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We’re developing long-range VTOL aircraft, autonomy software, and the operational foundation needed to move critical payloads between hospitals, labs, and healthcare facilities on-demand faster and more reliably.\nWe’re early, small, and moving quickly. Joining now means you'll have a direct role in shaping the foundation of Haast - our culture, engineering process, testing discipline, partner relationships, and the path from prototype to a real medical logistics network.\nWe’re looking for high-agency people who want ownership, urgency, and system-level impact from day one.\nThe Role\nHaast is seeking an Electrical Engineer to own the avionics, power-distribution, communications, and electrical integration architecture of our aircraft.\nYou will design reliable electrical systems for high-power electric VTOL aircraft, translate system requirements into schematics and harness documentation, select and validate components, and support aircraft through assembly, ground testing, and flight testing. This role combines electrical design, systems engineering, hands-on integration, and rapid troubleshooting.\nResponsibilities\nDesign the aircraft’s avionics and electrical power architecture\n\nDevelop system block diagrams, schematics, wiring diagrams, connector pinouts, and harness drawings\n\nSize and select wiring, connectors, fuses, contactors, power-distribution components, regulators, and protective devices\n\nIntegrate flight controllers, propulsion systems, batteries, sensors, radios, navigation systems, actuators, payload systems, and onboard computers\n\nDesign electrical interfaces for high-voltage propulsion and low-voltage avionics systems\n\nDevelop grounding, shielding, isolation, and EMI/EMC strategies\n\nPerform voltage-drop, current, thermal, power-budget, and failure-mode analyses\n\nDefine electrical requirements, interface-control documents, and acceptance-test procedures\n\nDesign or oversee the development of custom PCBs, interface boards, power-distribution boards, and test equipment\n\nConduct bench testing, hardware-in-the-loop testing, ground testing, and flight-test support\n\nDiagnose electrical, avionics, communications, and power-system failures\n\nWork closely with mechanical, aerospace, controls, software, manufacturing, and flight-test engineers\n\nReview technician-built harnesses and electrical assemblies for compliance with engineering documentation\n\nManage component obsolescence, lead-time risks, design changes, and configuration control\n\nBuild scalable electrical design, verification, and documentation processes\n\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, mechatronics, or a related field\n\nExperience designing and integrating electrical or avionics systems\n\nStrong understanding of power electronics, embedded systems, digital communications, and electrical protection\n\nAbility to create and review schematics, wiring diagrams, pinout tables, and engineering drawings\n\nExperience using oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers, power supplies, electronic loads, and other laboratory equipment\n\nExperience troubleshooting complex electrical systems at the component and system levels\n\nAbility to work directly with hardware and support hands-on aircraft integration\n\nStrong technical documentation and configuration-management habits\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience with electric aircraft, drones, robotics, automotive systems, spacecraft, or other safety-critical hardware\n\nExperience with high-voltage and high-current lithium battery systems\n\nExperience integrating motors, ESCs, battery-management systems, contactors, and power-distribution units\n\nExperience with CAN, DroneCAN, UART, SPI, I²C, Ethernet, RS-232, or RS-485\n\nExperience with PX4, ArduPilot, CubePilot, or similar autopilot ecosystems\n\nExperience designing PCBs in Altium, KiCad, OrCAD, or a similar platform\n\nFamiliarity with EMI/EMC testing and aerospace grounding and shielding practices\n\nFamiliarity with environmental qualification, electrical derating, FMEA, and fault-tolerant design\n\nUnderstanding of aviation development standards such as DO-160, DO-254, or SAE aerospace practices\n\nExperience taking an electrical system from prototype through low-rate production\n\nWhat Success Looks Like\nThe aircraft electrical architecture is safe, understandable, testable, and maintainable\n\nPower and avionics systems operate reliably throughout ground and flight testing\n\nInterfaces are thoroughly documented and electrical changes are configuration-controlled\n\nFailures are diagnosed quickly and addressed through durable design improvements\n\nPrototype electrical systems evolve into repeatable production-ready assemblies\n\nWe care more about agency, ownership, taste, and evidence that you can build than whether you match every bullet point. 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