Jobs at Pacific Defense

Designs and routes complex high-speed digital and mixed-signal PCBs, including multilayer boards with DDR4, controlled impedance, and advanced via structures. Collaborates with electrical and mechanical engineers, PCB contractors, fabrication and assembly houses to ensure design, thermal, manufacturing, and IPC requirements are met. Maintains centralized symbol and footprint libraries, documents PCB design processes, leads design reviews, and supports process compliance across internal and external design teams.

Conduct research on difficult technical problems and develop, test, and improve algorithms spanning AI, machine learning, statistics, optimization, estimation, signal processing, and related fields. Review academic literature, analyze complex data, compare approaches, and adapt research methods to real-world Department of Defense applications. Collaborate with scientists and engineers to integrate algorithms into operational systems, communicate findings, and identify emerging research opportunities.

Leads production planning, material planning, procurement, supplier execution, and inventory management across a complex defense manufacturing organization. Translates customer demand into production and material plans, manages shortages and long-lead components, oversees supplier performance, and coordinates with manufacturing, engineering, quality, finance, and program teams. The role balances strategic supply-chain leadership with hands-on execution in a high-mix, low-to-medium-volume environment supporting DoD delivery commitments.

Develop and maintain embedded Electronic Warfare software: implement features, prototype solutions, design and verify firmware and drivers, build containerized and real-time applications, interface with FPGAs and sensors, participate in design reviews, and collaborate with hardware and software teams.

Lead and grow an integration and test engineering team delivering CMOSS/SOSA-aligned defense electronics. Oversee system-level validation, firmware/software installation, production transition, cross-functional coordination, and stakeholder communication to ensure timely, repeatable deliveries.

Lead systems engineering for electronic warfare products: requirements, architecture, hardware design, integration, automated lab test, verification/validation, field support, proposals, and mentor junior engineers.