Senior Electrical Engineer, Ground Systems

Socket.dev; Gardena (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Socket.dev is seeking an experienced electrical engineer to own design, manufacturing, and integration of electronics powering our ground support equipment for air defense platforms. You will partner with software, mechanical, and manufacturing teams to deliver high-reliability hardware and advance architecture.

Responsibilities include harness design, PCB layout, board bring-up, EMI/EMC, and qualification testing in lab and field; you will drive manufacturability and supplier coordination for

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering required.
• Strong experience with Altium Designer or similar CAD system.
• Proficiency in high-speed digital electronics, embedded MCUs, RF, and power electronics.
• Experience with CAN, SPI, UART, I2C and sensor integration in aerospace/defense contexts.
• Familiarity with EMI/EMC, environmental design constraints, and hardware qualification.

Responsibilities

• Own design and manufacturing processes for harnesses for vehicle platforms.
• Support design of embedded vehicle systems including power, compute, sensing, actuation, and communication subsystems.
• Serve as primary contact for manufacturing issues on electrical assemblies.
• Determine layer stackup, component selection, routing, and signal integrity for PCBs.
• Create and release fabrication documentation for PCBs.
• Own schematic design, PCB layout, and design reviews.
• Manage board-level bring-up, debugging, and validation in lab and field tests.
• Guide board-level manufacturing, testing, and assembly with internal and external vendors.
• Establish test procedures for validation and environmental/EMC/ESD qualification.

Skills

Altium Designer

High-speed digital electronics

Embedded microcontrollers

RF components

Power electronics

CAN

SPI

UART

I2C

Sensor integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Tools

KICAD

EAGLE

CADENCE

Job description

Role Overview:

As an electrical engineer you will own the design, manufacturing, and integration of the electronics that power our next-generation ground support equipment for air defense platforms. You will have an opportunity for significant system ownership and to be a key contributor to design and architecture.

You’ll work closely with software, mechanical, and manufacturing teams to deliver the best in-class electronic systems. If you want to build complex hardware on systems that matter—this role is for you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own the design and manufacturing processes for custom harnesses for vehicle platforms.


• Support design of embedded vehicle systems including power, compute, sensing, actuation, and communication subsystems


• Act as the primary point of contact for any manufacturing issues on electrical assemblies


• Determine layer stackup, perform component package selection, component placement, routing feasibility studies, and signal routing of digital, analog, RF, and power conversion of printed circuit boards (PCB)


• Create and release documentation for fabrication of PCBs


• Own schematic design, component selection, PCB layout, and design review


• Manage board-level bring-up, debugging, and validation in lab and field test environments


• Guide board-level manufacturing, testing, and assembly processes (both in-house and external vendors)


• Establish test procedures for validation, environmental, and EMC/ESD qualification

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.


• Strong experience with Altium Designer or similar CAD system (KICAD, EAGLE, CADENCE)


• Experienced with High-speed digital electronics, embedded microcontrollers, RF components, power electronics, digital buses (CAN, SPI, UART, I2C), sensor integration


• 5+ years of experience designing, building, and testing electronics for aerospace, defense, robotics, or automotive systems


• Proficiency in schematic capture, layout (Altium), and board-level signal and power integrity design


• Familiarity with environmental design constraints including thermal, EMI/EMC, shock, and vibration

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent experience in avionics or high-reliability hardware systems


• Proven experience delivering complex, multi-board avionics or embedded systems from concept to production


• Familiarity with Military standards for system design and qualification


• Experience in design-for-manufacture and supply chain planning for high-mix, low-volume aerospace production


• Experience with rapid prototyping, in-house assembly, and validation test campaign.


• Prior work in systems where the hardware must survive extreme environments (missiles, launch vehicles, hypersonic systems, satellites)

Itar

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Compensation:

Salary: $ 160000- $200000+ Equity + Benefits ( Healthcare, Vision, Dental, 401k, and Lunch)