Senior Electrical Design Engineer

Talent Stack; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent Stack is managing a confidential search for an aerospace and defense technology company developing advanced flight systems. The role asks design and own complex mixed-signal and high-speed PCBs from architecture through flight integration, with hands-on hardware ownership.

The engineer will design PCBs with Altium Designer, lead board bring-up, validation, and production support, and collaborate with embedded software, FPGA, mechanical, and test teams onsite in Los Angeles five days a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a STEM discipline.
• At least 5 years of professional electrical hardware design experience.
• Hands-on experience using Altium Designer.
• Ownership of at least one complex PCB/PCBA through full development lifecycle.
• Experience with mixed-signal and high-speed digital circuit design.
• Experience with schematic capture, layout, bring-up, validation, and production support.
• Hands-on debugging with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, and lab equipment.
• Ability to independently make technical decisions and drive hardware issues to resolution.
• Willingness to work onsite in Los Angeles five days per week.
• US person per export-control eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Design mixed-signal and high-speed PCBs using Altium Designer.
• Own architecture, schematic capture, component selection, layout, and design reviews.
• Lead board bring-up, validation, debugging, and root-cause analysis.
• Develop hardware test environments and qualification plans.
• Support production, system integration, and flight testing.
• Collaborate with embedded software, FPGA, mechanical, manufacturing, and test teams.

Skills

Mixed-signal PCB design

High-speed PCB design

End-to-end hardware ownership

Board bring-up & validation

Debugging with scopes & lab equipment

Technical decision making

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a STEM discipline

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

Must be a US person.

Presented by Talent Stack

Talent Stack is managing this confidential search for a rapidly growing aerospace and defense technology company developing advanced flight systems.

THE ROLE

Design and own complex mixed-signal and high-speed PCBs from initial architecture through flight integration. This is not a systems-only or narrowly segmented design position - the engineer must have hands-on, end-to-end hardware ownership.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design mixed-signal and high-speed PCBs using Altium Designer.
• Own architecture, schematic capture, component selection, layout, and design reviews.
• Lead board bring-up, validation, debugging, and root-cause analysis.
• Develop hardware test environments and qualification plans.
• Support production, system integration, and flight testing.
• Collaborate with embedded software, FPGA, mechanical, manufacturing, and test teams.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a STEM discipline.
• At least 5 years of professional electrical hardware design experience.
• Professional, hands-on experience using Altium Designer.
• Demonstrated ownership of at least one complex PCB or PCBA through the complete development lifecycle.
• Experience with mixed-signal and high-speed digital circuit design.
• Experience with schematic capture, component selection, PCB layout, board bring-up, validation, and production support.
• Hands-on debugging experience using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, power supplies, and related laboratory equipment.
• Ability to independently make technical decisions and drive hardware issues through resolution.
• Ability to work onsite in Los Angeles five days per week.
• You are a U.S. Person according to Federal Regulations/ Eligibility to access applicable U.S. export-controlled technical information.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Aerospace, avionics, defense, automotive, robotics, or high-performance computing experience.
• Startup or fast-paced product-development experience.
• Experience with power electronics, motor controllers, avionics backplanes, power distribution, embedded systems, or FPGA-adjacent hardware.
• Experience with environmental qualification, system integration, or flight testing.
• Familiarity with MIL-STD requirements or DO-254.

• No C2C or third-party submissions.

This position involves export-controlled technical information. Candidates must meet applicable U.S. export-control eligibility requirements.