Senior Electrical Engineer

About the Role

We’re partnering with a cutting-edge company building next-generation augmented reality systems for demanding defense and aerospace environments. As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you will play a key role in the development of complex, high-performance hardware, owning the electrical design lifecycle from requirements through design, test, integration, and support to manufacturing. You’ll also help refine and improve design processes to drive efficiency, reliability, and quality.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, design, develop, modify, evaluate, and integrate electronic equipment, components, and integrated circuitry for complex, high-performance hardware systems.
• Own the full electrical hardware development lifecycle: requirements capture, design, schematic/PCB implementation, test, integration, and manufacturing support.
• Evaluate design options and use data-driven, methodical approaches to down-select and define plan-of-record architectures.
• Analyze electrical requirements to determine feasibility within technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
• Configure programmable logic devices using high-level languages as needed (e.g., for FPGAs/SoCs).
• Analyze equipment to establish operating data, conduct experimental tests, and evaluate results to validate and optimize designs.
• Select components and equipment based on specification, performance, and reliability criteria.
• Identify component- and subsystem-level characteristics that may impact overall system performance, reliability, or long-term sustainability.
• Contribute to technical proposals, cost estimates, and schedules in support of program objectives.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field.
• 5–10 years of relevant electrical hardware design experience.
• Strong proficiency across the electrical development lifecycle, from requirements and architecture through integration and manufacturing support.
• Hands-on experience with high-speed memories (e.g., DDR3/DDR4) and high-speed digital interfaces such as PCIe 3.0/4.0, DisplayPort, USB 3.0, Ethernet.
• Experience with FPGAs, SoCs, firmware, and embedded software development and integration.
• Comfortable using standard lab equipment (oscilloscopes, power supplies, spectrum analyzers, etc.) for bring-up and debugging.
• Familiarity with military standards and hardware qualification processes (EMI, thermal, vibration, environmental testing, etc.).
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance (U.S. citizenship required).

Preferred

• Experience with Altium or similar PCB design tools.
• Prior work on ruggedized or mission-critical systems in defense, aerospace, or related industries.