Senior Electrical Engineer, Marine Payload & Power

Insight Global; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a senior electrical engineer to own payload power and data interfaces for marine platforms. The role involves design of payload electronics, power conditioning, and interface boards for rugged environments.

You will coordinate with mechanical, software, and vehicle systems teams, manage power budgets, ensure signal integrity and EMI/EMC compliance, and support bring-up and fault isolation at sea, with up to 25% travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• 7+ years of electrical design experience on hardware that was built and deployed.
• Experience designing power distribution and data interfaces for embedded systems.
• Schematic capture and board-level design experience, including design review ownership.
• Working knowledge of grounding, isolation, signal integrity, and EMI/EMC.
• Hands-on bring-up and fault isolation experience with lab instrumentation.
• Ability to develop and manage firmware as needed.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance.
• Experience with subsea or marine electronics, including underwater connectors and penetrators.
• Familiarity with pressure-tolerant electronics or oil-filled enclosures.
• Experience integrating third-party sensors or payloads over standard buses.
• Background in power budgeting for battery-constrained platforms.
• Experience in defense programs or ruggedized, high-reliability electronics.

Responsibilities

• Own payload power and data interface definition, including connector and pinout standards.
• Design payload electronics, power conditioning, and interface boards.
• Design and specify harnessing, underwater connectors, and penetrator wiring.
• Manage payload power budgets and coordinate with Energy Systems on allocation.
• Own signal integrity, grounding, isolation, and EMI/EMC behavior at payload boundaries.
• Develop electrical ICDs for Anduril and third-party payload providers.
• Support payload bring-up, integration test, and fault isolation on the bench and at sea.
• Partner with Payload Mechanical, Payload Software, and Vehicle Management Systems on integration.
• Travel up to 25% to test sites and supplier facilities.

Skills

Electrical design

Signal integrity

Grounding and isolation

Firmware development

Hardware bring-up

Troubleshooting

Team collaboration

Security clearance

Underwater/marine electronics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Schematic capture

PCB design tools

Lab instrumentation

Job description

Insight Global is seeking a senior electrical engineer to own payload power and data interfaces for marine platforms. The role involves design of payload electronics, power conditioning, and interface boards for rugged environments.

You will coordinate with mechanical, software, and vehicle systems teams, manage power budgets, ensure signal integrity and EMI/EMC compliance, and support bring-up and fault isolation at sea, with up to 25% travel.