Senior Electrical Engineer, Drone Systems & UAV Power

BRINC Drones; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

401K plan

Paid time off

Flexible work environment

Orca pass

Snacks and beverages

Job summary

BRINC Drones is seeking a Senior-Principal Electrical Engineer to lead the conceptualization, design, and testing of drone systems. You will own hardware development end-to-end, from specification to manufacturing, and work with cross-functional teams to integrate electrical systems with software, mechanics, and autonomy components.

The role requires extensive experience in electrical engineering, PCB design, and power regulation, with collaboration across teams to deliver high‑reliability UAV

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in electrical engineering.
• Bachelor of Science in Electrical, Computer, or related Engineering.
• Experience with layout and schematic capture tools and PCB design best practices.
• Experience developing PCBAs for digital embedded systems (MCU, SoC, FPGA).
• Experience designing power regulation and delivery systems.
• Experience with I2C, SPI, UART and high-speed interfaces (MIPI, DDR, PCIe).

Responsibilities

• Own hardware development from start to finish – specification, design, prototype, testing and manufacturing.
• Collaborate with software, mechanical, perception, controls, and manufacturing engineers.
• Design flight hardware and test setups to validate designs.
• Establish top-level design architectures and communicate decisions clearly.
• Perform design analysis and testing; make data-driven decisions.
• Work with product partners to meet design intent and customer needs.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to the engineering team.

Skills

Electrical engineering

PCB design

Embedded systems

Power regulation

I2C/SPI/UART

FPGA interfaces

High-speed interfaces

Education

BS in Electrical or related Engineering

Tools

PCB design tools

Xilinx FPGA tooling

Job description

BRINC Drones is seeking a Senior-Principal Electrical Engineer to lead the conceptualization, design, and testing of drone systems. You will own hardware development end-to-end, from specification to manufacturing, and work with cross-functional teams to integrate electrical systems with software, mechanics, and autonomy components.

The role requires extensive experience in electrical engineering, PCB design, and power regulation, with collaboration across teams to deliver high‑reliability UAV