Electrical Engineer

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Gardena, CA, USA
In-Office
120K-165K Annually
Mid level
Aerospace • Hardware • Defense
The Role
Designs, manufactures, integrates, and validates embedded electronics for aerospace flight systems and ground support equipment. Responsibilities include custom harnesses, avionics subsystems, PCB schematics and layout, signal and power integrity, manufacturing documentation, board bring-up, debugging, vendor coordination, and environmental and EMC/ESD qualification testing. The engineer collaborates with software, mechanical, GNC, and manufacturing teams across development and production.
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About the Company:

We are a stealth-mode Aerospace & Defense startup headquartered in Gardena, CA. Our founding team hails from SpaceX, Anduril, and Lockheed Martin, and we are backed by Joint Staff-level military leadership and several Silicon Valley firms. With a world-class business development & leadership team already in place, we are well positioned to capitalize on already overwhelming demand.


Role Overview:
As an electrical engineer you will own the design, manufacturing, and integration of the embedded electronics that power our next-generation flight systems and ground support equipment. As an early to mid-career engineer, you will have an opportunity to build from fundamentals and learn a wide variety of skills in a startup environment.  

You’ll work closely with flight software, mechanical, GNC, and manufacturing teams to deliver best in-class electronic systems. If you want to build complex hardware on systems that matter—this role is for you.


Key Responsibilities:

  • Own the design and manufacturing processes for custom harnesses
  • Support design of embedded avionics systems including power, compute, sensing, actuation, and communication subsystems
  • Act as the primary point of contact for any manufacturing issues on electrical assemblies
  • Determine layer stackup, perform component package selection, component placement, routing feasibility studies, and signal routing of digital, analog, RF, and power conversion of printed circuit boards (PCB)
  • Create and release documentation for fabrication of PCBs
  • Own schematic design, component selection, PCB layout, and design review
  • Manage board-level bring-up, debugging, and validation in lab and field test environments
  • Guide board-level manufacturing, testing, and assembly processes (both in-house and external vendors)
  • Establish test procedures for validation, environmental, and EMC/ESD qualification

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
  • Strong experience with Altium Designer or similar CAD system (KICAD, EAGLE, CADENCE)
  • Experienced with High-speed digital electronics, embedded microcontrollers, RF components, power electronics, digital buses (CAN, SPI, UART, I2C), sensor integration
  • 1-5 years of experience designing, building, and testing embedded electronics for aerospace, defense, robotics, or automotive systems
  • Proficiency in schematic capture, layout (Altium), and board-level signal and power integrity design
  • Familiarity with environmental design constraints including thermal, EMI/EMC, shock, and vibration

Preferred Qualifications

  • Master’s degree or equivalent experience in avionics or high-reliability hardware systems
  • Proven experience delivering complex, multi-board avionics or embedded systems from concept to production
  • Familiarity with NVIDIA Jetson platforms, STM32, RP2040, or other aerospace-class embedded systems
  • Experience in design-for-manufacture and supply chain planning for high-mix, low-volume aerospace production
  • Experience with rapid prototyping, in-house assembly, and validation test campaign. 
  • Prior work in systems where the hardware must survive extreme environments (missiles, launch vehicles, hypersonic systems, satellites)

Itar

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.


Compensation:
Salary: $120000- $165000 + Equity + Benefits ( Healthcare, Vision, Dental, 401k, and Lunch)

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering
  • Strong experience with Altium Designer or a similar CAD system such as KiCad, EAGLE, or Cadence
  • Experience with high-speed digital electronics, embedded microcontrollers, RF components, power electronics, CAN, SPI, UART, I2C, and sensor integration
  • 1-5 years of experience designing, building, and testing embedded electronics for aerospace, defense, robotics, or automotive systems
  • Proficiency in schematic capture, Altium PCB layout, and board-level signal and power integrity design
  • Familiarity with thermal, EMI/EMC, shock, and vibration design constraints
  • U.S. citizenship or national, lawful permanent residency, refugee or asylee status, or eligibility to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations under ITAR
  • Master's degree or equivalent experience in avionics or high-reliability hardware systems
  • Experience delivering complex, multi-board avionics or embedded systems from concept to production
  • Familiarity with NVIDIA Jetson, STM32, RP2040, or other aerospace-class embedded systems
  • Experience with design for manufacture and supply chain planning for high-mix, low-volume aerospace production
  • Experience with rapid prototyping, in-house assembly, and validation test campaigns
  • Prior experience with systems designed to survive extreme environments, including missiles, launch vehicles, hypersonic systems, or satellites
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The Company
126 Employees
Year Founded: 2023

What We Do

Singularity Defense is a U.S. aerospace and defense innovator developing scalable, cost-effective air-defense technologies and low-cost interceptor systems to counter modern, mass-produced aerial threats. The company engineers counter-weapon systems at scale to protect people on the battlefield and at home, with a mission to bring warfighters home and keep cities safe through affordable defenses for the most urgent security challenges.

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