{"id":815345,"url":"https://alion.io/job/red6ar-principal-electrical-engineer","title":"Principal Electrical Engineer","company":{"id":688778,"name":"Red 6","domain":"red6ar.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/red6ar","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Ashby","truth_index":null},"role":"Hardware","role_family":"Hardware","seniority":"lead","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Denver, United States","Santa Monica, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":170000,"max":250000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":250000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":12,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-04T21:18:51Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-04","last_verified_at":"2026-09-29T02:05:11Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":24,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":24},"description":"Company Overview\nRed 6 is an innovative Augmented Reality (AR) technology startup leading the way in synthetic air combat training. Our primary technology, supporting our ATARS product, enables pilots to simulate the cognitive challenges of flying while accessing realistic, scalable training in dynamic outdoor environments.\nJob Summary\nAs a Principal Electrical Engineer at Red 6, will lead the electrical development of next-generation augmented reality systems. You will oversee all aspects of the electrical hardware development lifecycle from requirements to design, test, and integration. You will be deeply involved in the development of new electrical system architectures. This will necessitate an ability to derive electrical subsystem requirements from higher-level system requirements.\nKey Responsibilities\nResponsible for architecting, designing, developing, modifying, evaluating, and integrating electronic equipment, electronic parts, components, and integrated circuitry for high performance and real time hardware systems.\n\nOversees all aspects of the electrical hardware development lifecycle from requirements to design, test, integration and manufacturing.\n\nEvaluates various design approaches and uses analytic, simulation and prototyping methods to substantiate electrical design solutions.\n\nProduces design documentation and provides engineering support to system design reviews, manufacturing, systems integration, testing and verification.\n\nContributes to proposals and estimates of budget and schedule to meet program objectives.\n\nTasks and mentors other members of the team, offering expert technical guidance to the entire electrical team.\n\nEstablishes and evolves best practices for the Electrical Engineering group.\n\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical field.\n\nTypically 12+ years of experience developing complex electrical systems for aerospace, defense, or other high-reliability applications (or equivalent combination of education and experience).\n\n5+ years of experience leading electrical architecture development for complex airborne or mission-critical systems.\n\nDemonstrated expertise in subsystem electrical architecture, electrical mission systems integration, and real-time embedded hardware.\n\nExperience defining electrical interfaces, power architectures, and electrical system integration strategies.\n\nExperience designing and integrating electrical systems compliant with military environmental and safety standards such as MIL-STD-461 (EMI/EMC) and MIL-STD-810 (Environments).\n\nExperience leading technical trade studies, architecture reviews, and multidisciplinary engineering teams to resolve complex engineering challenges.\n\nFamiliarity with standard lab equipment - oscilloscopes, power supplies, spectrum analyzers.\n\nAbility to plan and status electrical design and development efforts to meet cost and schedule constraints.\n\nExcellent communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills.\n\nAbility to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Defense Secret security clearance. Must be a US Citizen.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nAdvanced degree, Master’s or PhD, in Electrical Engineering.\n\nExperience with FPGAs, SoCs, firmware, and embedded software development.\n\nExperience with PCBA design and simulation software, such as Altium.\n\nExperience with high-speed memory such as DDR3/DDR4 and high-speed digital interfaces such as PCIe 3.0/4.0, DisplayPort, USB 3.0, and Ethernet.\n\nWorking knowledge of aircraft communication protocols including Ethernet, MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429, CAN, or similar deterministic communication architectures.\n\nThorough understanding of the systems development lifecycle in accordance with ISO/IEEE recommendations and standards such as ISO/IEEE 15288.\n\nEstimated Base Salary Range:\n$170,000 to $250,000 dependent on skills and experience\nFull-Time Employee Benefits\nHealthcare, Dental, and Vision (100% coverage for Employees)\n\nPaid time off, including vacation, sick, paid holidays, and parental leave\n\nShort and Long-Term Disability\n\nFlexible Spending Account (FSA)\n\n401(k) Retirement Plan\n\nVoluntary Worksite Benefits (Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity)\n\nMay be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus based on individual and company performance, subject to plan terms.\n\nNote\nRed 6 reserves the right to change its current benefits program at any time, in a manner that is consistent with applicable federal and state regulations.\nThis job description is not a contract and confers no contractual rights, privileges, or benefits on any applicant or potential applicant. Red 6 has the right to change any and all terms of this job description, including, but not limited to, job responsibilities, qualifications, and benefits. Nothing in this job description constitutes an offer or guarantee of employment.\nRed Six Aerospace, Inc, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.\nCalifornia: https://www.caljobs.ca.gov/vosnet/Default.aspx\nColorado: https://www.connectingcolorado.com/\nFlorida: https://www.employflorida.com/vosnet/Default.aspx\nUnder the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), Red 6 Aerospace, Inc. operating company you are applying to work for (hereinafter, “we”, “our”, or “us”) may collect personal information and use it for certain business purposes as described below in this Job Applicant and Employee Privacy Notice. We are required to disclose the following information to California “consumers” regarding our collection of their personal information. 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