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At Neon Aero, we’re breaking that mold. We move fast, think big, and combine start-up agility with aerospace expertise to design, build, and scale aircraft in ways the industry has never seen. Our team leverages automation, AI-driven tools, and a fully connected digital backbone to accelerate innovation and reduce barriers to production.\nHere, you won’t just take a job - you’ll help reinvent how the world flies. If you’re ready to solve complex problems, push technology further, and work alongside some of the brightest minds in aerospace, this is your chance to make a real impact.\nWe are seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer to provide technical leadership in the architecture, design, and qualification of high-integrity electronic control systems across Neon's product portfolio.\nThis role is focused on the controller and system-electronics side of the architecture: command/monitor architecture, flight control computers and LRUs, embedded compute, sensing, communications, fault detection, redundancy, and the electrical interfaces that tie complex products together. It is complementary to our Principal Engineer - High Voltage Power Electronics role, which owns high-voltage motor-drive and power-stage design.\nThis is a deeply hands-on individual contributor role. You will develop system architectures, block diagrams, schematics, interface definitions, safety concepts, and the analysis behind them. You will work directly with embedded software, motor control, systems, mechanical, power electronics, test, manufacturing, and certification teams to bring high-reliability electronic systems from concept through qualification and production.\nThis role does not require direct people management, but it requires principal-level technical leadership, mentoring, and ownership of difficult cross-functional decisions.\nWhy This Role Matters\nOwn electrical system architecture for high-integrity controller electronics, FCCs, LRUs, actuator controllers, avionics/compute platforms, sensing systems, and related embedded hardware.\nArchitect command/monitor, active-active, simplex, duplex, or other redundant control architectures based on system safety, integrity, availability, and cost requirements.\nDefine partitioning between command processors, monitoring processors, motor-control electronics, power electronics, sensors, communications, and vehicle-level interfaces.\nTranslate system requirements and safety objectives into practical electronic architectures, hardware requirements, interface definitions, and verification strategies.\nSelect microcontrollers, processors, FPGAs, memories, communication devices, supervisors, watchdogs, isolation components, and sensor interfaces appropriate for high-reliability applications.\nDesign and review embedded digital, analog, and mixed-signal electronics, including low-voltage power supplies, power sequencing, reset architecture, discrete I/O, signal conditioning, protection, and health monitoring.\nArchitect fault detection, fault containment, redundancy management, cross-monitoring, heartbeat, synchronization, and safe-state mechanisms.\nDefine communication architecture and physical layers for interfaces such as CAN / CAN FD, ARINC 825, ARINC 429, Ethernet, RS-422/485, SPI, and similar embedded or aerospace buses.\nOwn electrical interface definitions and collaborate with systems and software teams on ICDs, timing assumptions, diagnostic coverage, degraded modes, and hardware/software partitioning.\nEstablish grounding, shielding, isolation, EMI/EMC, signal-integrity, and power-integrity approaches across boards, harnesses, sensors, and enclosures.\nLead schematic development and critical PCB design reviews using Altium or equivalent ECAD tools.\nPersonally perform or direct worst-case circuit analysis, tolerance analysis, derating, signal-integrity analysis, power-budget analysis, and fault analysis.\nLead board bring-up, system integration, lab debugging, and root-cause investigations for issues spanning hardware, firmware, software, sensors, communications, and power electronics.\nDefine hardware verification strategies and support qualification testing for environmental, EMC, electrical power, and fault conditions.\nSupport certification-oriented development including requirements traceability, design assurance, configuration control, verification evidence, and hardware change management.\nDrive DFM, DFT, DFA, production test strategy, and manufacturing readiness for controller electronics and LRUs.\nMentor electrical engineers through architecture reviews, schematic reviews, design analysis, bring-up, and debugging while remaining deeply hands-on.\nQualifications\nBachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field; equivalent professional experience may be considered.\n12+ years of experience developing and shipping complex electronic systems.\nDemonstrated ownership of system-level electrical architecture for embedded control, avionics, industrial control, automotive, robotics, medical, aerospace, or similarly high-reliability products.\nDeep hands-on experience with embedded digital and mixed-signal hardware, including microcontroller-based systems, sensing, communications, and board-level power architecture.\nStrong proficiency with schematic capture and PCB design using Altium or equivalent ECAD tools.\nStrong understanding of processor selection, watchdog and reset architecture, communication interfaces, sensor interfacing, low-voltage power conversion, grounding, isolation, and EMI/EMC.\nExperience designing fault-tolerant or redundant electronic architectures and reasoning about failure detection, fault containment, and safe-state behavior.\nExperience bringing electronic assemblies from concept through prototype, qualification, industrialization, and production.\nProven ability to lead cross-functional technical decisions involving electrical hardware, embedded software, systems engineering, mechanical design, test, manufacturing, and suppliers.\nStrong lab and debugging capability using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, programmable supplies, electronic loads, data acquisition, and related instrumentation.\nPreferred Experience\nCommand/monitor or other redundant safety-critical controller architectures.\nFlight control computers, actuator controllers, avionics LRUs, embedded compute platforms, sensor interfaces, or vehicle-control electronics.\nDO-254 hardware development experience and familiarity with DAL-driven hardware architecture and verification.\nFamiliarity with DO-160, ARP4754A/B, ARP4761, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-704, or comparable safety-critical and environmental standards.\nExperience with CAN / CAN FD, ARINC 825, ARINC 429, Ethernet, RS-422/485, SPI, BiSS, resolver/LVDT interfaces, or similar sensing and communication technologies.\nExperience with safety-oriented or aviation-pedigree microcontrollers and processors.\nFPGA or programmable-logic experience for monitoring, I/O, timing, or safety functions.\nMATLAB, Python, SPICE, or similar tools for analysis, test automation, or data reduction.\nExperience in aerospace, automotive, robotics, consumer hardware, industrial controls, medical devices, or other environments where electronics must be both high-performance and production-ready.\nWhy Join Us\nWork alongside elite engineering talent and innovators from across aerospace and tech.\nBe part of a team moving faster than the industry standard.\nShape solutions that are lower-cost, autonomous, and scalable: the future of aviation.\nCompetitive compensation, including equity participation, growth opportunities, and full health benefits (health, vision, dental, 401(k)) designed to support you in and out of work.\nThis is the expected compensation range for this role. Final compensation will be based on role scope, experience, skills, internal equity and location. This role may also be eligible for bonus/equity/benefits, if applicable.\n$210,000—$325,000 USD\nNeon Aero, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable law.\nWe believe that diverse perspectives drive innovation, and we welcome candidates from all backgrounds to apply.\nAll final candidates must successfully complete a background check and drug screening as a condition of employment.\nAt this time, Neon Aero and its divisions are not accepting unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters or staffing agencies.","description_format":"text","description_chars":8801,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":12,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity","Growth opportunities"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Aerospace Manufacturing","Aircraft Manufacturing"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-26T18:41:15Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"Filed H-1B visas in the last two years","filings_12m":0,"filings_prev_12m":2,"green_card_filings_12m":0,"median_offered_wage_usd":null,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-29T16:27:21+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":3,"expected_fill_days":70,"reasons":["conf:2","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-30T05:48:23Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/neon-aero-principal-electrical-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/neon-aero-principal-electrical-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-31T02:22:07Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":3313,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-01T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":679035},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=679035"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fneon-aero-principal-electrical-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fneon-aero-principal-electrical-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fneon-aero-principal-electrical-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/neon-aero-principal-electrical-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fneon-aero-principal-electrical-engineer"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3286751}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"neonaerospace.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3286751},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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