Electrical Engineer - Circuit Design and Power Electronics (Defense Startup)

Electrical Engineer, Circuit Design and Power Electronics (Defense Startup) Los Angeles, CA (On-site) | $150,000 to $220,000 + Equity

Your hardware flies every couple of weeks, and your speed sets the pace of the whole program.

Must-Haves

• 5+ years in circuit design and power electronics
• Aerospace, defense, automotive, or robotics hardware experience
• PCB design with system-level EMC expertise
• Hands-on board bring-up and lab debugging
• BSEE, U.S. Citizen or Green Card holder

What You’ll Do Design battery management, power distribution, and actuator drive electronics for flight vehicles.

Own schematics, layouts, bring-up, and EMI/EMC validation end to end.

Integrate hardware with software and controls teams, and build the test infrastructure.

Nice-to-Haves

• BLDC/PMSM motor drives
• FPGA interfaces
• DO-160 qualification

Why This Role Ground-floor equity at a well-funded startup tackling real national security problems, with full ownership and minimal bureaucracy.