Electrical Engineer I/II

About the Company

Our client is a seed-stage startup, building the foundation for a new era of personal flight. Imagine a "driver assist" for pilots. Their system is the next generation cockpit, bringing modern design, dual touch displays, and advanced automation to general aviation.

Their focus is on three critical advancements:

• Completing the unified flight-intelligence platform that blends adaptive software, intuitive cockpit design, and a modern safety envelope. The system will provide intelligent prompts similar to a human flight instructor. It uses AI for radio transcription, allowing you to see conversations and acknowledge commands with a single interaction.
• Developing an in-house fly-by-wire system that severs the physical connection between the control and the surface.
• Coupling their avionics and simplified controls in an entirely new aircraft design that is fundamentally easier and safer to fly.

About the Role

This is a full-time, direct-hire, on-site role for an Electrical Engineer I/II based in Long Beach, CA at an exciting YC backed startup.

• Own one or more avionics PCBAs from prototype through production.
• Bring up new hardware and verify circuit operation.
• Debug electrical issues using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, and other lab equipment.
• Work with firmware engineers to validate new hardware and diagnose system-level issues.
• Update schematics and layouts to improve reliability, manufacturability, cost, and performance.
• Support prototype builds and work directly with manufacturing to resolve production issues.
• Review test results and determine root causes of hardware failures.
• Design and validate simple test setups for hardware verification.
• As you grow, take ownership of clean-sheet designs for new avionics hardware.

Basic Qualifications

• Approximately 1–3 years of professional electrical engineering experience developing electronics hardware.

OR

• A recent graduate with exceptional hands-on hardware experience through internships or major engineering projects.

Preferred Qualifications

• Altium Designer experience.
• Multi-layer PCB layout.
• Mixed-signal or power electronics.
• EMC or signal integrity exposure.
• Aerospace, robotics, automotive, or embedded systems experience.
• Experience assembling or reworking prototype PCBs.

Your First 90 Days

First 30 days

• Learn our avionics architecture and hardware development process.
• Bring up existing prototype boards and become familiar with our design tools and lab equipment.
• Resolve your first hardware bug alongside senior engineers.

Within 60 days

• Become the primary owner for one avionics PCBA.
• Design and validate your first hardware revision.
• Support manufacturing and test teams in resolving hardware issues.

Within 90 days

• Independently own the electrical design and validation of one or more avionics assemblies.
• Deliver hardware improvements that increase reliability, manufacturability, or performance.
• Begin development of new hardware features or clean-sheet designs under mentorship.

Compensation

• Base: $105,000-$135,000
• Equity

Benefits

• 100% employee covered health benefits: medical, dental, and vision
• Unlimited PTO + 3 weeks company is closed, including 2 weeks covering last week of Dec and first week of Jan
• 401k

About Hard Tech Recruit

Hard Tech Recruit is a specialized recruiting firm dedicated to sourcing and placing highly sought-after talent directly for startups at the forefront of advanced hardware innovation. We partner with seed stage startups making their first critical hires, Series A and B companies rapidly scaling engineering teams, and later-stage hardware companies entering new product lines or markets.

Pay: $105,000.00 - $135,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Relocation assistance
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person