Top Electrical Engineering Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Leads electrical and systems engineering projects for electric aircraft and eVTOL systems. Designs and develops electrical systems, circuits, power electronics, and components; conducts feasibility studies and technical analysis; manages project budgets, timelines, and resources; troubleshoots circuit card failures; prepares BOMs, test results, investigation reports, and trade-study documentation; and provides technical guidance to cross-functional engineering teams while ensuring aerospace standards compliance.

Leads the design, development, testing, and implementation of electrical systems and circuit components for electric aircraft and eVTOL applications. Responsibilities include feasibility studies, technical analysis, project leadership, budget and resource management, circuit design, BOM generation, simulation, troubleshooting, fault isolation, compliance, and documenting test and investigation results. Provides technical guidance to engineering teams and collaborates with cross-functional stakeholders.

Designs and reviews schematics, PCB layouts, stackups, flex and rigid-flex circuits. Tests and validates electrical designs, debugs power, signal integrity, interface, and coexistence issues, analyzes circuit variation, and develops prototypes. Collaborates with RF, product design, firmware, suppliers, and engineering teams through development and failure analysis. Requires up to 20% international travel to support supplier development builds.

Defines architectures for spacecraft RF systems and establishes organization-wide design, testing, and performance standards. Develops RF analysis tools and methodologies, leads complex trade studies, resolves cross-system EMI/EMC issues, and coordinates multi-team technical programs. Provides mentorship, drives cross-organizational alignment, supports suppliers and subcontracts, and delivers program-level communication outcomes. Requires extensive aerospace RF experience, including spacecraft architectures, link budgets, antenna systems, communication protocols, and advanced RF simulation.

Leads enterprise RF architecture and strategy for spacecraft communication systems across multiple missions and frequency bands. Oversees link performance, EMI/EMC strategy, verification, payload qualification, regulatory coordination, and technical standards. Influences executives, represents the company externally, drives innovative RF capabilities, and develops senior engineering talent across the organization.

Designs and owns high-reliability crew avionics hardware for human-rated space stations. Responsibilities include electrical specifications, trade studies, multilayer PCB design, schematic capture, signal and power integrity analysis, simulation, hardware testing, troubleshooting, environmental qualification, documentation, and cross-functional integration. The engineer supports flight hardware from initial design through testing, integration, operation, and decommissioning while prioritizing astronaut and employee safety.

Own the design, development, qualification, and integration of high-performance spacecraft electronics for deep-space compute and storage. Lead architecture, prototyping, board bring-up, validation, and technology demonstrations while balancing compute capability with power, thermal, EMI, mechanical, reliability, and radiation constraints. Collaborate with science and software teams to integrate onboard and ground infrastructure and deliver flight-ready systems.

Design and develop high-performance electrical, computing, sensing, communication, and power systems for fixed-wing aircraft. Lead and contribute to multiple product design cycles involving electrical, mechanical, logic, and software engineering. Ship reliable, high-quality products while navigating development challenges, meeting deadlines, and improving hardware development efficiency, quality, and aircraft reliability.

Lead electrical architecture, design, test, integration, and manufacturing for next-generation AR airborne systems. Derive subsystem requirements, perform trade studies, prototype and verify designs, produce documentation, mentor the electrical team, and ensure compliance with military environmental and EMI/EMC standards.

Lead design, analysis, and validation of spacecraft electrical power subsystems (solar arrays, batteries, distribution, and protection). Own architecture trades, perform modeling/simulation, radiation and reliability analysis, lead PDR/CDR, develop test/EGSE/HIL campaigns, support environmental testing, produce design documentation, and mentor junior engineers to ensure mission-ready, high-reliability power systems.

Serves as the technical authority for power electronics and analog board design across aerospace and defense programs. Leads architecture, schematic design, simulation, PCB layout strategy, design analysis, verification, qualification, production transition, failure analysis, and field support. Resolves complex power, analog, EMI/EMC, controls, thermal, and system integration challenges while establishing engineering practices, setting technical direction, and mentoring engineers.

Develop and implement manufacturing processes for Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSE), author work instructions, troubleshoot test-system non-conformances, perform DFM reviews for harnessing and ground support equipment, and collaborate with Quality to ensure process compliance for satellite production and test systems.

