Electrical Design Engineer

Amca

$105K — $135K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in electrical design incorporating first-principles thinking.
  • Proficiency in electrical schematic layout, component selection, and simulation.
  • Hands-on debugging skills using oscilloscopes, multimeters, and logic analyzers.
  • Exceptional curiosity and ability to learn quickly across various part categories.
  • Demonstrated capability to challenge and simplify engineering requirements using first principles.
  • Comfortable building, testing, and troubleshooting in practical settings.
  • Strong independent and creative mindset, thriving with minimal oversight.
  • Familiarity with DO-160, MIL-STD, or related qualification frameworks is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and prototyping of new electrical hardware products.
  • Engage with customers to clarify applications and required specifications.
  • Take ownership of flight hardware electrical design, including schematics and PCB layout.
  • Prototype hardware, conduct testing, and iterate quickly on design improvements.
  • Collaborate with test engineering to establish and perform qualification testing.
  • Work with manufacturing engineers to ensure designs are production-ready and implement DFM feedback.
  • Maintain compliance with aerospace standards during part configuration and drawing revisions.

Benefits

  • Mentorship opportunities for early career engineers.
  • Participation in evaluating product catalogs for potential expansion.
  • Involvement in team-building activities focused on mechanical engineering recruitment.
Full Job Description
Overview:

You will take electrical products from concept to flight qualification. Your primary function will be to expand Amca's product catalog by designing new aerospace hardware and working closely with build and test engineers to bring your products to life.

Responsibilities:
  • Own design and prototyping of new electrical hardware
    • Work with customers to understand end-use applications and challenge requirements as needed
    • Take full ownership of electrical design for flight hardware, including electrical schematic creation, electrical analysis, component selection, de-rating, and PCBA layout
    • Own the prototype and bring-up of early revision hardware and rapidly iterate to finalize designs, including bench testing and basic functional and development tests.
    • Work with test engineering to define and execute qualification plans including functional and environmental testing
    • Work with build engineers to ensure new designs are manufacturable at supply chain or production facilities and DFM feedback is implemented
    • Manage drawing revisions, BOM structure, and part configuration in accordance with aerospace standards and internal design controls
    • Continue to iterate on Amca designs to ensure they are fully optimized for reliability and cost
  • Support Amca with subsidiary diligence and company development
    • Evaluate product catalogs and help determine where largest opportunities lie for catalog expansion
    • Assist in the evaluation of subsidiary design, manufacturing, and test capabilities
    • Mentor early career mechanical engineers
    • Assist with recruiting mechanical engineers and building the mechanical engineering team at Amca


Qualifications:
  • Experience with electrical design, applying first-principles thinking to power, filtering, logic, software/firmware, and production constraints.
  • Experience in electrical schematic layout, component selection, and simulation to meet customer requirements.
  • Comfortable with hands-on debugging using oscilloscopes, multimeters, and logic analyzers.
  • Exceptionally curious and fast learner; able to contribute across diverse part categories and manufacturing processes.
  • Demonstrated ability to use engineering first principles to challenge and simplify requirements.
  • Hands-on and practical-comfortable building, testing, and troubleshooting in real-world environments.
  • Independent and creative; thrives with ownership and minimal oversight.
  • Plus: familiarity with DO-160, MIL-STD, or other qualification and certification frameworks


Annual Salary Range

Annual Salary Range

$105,000-$135,000 USD

This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a US person as: any individual who is granted U.S. citizenship; or. any individual who is granted U.S. permanent residence ("Green Card" holder); or. any individual who is granted status as a "protected person" under 8 U.S.C 1324b(a)(3).

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