UAS Electrical Integration Engineer: Payloads & RF

Skyeton; North Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

401k match

Medical insurance

Job summary

Skyeton in North Las Vegas seeks an electrical design engineer to integrate payloads and mission equipment on Raybird UAVs. You’ll design power distribution, harnesses, PCB interfaces, and RF/data paths, bringing hardware from bench to flight.

The role emphasizes hands-on testing, EMI/EMC in dense installations, and collaboration with flight/mission systems teams to field new capabilities for warfighters.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of electrical design and integration on UAS or defense hardware.
• Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical or Computer Engineering.
• Experience with DC power distribution and airborne power management.
• Hands-on harness design and documentation.
• RF and radio integration experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the electrical integration of new payloads and mission equipment onto the Raybird, covering power, signal, and data.
• Design power distribution, harnesses, and interconnects that fit the airframe and survive power loads.
• Integrate radios, datalinks, and antennas, and lay out the RF and comms path from air vehicle to ground station.
• Design interface and breakout PCBs in Altium to adapt mission equipment to the platform.
• Budget electrical loads against the onboard generator and manage power, grounding, and EMI/EMC on a dense airframe.
• Bring up and debug systems on the bench with lab instrumentation, then support electrical checkout at the flight line.
• Move quickly from prototype wiring to flight-ready builds for test and demonstration.

Skills

Electrical design

System integration

Altium

RF integration

PCB layout

Power distribution

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Tools

Altium

KiCad

Cadence

Job description

Skyeton in North Las Vegas seeks an electrical design engineer to integrate payloads and mission equipment on Raybird UAVs. You’ll design power distribution, harnesses, PCB interfaces, and RF/data paths, bringing hardware from bench to flight.

The role emphasizes hands-on testing, EMI/EMC in dense installations, and collaboration with flight/mission systems teams to field new capabilities for warfighters.