Coordinates mission assurance across satellite programs from concept through operations, managing risk, discrepancies, design reviews, testing, anomaly resolution, and mission operations. Provides electrical power, circuit design, and satellite electronics expertise; evaluates qualification and acceptance testing; develops analytical or simulation tools; and coordinates technical findings with engineering teams and leadership. The role is fully onsite and supports national security space missions.

Designs, analyzes, tests, and supports satellite electrical power and harness subsystems throughout the spacecraft lifecycle. Responsibilities include requirements definition, verification planning, battery and power regulation modeling, harness analysis, power budgeting, subsystem architecture, solar array and battery sizing, fault-tolerance analysis, anomaly resolution, and cross-functional integration with thermal, mechanical, software, and avionics teams.

Leads complex electrical engineering designs for rugged embedded systems used in military, aerospace, and space programs. Responsibilities include schematic capture, design trades, interconnections, PCB layout, simulation, functional testing, design reviews, technical writing, RCCA reporting, process improvement, mentoring, and technical planning. Requires digital design experience with mil-spec or space programs and familiarity with VME, cPCI, PCIe, WCCA, and EPSA.

Supports the design, modeling, analysis, testing, validation, and troubleshooting of electrical systems, components, hardware, and instrumentation for portable nuclear microreactors. Collaborates with mechanical, software, and nuclear engineering teams; contributes to schematics, documentation, technical reports, laboratory work, and prototyping.

Technical lead for spacecraft electrical power systems: set architecture and standards, lead design/analysis/verification of generation, storage, and distribution, perform reliability and radiation analysis, direct qualification and integration, mentor engineers, and support hardware through production and launch.

As a Principal RF Electrical Engineer, you'll architect multi-mission RF systems, define communication strategies, mentor senior engineers, and represent the company's RF capabilities externally.

Design and model electrical systems for buildings, including power distribution, lighting, and technology systems. Support engineering teams with load calculations, electrical modeling, code compliance research, plan reading, and technical documentation. Use Revit, AutoCAD, and EasyPower under experienced project mentorship while developing knowledge of electrical codes, specifications, and industry standards.

Electrical Engineering Interns participate in sustainable building design projects through electrical load calculations, schematic narratives, NEC reviews, renewable energy research and PV system design. Responsibilities also include CAD and Revit work, specifications, site observation reports, cost estimates, project coordination, and M/E scheduling. The 10–12 week paid, on-site program offers hands-on experience across the building design process.

Design and integrate electrical systems for battery-electric locomotives, including schematics, PCB layouts, wire harnesses, communication protocols, embedded controllers, testing, EMC mitigation, and high-voltage DC safety. Collaborate with mechanical, software, and production teams to optimize designs for manufacturing and harsh rail environments. Support Linux-based configurations and automated testing while contributing to safety-critical and sustainable transportation technologies.

Lead the end-to-end development and qualification of reconfigurable processing units for spaceborne payloads. Responsibilities include architecture, electronics design, multidisciplinary engineering coordination, integration, environmental testing, flight readiness, production transition, technical documentation, risk mitigation, and customer communication. The role owns schedule execution and serves as the primary technical contact while guiding RF, digital, power, mechanical, thermal, software, and systems engineering teams.

Designs and debugs wiring harnesses for autonomous unmanned vehicles, including schematics, connectors, circuit protection, shielding, grounding, and sensor integration. Troubleshoots electrical faults in bench and field environments, performs harness and vehicle acceptance testing, and transitions prototypes into production documentation. Supports manufacturing builds, reviews technician work, and contributes to PCB design using Altium.

Own the electrical architecture of autonomous precision munition flight vehicles, including power systems, complex PCBAs, harnessing, EMI/EMC, RF integration, board bring-up, environmental qualification, flight testing, documentation, and failure analysis. Mentor electrical engineers and lead designs from architecture through production release. The role requires extensive defense or aerospace flight-hardware experience and expertise in Altium, power electronics, mixed-signal or high-speed design, and military qualification standards.

Design and develop electronic systems for consumer products, leading technical design reviews, debugging hardware, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.