Staff Flight Computer Architect (High-Speed Digital)

Castelion; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Castelion is seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer to advance flight computer and high-speed digital hardware development in a defense-focused program. You will own complex board designs from architecture through bring-up, validation, and integration, coordinating with avionics, embedded software, test, and manufacturing teams to drive rapid, reliable results.

You will design, verify, and validate high-speed digital systems, ensure signal integrity and power integrity, and contribute to hardware

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field.
• Experience with complex digital or mixed-signal hardware design.
• Experience with high-speed digital systems, embedded processors, memory interfaces, and board-level architecture.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop advanced board-level electrical hardware including schematic capture, PCB layout oversight, component selection, and interface definition.
• Own high-speed digital and embedded flight computer architectures including processors, memory systems, and board-level integration.
• Perform board bring-up, validation, debugging, and root-cause analysis in the lab.
• Test reference boards and early prototypes using standard lab equipment.
• Drive signal integrity, power integrity, and hardware reliability considerations throughout the design lifecycle.
• Work with avionics, embedded software, test, and manufacturing teams to iterate designs quickly.
• Support hardware/software integration and troubleshooting across avionics platforms.
• Document designs, test results, and engineering changes clearly.

Skills

High-speed digital design

Embedded hardware development

PCB design

Hardware debugging

Signal integrity

Team collaboration

C/C++ scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Power supplies

Job description

Castelion is seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer to advance flight computer and high-speed digital hardware development in a defense-focused program. You will own complex board designs from architecture through bring-up, validation, and integration, coordinating with avionics, embedded software, test, and manufacturing teams to drive rapid, reliable results.

You will design, verify, and validate high-speed digital systems, ensure signal integrity and power integrity, and contribute to hardware