Remote Electrical Engineer — Aerospace Optical Systems

Aalyria; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits (health, dental

401(k)

Equity options

Job summary

Aalyria is seeking an electrical engineer to join the Tightbeam team, delivering the world’s most advanced optical communication solutions across land, sea, air and space. You will design, test, deploy, and maintain electronics hardware for next-generation terminals and support systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams to manage priorities and milestones.

The role emphasizes hands-on lab work, PCB design, debugging prototype PCBs, and integrating components while ensuring compliance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• Up to 3 years of electrical engineering experience in embedded systems for industrial applications.
• Ability to design PCBAs using ECAD design software (KiCAD, Altium, etc).
• Experience in all phases of designing circuits boards, including circuit design and component selection, schematic capture, PCB layout, and manufacturing.
• Familiarity with Electrical Engineering lab fundamentals and electronic test equipment (e.g., oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multi-meters, etc.).
• Passion for being in the lab, problem solving, and engineering.
• Experience with bringing up and debugging prototype PCBAs.
• Foundational knowledge in design for manufacture and new product introduction.
• Experience with wire/cable assembly design or wiring diagrams.
• Understanding of designing for compliance with industry standards (FCC, UL, etc.)
• Familiarity with board and system level power analysis.
• Experience with specifying acceptance tests, design of experiments, data collection, and data analysis.
• Comfortable traveling and working in a broad range of deployment environments.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a cross-functional team on electronics integration, troubleshooting, and optimization for free-space optical (FSO) technology.
• Assist design and development of all aspects of electronics design from individual PCBAs to higher level system integrations.
• Use ECAD tools to design custom PCBAs including digital and mixed signal circuitry.
• Research and select electronics components, and create and maintain CAD libraries to support PCBA design.
• Assist in documentation of designs, test plans, and technical reports for internal teams and project stakeholders as well as customers.
• Perform tests on the benchtop, during integration, and for experimental data collection.
• Create wiring and cable drawings for individual assemblies as well as connection diagrams between individual PCBAs and higher level assemblies.
• Assist as technical POC for electronics with vendors, customers, and other internal stakeholders.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Embedded systems

ECAD/PCB design

KiCAD/Altium

Lab equipment

Troubleshooting

Design for manufact. (DFM)

C/C++ (embedded)

Linux

Git

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

KiCAD

Altium

ECAD software

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Multi-meters

Git

Linux (Ubuntu)

Job description

Aalyria is seeking an electrical engineer to join the Tightbeam team, delivering the world’s most advanced optical communication solutions across land, sea, air and space. You will design, test, deploy, and maintain electronics hardware for next-generation terminals and support systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams to manage priorities and milestones.

The role emphasizes hands-on lab work, PCB design, debugging prototype PCBs, and integrating components while ensuring compliance