Staff Electrical Engineer

Eleven Recruiting
  • Torrance, CA
  • $200,000–$210,000 Per Year
  • Instant Apply
6 days ago

Job Description

Eleven Recruiting is searching for a Staff Electrical Engineer for a growing Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) manufacturer in the greater Los Angeles area. In this role, you’ll own the high-level electrical system design of a major product such as a drone, gimbal or ground control station from conception through sustaining, working closely with the other discipline lead engineers and the product manager to turn product requirements into a system architecture that achieves the product vision with the best compromise of development time, cost and design complexity. You’ll also direct a small team of electrical engineers focused on specific subsystems, integrating their designs with your own to build a robust system.
  Responsibilities: 
  • Work with a cross-disciplinary team to break down product requirements into clear, testable and traceable formal system and subsystem engineering requirements.
  • Estimate the level of effort in engineering hours and total duration of all tasks for a project to support the project manager’s schedule.
  • Perform trade studies to identify and downselect critical system components and technologies.
  • Serve as a subject-matter expert in at least three technologies critical to UAVs.
  • Manage a system-level electrical design with application processors and multiple microcontrollers.
  • Lead a small team of engineers and integrate their designs into a working system.
  • Develop designs that pass electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) regulatory requirements (e.g., MIL-STD-461G, FCC, CE).
  • Implement design-for-manufacturing (DFM) and design-for-test (DFT) best practices and feedback.
  • Write and execute Engineering Verification Test (EVT) procedures.
  • Work with the in-house manufacturing team and contract manufacturers to define in-circuit tests (ICT) and functional circuit tests (FCT).
  • Direct and review PCB layout, and perform layout as needed, working with both internal and external layout resources.
  • Lead design reviews of the project and sign off on design reviews for others.
  • Maintain an accurate electrical bill of materials (BOM) in the product lifecycle management (PLM) system.
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
  • 11–15 years of relevant industry experience, preferably in electronics design, embedded systems or aerospace/UAS sectors.
  • In-depth knowledge of high-density interconnect (HDI) PCB technology.
  • Proficiency in defining a PCB stackup that minimizes cost while still achieving excellent EMI/EMC performance.
  • Detailed understanding of common high-speed serial communication busses (e.g., USB2/3, MIPI D-PHY, MIPI M-PHY, PCIe, Ethernet).
  • Thorough understanding of Power Integrity (PI) and Signal Integrity (SI) design principles, and a solid understanding of electrical signal propagation.
  • Proficiency with a SPICE-based circuit simulator or a signal/power integrity design tool (SI/PI).
  • Good working knowledge of all key drone technologies, with expert-level experience in at least three (e.g., brushless DC motor drive, inertial sensors, GPS, lithium-ion batteries, camera interfaces, radio modules).
  • Proficiency in use of laboratory test equipment.
  • Proficiency in Altium Designer.
  • Working understanding of Agile and Waterfall design and development methodologies.
  • Excellent communication skills in writing reports and corresponding with manufacturers.
Salary: $200,000 - $210,000

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Numbers & Facts

LocationTorrance, CA
Salary$200,000–$210,000 Per Year

Skills

  • Aerospace and Defenseunmatched
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  • Bill of Materials (BOM)unmatched
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  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Contract Manufacturingunmatched
  • DC Motorunmatched
  • DFT (Design for Test)unmatched
  • Electrical Designunmatched
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  • Electromagnetic Compatibilityunmatched
  • Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)unmatched
  • Electronic Designunmatched
  • Embedded Systemsunmatched
  • Ethernetunmatched
  • FCC (Federal Communications Commission)unmatched
  • Functional Testingunmatched
  • GPS (Global Positioning System)unmatched
  • In-Circuit Testingunmatched
  • Laboratory Equipmentunmatched
  • Laboratory Testingunmatched
  • Lithium Batteryunmatched
  • MIL-STD-461unmatched
  • Maintenance - Electricalunmatched
  • Manufacturingunmatched
  • Microcontrollerunmatched
  • PCI Express (PCI-E)unmatched
  • PHYunmatched
  • Printed Circuit Board (PCB)unmatched
  • Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Layoutunmatched
  • Product Lifecycle Managementunmatched
  • Product Managementunmatched
  • Regulatory Requirementsunmatched
  • Reporting Skillsunmatched
  • SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis)unmatched
  • Signal Integrityunmatched
  • Software Designunmatched
  • System Architectureunmatched
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  • Systems Administration/Managementunmatched
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  • Team Lead/Managerunmatched
  • Test Equipmentunmatched
  • Testingunmatched
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  • USBunmatched
  • Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)unmatched
  • Verification Engineeringunmatched
  • Waterfall Model of Software Developmentunmatched
  • Writing Skillsunmatched

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