related field preferred.
• Experience in electronics design and hardware testing.
• Familiarity with SPICE analysis and MATLAB/Simulink modeling.

Responsibilities

• Analyze customer requirements and validate them through analysis.
• Create hardware requirements specifications and control documents.
• Perform circuit design, PCB layout and testing to ensure requirements are met.

Skills

Technical problem-solving

Circuit design

Modeling and simulation

PCB layout design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Altium

OrCAD

MATLAB

Simulink

Job description

We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life‑saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.

Summary

The Principal Electronics Engineer will be responsible for the research, analysis, design, development, testing, debugging and modification of electronics equipment such as Variable Frequency Motor Drives (VFMDs) for vacuum generators and air compressors (ACIM/BLDC), AC/DC Power Converters (3‑Φ), 28V DC Valve Controllers, and W&W System Controllers for the commercial aerospace industry. This leader will take ownership or provide support to technical engineering teams and projects related to W&W System Components, ensuring robust, airworthy designs that meet budget, schedule, and internal goals.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Analyze customer requirements and validate them by analysis/modeling/prototyping or based on prior product performance.
• Create and maintain hardware requirements specifications and hardware interface control documents.
• Perform SPICE analysis of circuits using Altium/OrCAD PSPICE tools.
• Perform analysis and MATLAB/Simulink modeling to generate control algorithms.
• Analyze and design magnetics for EMI filters, boost/buck inductors, and other input/output filters.
• Perform component selection & obsolescence management.
• Perform circuit design and schematic capture using Altium/OrCAD tools.
• Create hardware design documents covering design analysis, notes, and specific guidelines followed.
• Provide inputs to PCB layout design.
• Perform worst‑case load analysis (DC Load Analysis) on circuit designs.
• Perform component derating and thermal analysis.
• Perform PCB board bring‑up per the circuit design.
• Perform electronics hardware testing to ensure requirements are met and generate test reports (DVTR).
• Independently find or create solutions to problems requiring research, resourcefulness, and creativity.
• Understand, follow, and promote ZWWS policies and procedures.
• Review and process engineering changes in the development of water and waste systems and equipment.
• Review, process, and recommend engineering changes in the development of W&W equipment.
• Use sound technical problem‑solving to own or support ongoing and new products.
• Follow sound engineering principles to ensure designs meet airworthiness standards, customer requirements, and ZWWS internal standards.
• Perform research and/or testing for new development.
• Present technical findings and trade studies.
• Assess and create standard work and lead or support improvement projects (group or company level).
• Own or lead a team for small/medium‑size projects.
• Review, check, and approve work done by peers and lower‑level engineers.
• Provide guidance and training to lower‑level engineers.
• Understand how various groups (engineering, industrialization, operations) work together and navigate through the company.
• Interface with existing suppliers and OEM customers; may interface with new suppliers and OEM customers.
• Approve, review, and process any engineering changes and data produced in the functional group.
• Lead ongoing and new projects with sound technical problem‑solving.
• Provide mentoring, guidance, and training to lower‑level engineers.
• Interface with various groups (internal and external) to support new business and bring projects to completion.

Salary Range: $140,000-$160,000/K

ALTEN Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our policy is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual’s age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, or veteran status.

Drug Screening Requirement: As a federal contractor, Alten USA maintains a drug‑free workplace. All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre‑employment drug screening as a condition of hire.