Top Electrical Engineering Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Electrical Engineer for Spectacles will design PCB schematics, oversee component selection, lead technical reviews, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop AR glasses.

Design, develop, and maintain ground support systems while collaborating with teams for projects, troubleshooting, and quality documentation.

The role involves architecting spacecraft-wide harness solutions, establishing standards and automation tools, overseeing manufacturing strategies, and mentoring engineers across teams.

Designs and builds power electronics, charging and discharging circuits, battery management systems, sensing instrumentation, and thermal-management solutions for quantum energy storage hardware. The role involves hands-on prototyping, high-voltage and high-current circuit design, lab testing, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and collaboration with materials, cell, embedded, and physics teams.

Designs electrical systems and circuit boards for modular motion-control components serving industrial, aerospace, and defense markets. Responsibilities include requirements development, component selection, schematic capture, Altium board layout, manufacturing and test documentation, instrumentation selection, test-data review, design verification testing, and candidate interviews.

Leads electrical engineering for the Sentinel AVE segment, overseeing wiring diagrams, layouts, roadmaps, signal-quality analysis, power allocation, power control, and product integration. Manages engineering schedules, budgets, risks, staffing, quality, and earned value as a Control Account Manager. Provides technical leadership, cross-functional coordination, executive briefings, mentoring, succession planning, and career development for electrical engineering personnel.

Designs and develops power, analog, and digital electronics for space-based applications. Responsibilities include circuit design, requirements definition, modeling, analysis, testing, verification, production support, technical performance tracking, and lifecycle engineering support. The engineer develops architectures and detailed specifications, investigates emerging technologies, validates designs, and mentors less experienced engineers. The role is fully onsite in El Segundo, California, and requires U.S. person status and the ability to obtain a Top Secret/SCI clearance.

Supports electrical engineering teams with design documentation, AutoCAD and Revit drawings, building electrical system calculations, field investigations, and construction site visits. Participates in professional education sessions and collaborates with engineers on MEP projects. The role is intended for a student pursuing an electrical engineering degree and provides hands-on experience, mentorship, and exposure to engineering design and commissioning services.