Hardware Engineer

NEW DIRECT HIRE OPPORTUNITY – Hardware Engineer (Munition Systems)

Locations: San Francisco, CA | Los Angeles, CA | Washington DC

Industry: Defense & Space

Experience: 5+ Years

Education: Bachelor’s Degree Required

Employment Type: Full-Time / Direct Hire

We are seeking a highly skilled Hardware Engineer to support the development of next-generation safety-critical electronic systems for advanced aerospace and defense applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop EMSAD main boards and auxiliary hardware

• Schematic capture and multilayer PCB layout

• Hardware safety architecture with fail-safe interlocks

• Bring-up, validation, and environmental qualification testing

• Collaborate with firmware teams on timing and driver integration

• Support EMC, vibration, thermal, and ESD testing

• Own BOM management, DFM/DFT, and production test systems

Required Skills:

• 5+ years of electronics hardware design experience

• Expertise with MCUs, mixed-signal systems, sensors, and power supplies

• PCB design experience using Altium, KiCad, or Cadence

• Strong lab debugging skills using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, DMMs, etc.

• Experience troubleshooting EMC and complex hardware issues

• Strong communication skills

Preferred:

• Safety-critical hardware design experience

• MIL-STD-810 / MIL-STD-461 familiarity

• UAV / FPV electronics experience

• High-mix low-volume manufacturing knowledge

Note:

Candidate must be comfortable completing an initial 1-month onsite training period in Kearneysville, WV before relocating back to their selected work location.

If interested, please send your updated resume or connect with me directly.