Principal Engineer, Electrical

Responsibilities

• Own flight-critical avionics designs for the V-BAT aircraft.
• Own circuit and subsystem design for the aircraft and support equipment, including power management, analog and digital circuitry, servos, microcontrollers, sensors, and radios.
• Lead design, verification, and manufacturing deployment activities.
• Mentor engineers on the power team and provide cross-functional technical feedback.
• Harden designs for shock, vibration, high reliability, radiation, and high-altitude environments.
• Manage the full hardware-development lifecycle, including concept development, modeling, worst-case analysis, schematic capture, simulation, prototyping, design iteration, testing, and validation.
• Drive PCB layout and design with ECAD engineers, optimizing for power density, EMI, thermal performance, and manufacturability.
• Apply safety, manufacturability, and reliability best practices.
• Collaborate with mechanical, CAD, embedded, software, supply chain, test automation, production, and aircraft teams.
• Lead and contribute to cross-functional design reviews.
• Manage project timelines, deliverables, and technical milestones.
• Help define technical product requirements and features.
• Identify and implement improvements to hardware development processes, quality, efficiency, and aircraft reliability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent work experience.
• 10+ years of industry experience as an electrical engineer.
• Strong electrical engineering fundamentals.
• Experience with circuit design, schematic capture, component selection, circuit testing, and debugging.
• Demonstrated ability to uphold high standards, collaborate effectively, and work with initiative.

Compensation

• Annual salary: $210,000–$310,000.