Senior Aerospace Electrical Engineer - Flight Hardware Lead

OKSI; Torrance (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Vacation 3 weeks

401(k) plan

Education assistance

Hybrid/onsite

Job summary

OKSI in Torrance, CA is seeking an experienced electrical engineer to carry a design from concept through flight-ready hardware with minimal process overhead. This hands-on role requires ownership from concept through environmental qualification and flight test.

You will work on mixed-signal PCB designs, detector electronics for EO/IR sensors, and high-speed interfaces while mentoring peers and interfacing with customers in a fast-paced, mission-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on ownership of production hardware—boards designed, built, qualified and fielded.
• Proficiency with a professional EDA tool suite for schematic and layout (Altium, Cadence, Mentor).
• Familiarity with MIL-STD-810 and MIL-STD-461; able to drive hardware through qualification.
• Experience with high-speed interfaces and analogue/digital mixed-signal design is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own mixed-signal PCB designs end to end — architecture, schematic, layout direction, fab/assembly release, bring-up, and debug.
• Design detector proximity electronics for EO/IR focal plane arrays and related interfaces.
• Develop high-speed digital interfaces (LVDS, SerDes, DDR, MIPI, CoaXPress) and SWaP-constrained power architectures.
• Design and document EMI/EMC-friendly shielding, grounding, and bonding strategies across the vehicle.
• Plan and execute HALT/HASS and qualification test campaigns; environment tolerant design.
• Support systems integration and flight test; travel to test ranges as needed.
• Mentor engineers and raise the design/documentation standard across the team.

Skills

Hands-on ownership

EDA tools

MIL-STD knowledge

Test & measurement

PCB design

Education

BSEE or equivalent

MSEE preferred

Tools

Altium

Cadence

Mentor

Job description

OKSI in Torrance, CA is seeking an experienced electrical engineer to carry a design from concept through flight-ready hardware with minimal process overhead. This hands-on role requires ownership from concept through environmental qualification and flight test.

You will work on mixed-signal PCB designs, detector electronics for EO/IR sensors, and high-speed interfaces while mentoring peers and interfacing with customers in a fast-paced, mission-focused environment.