Senior Electrical Engineer - Mission-Critical PCBAs

Heaviside Industries, Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Heaviside Industries designs and produces multi-domain autonomous precision munitions in Los Angeles, CA. This role focuses on designing, laying out, and bringing up mission-grade PCBAs, including navigation, sensors, power, and RF front-end electronics, with emphasis on high-density mixed-signal layouts and robust DFM practices.

You will own schematic capture, component selection, drive power architecture, thermal management, and signal integrity while collaborating closely with firmware teams

Qualifications

• 5+ years designing PCBAs that shipped - flight, automotive, robotics or comparable mission-critical hardware.
• Expert with a modern EDA tool (Altium, Cadence Allegro, KiCad or equivalent).
• Strong fundamentals in analog, digital, power and high-speed design.
• Hands-on experience with board bring-up tools - oscilloscope, logic analyzer, network analyzer, spectrum analyzer, thermal camera.
• Comfortable reading firmware and partnering with FW/embedded engineers to debug across the boundary.

Responsibilities

• Design, lay out and bring up mission-grade PCBAs - Navigation computers, sensor boards, power systems, RF front-end and seeker electronics
• Own schematic capture, component selection and DFM-aware PCB layout for high-density mixed-signal designs in tight mechanical envelopes
• Drive power architecture: battery and ordnance-grade power, DC-DC conversion and thermal management
• Design for signal integrity and EMI/EMC compliance from day one; partner with mechanical to get grounding, shielding and connector strategies right
• Specify, integrate, and bring up sensors and modules - IMUs, GNSS, baro, mag, RF transceivers and motor drivers
• Lead board bring-up side-by-side with firmware and embedded software
• Run qualification and environmental testing: thermal, vibration, shock, EMI/EMC, HALT
• Own component obsolescence, second-source strategy and the relationship between the BOM and our manufacturing line

Skills

PCB design

Electronics fundamentals

High-speed design

Firmware collaboration

Power electronics

ITAR awareness

Education

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering or related field

Tools

Oscilloscope

Logic analyzer

Network analyzer

Spectrum analyzer

Thermal camera

Job description

Heaviside Industries designs and produces multi-domain autonomous precision munitions in Los Angeles, CA. This role focuses on designing, laying out, and bringing up mission-grade PCBAs, including navigation, sensors, power, and RF front-end electronics, with emphasis on high-density mixed-signal layouts and robust DFM practices.

You will own schematic capture, component selection, drive power architecture, thermal management, and signal integrity while collaborating closely with firmware teams