{"id":1245382,"url":"https://alion.io/job/wardstone-electrical-engineer-avionics","title":"Electrical Engineer - Avionics","company":{"id":3806068,"name":"Wardstone","domain":"wardstone.space","url":"https://alion.io/company/wardstone-2","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Gem","truth_index":null},"role":"Hardware","role_family":"Hardware","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["El Segundo, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":100000,"max":160000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":160000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"KiCad","optional":false},{"name":"Sensor Fusion","optional":false},{"name":"C++","optional":true},{"name":"RTOS","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-07-13T18:58:30Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-07-26","last_verified_at":"2026-09-29T03:18:42Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":77,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":77},"description":"Overview\nWe are looking for a hands-on Electrical Engineer to lead the development of high-reliability electronics for our interceptor prototypes and future VLEO satellites. You will own everything from board-level design to power systems, sensor integration, EMI/EMC, and flight hardware integration. Expect to work directly with founders, integrate components, run tests, and ship hardware that flies and intercepts targets.\nIf you’re excited by high-stakes engineering, rapid prototyping, and pushing physics boundaries, we are going to get along great!\nWhat You’ll Do\nElectrical Design & Prototyping\nDesign, simulate, and develop PCBs for sensing, actuation, power, and avionics.\nOwn schematic capture, layout, DFM, component selection, and vendor interaction.\nDevelop high-reliability power systems (DC-DC, battery systems, protection circuits, transient management).\nSensor and Actuator Solutions\nIntegrate IR cameras, Radar, IMUs, GNSS, rad-hard components, and electromechanical actuators.\nDevelop signal-conditioning circuits, sensor fusion interfaces, and low-latency sensing+actuation to enable the autopilot to control the vehicle.\nFlight Hardware & Harsh-Environment Design\nPerform thermal, vibration, and shock analysis for >100km altitude environments.\nSupport hardware qualification: TVAC, vibe, EMI/EMC, and high-G ground testing.\nEmbedded & System Integration\nCollaborate closely with embedded software engineers on microcontroller architectures, drivers, and electrical-firmware interfaces.\nBring-up, debug, test, and iterate hardware in the lab using scopes, logic analyzers, DAQs, etc.\nExecution & Ownership\nWrite requirements, test plans, and documentation.\nTake hardware from concept → prototype → test → flight-ready.\nRapid debugging and converging on functional+performant solutions.\nRequired Qualifications\nB.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.\nStrong experience with PCB design tools (KiCad, Altium, or similar).\nHands-on prototyping experience: soldering, rework, bring-up, rapid iteration.\nExperience integrating sensors, mixed-signal electronics, or power systems.\nComfort with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, and test equipment.\nStrong fundamentals in circuit analysis, signal integrity, noise, grounding, and EMI/EMC.\nAbility to own hardware end-to-end: design, build, test, debug, iterate.\nUS Person or Lawful Permanent Resident status required.\nNice to Haves\nExperience with IR cameras, high-speed digital buses, or RF systems.\nBackground in aerospace, defense, robotics, autonomous systems, automotive, or satellites.\nKnowledge of high-G design, radiation effects, or space-environment electronics.\nEmbedded firmware experience (C/C++, STM32/Teensy/PIC/ESP32, RTOS).\nFamiliarity with power systems, motor drives, or actuator control.\nExperience with MIL-STD-461, DO-160, or NASA/ESA flight hardware standards.\nCompensation\nThe base pay range for this role is $100,000 - $160,000 per year.","description_format":"text","description_chars":2985,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Military","Missiles","Defense Manufacturing"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-25T17:22:42Z"}],"liveness":{"score":15,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":0.9,"p_active":0.372,"p_room":0.45,"age_days":76,"expected_fill_days":40,"reasons":["conf:52","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-09-28T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":160000,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/wardstone-electrical-engineer-avionics","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/wardstone-electrical-engineer-avionics.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-29T04:10:58Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":3916,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":1084,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-09-30T00:00:00Z"}}}