Electrical Engineering Manager

Allen Control Systems

$130K — $160K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of electrical engineering experience with management responsibilities.
  • Hands-on skills in schematic capture and PCB layout.
  • Strong technical expertise in power electronics, motor drivers, and embedded computing.
  • Experience leading in a matrix organizational structure with effective communication skills.
  • Proven mentorship abilities for junior engineers and fostering a collaborative culture.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a team of electrical engineers in a cross-functional setting.
  • Contribute directly to schematic capture and PCB layout while ensuring high design standards.
  • Drive development across key technical areas including power electronics and embedded systems.
  • Collaborate with mechanical and firmware teams to integrate electrical designs with other subsystems.
  • Provide engineering support to manufacturing to resolve design and implementation issues.

Benefits

  • Equity package in the form of ACS stock options.
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Paid time off policy to support work-life balance.
Full Job Description
About The Role

We are looking for an Electrical Engineering Manager to lead and grow our electrical engineering team in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment. This is a player-coach role: you will carry real technical responsibility alongside your direct reports, contributing hands-on to schematic design, layout, and hardware development while setting direction and removing obstacles for the team. You will operate comfortably in a matrix organization, partnering closely with mechanical, firmware, and systems engineering to ship hardware that performs in the field.

What You'll Do
  • Lead, mentor, and grow a team of electrical engineers; manage workload, priorities, and career development across a cross-functional, matrix-style organization.
  • Contribute hands-on to schematic capture and PCB layout; review and approve designs across the team, maintaining high standards for quality and reliability.
  • Drive development across power electronics, motor drives, embedded computing, and networking subsystems
  • Partner with mechanical, firmware, and systems engineering to ensure electrical designs integrate cleanly across subsystems and meet program requirements.
  • Work with manufacturing to communicate engineering designs and intent and to find and resolve issues.


What You'll Need
  • 7+ years of electrical engineering experience, including direct management of electrical engineers in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
  • Hands-on experience with schematic capture and PCB layout; ability and willingness to stay technically active alongside management responsibilities.
  • Solid technical depth across power electronics, motor drivers, embedded computing, and networking; comfort making and defending design decisions in these domains.
  • Experience leading engineering in a matrix organization; strong communication and coordination skills across mechanical, firmware, and systems engineering counterparts.
  • Experience mentoring and developing junior electrical engineers through technical guidance, design reviews, and career development while fostering a collaborative engineering culture.


You'll Stand Out
  • Background in defense, robotics, autonomous systems, or other high-reliability embedded hardware environments.
  • Proficiency with Altium Designer or equivalent EDA tooling for both schematic and layout work.
  • Experience bringing hardware from prototype through qualification and into field deployment.
  • Familiarity with MIL-SPEC or other environmental qualification standards relevant to defense or field-deployed hardware.


What We Offer
  • Competitive salary
  • ACS Equity Package
  • Health, Dental, Vision Insurance
  • Paid Time Off


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