Senior Electrical Engineer

Senior Electrical Engineer

Job Description

Lead the development, design, system integration, and maintenance of embedded hardware platforms for Space Orbital Missions, Lunar Missions, Aerospace, and Defense projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams in product definition, materials selection, architecture, and design review activities.
• Recommend and implement hardware solutions and improved practices.
• Develop and maintain micro-controller operated digital and analog electronics using established engineering processes.
• Interface with customers to determine requirements and guide hardware packaging, board layout, and design tradeoff discussions.
• Lead PC graphical user interface development/testing, test plans, test results, and test stand equipment design.
• Coordinate releases, upgrades, documentation, quality assurance activities, and technical accuracy of product materials.

Essential Skills

• 5-10+ years of recent embedded hardware development experience.
• Degree in Electrical Engineering or related Engineering discipline.
• Advanced electrical/software engineering concepts.
• Advanced design, analysis, and testing of micro-controller operated digital and analog electronics.
• Advanced PSpice simulations.
• Proficiency in motor control systems.
• Experience with ORCAD schematics.
• Knowledge of FPGA and high-speed signal processing.
• Understanding of DSP, control systems, and digital filters.
• Release management and document control.
• Application lifecycle management.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Leadership and mentoring capability.
• Project planning and milestone ownership.
• Electrical design expertise.
• Experience with schematic capture, preferably ORCAD.
• Knowledge of microprocessors.
• Full life cycle development from requirements, design, to testing.

Work Environment

Engage in a dynamic work environment focusing on cutting-edge technology for aerospace and defense projects. The role requires collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure the successful delivery of high-quality hardware solutions.

This is a Permanent position based out of Simi Valley, CA.

The pay range for this position is $160000.00 - $170000.00/yr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Medical PTO 9/80 schedule

This is a fully onsite position in Simi Valley,CA.

This position is anticipated to close on Oct 12, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

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