Skip to content

Electrical Engineer

100k – 160kEl Segundo, CAHardware EngineeringOnsite1+ YOE
Summary

Design and own electrical subsystems and high-reliability avionics for solar-powered stratospheric aircraft from concept through flight. Requires 1+ years building real electronic hardware and strong EE fundamentals.

About the role

What you’ll do

  • Design and fly high-reliability avionics for stratospheric aircraft
  • Own electrical subsystems from concept to flight
  • Build, bring up, debug, and iterate fast
  • Support integration, production, and flight ops
  • Work closely with mechanical, GNC, RF, and software teams

What we’re looking for

  • 1+ years building real electronic hardware
  • Strong fundamentals in EE and first-principles thinking
  • Experience with power electronics, avionics, or high-reliability systems
  • Comfortable moving fast, owning outcomes, and debugging in the field

Compensation & Benefits

  • Meaningful equity
  • Top market salary and bonuses
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Factory in El Segundo
  • Real ownership, real hardware, real flight
  • Small team, massive responsibility
  • High signal (engineering) to noise (management) culture
  • Dream desk setup
  • Daily lunch
  • Unlimited Celsius
Skills
Electrical EngineeringPower ElectronicsAvionicsHigh-reliability SystemsHardware DebuggingPCB DesignEmbedded Systems
Similar roles at this salary range
All Hardware Engineering jobs →
Northwood Space

Senior Mechanical Engineer, Mechanisms

Design, analyze, test, and produce precision actuation mechanisms for RF and antenna systems. Requires 3+ years actuation experience, 5+ years CAD, and Top Secret clearance eligibility.

118k – 162kLos Angeles, CAHardware EngineeringOn-site5+ YOECADANSYS
Icarus

Manufacturing Engineer

Own manufacturing and production of solar-powered stratospheric aircraft hardware from prototype through scaled production at the El Segundo factory. Requires 1+ years building real mechanical, electrical, or aerospace hardware with strong DFM collaboration skills.

100k – 160kEl Segundo, CAHardware EngineeringOn-site1+ YOETooling DesignBuild Engineering
Shield AI

Staff Field Services Engineer, Structures

Senior individual contributor providing technical ownership of V-BAT airframe, structural, and mechanical sustainment issues. Evaluates damage and develops repair guidance while partnering with engineering, quality, and operations teams.

100k – 150kDallas, TXHardware EngineeringOn-site5+ YOEMRBCAD
OpenAI

Datacenter Hardware Operations Technician, AI Compute Infrastructure - Stargate

Senior on-site hardware operations lead responsible for server, GPU, storage, and rack infrastructure reliability at OpenAI's AI campuses. Requires 8+ years of large-scale datacenter hardware experience and strong troubleshooting and cross-functional leadership skills.

86k – 228kUnited StatesHardware EngineeringRemote8+ YOEGPU SystemsServer Platforms
Shield AI

Senior Engineer, Air Vehicle Fluid Systems

Design and analyze liquid cooling and thermal management fluid systems for jet-engine VTOL military UAV. Requires 5+ years experience with thermal/fluid systems, strong CAD and analysis skills.

112k – 169kDallas, TX +1Hardware EngineeringOn-site5+ YOENXCAD