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Senior Electrical Engineer (Responsible Engineer

Job in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, 90899, USA
Listing for: Calder Search
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-08-11
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Hardware Engineer, Electronics Engineer, Electrical Engineering, Test Engineer
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 140000 - 190000 USD Yearly USD 140000.00 190000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Senior Electrical Engineer (Responsible Engineer)

Own the hardware. From blank sheet to deployment.

You'll succeed here if you enjoy making engineering decisions rather than waiting for someone else to make them.

We're partnering with a venture-backed engineering company developing advanced autonomous hardware. As they expand their electrical engineering team and move from early development into production, they're looking for Senior Electrical Hardware Engineers who want genuine end-to-end ownership of complex electronic systems.

This isn't a role where you'll design one small part of a product. You'll become the Responsible Engineer for a critical electrical subsystem, owning it from architecture and schematic design through PCB layout, bring-up, validation, manufacturing and deployment.

The team is targeting hardware in the field within months, making fast, sound engineering decisions to deliver working products, not perfect designs that never leave the lab. If you enjoy solving difficult engineering problems from first principles and taking complete ownership, this is the role for you.

What You'll Be Doing
  • Own the complete lifecycle of a critical electrical subsystem
  • Architect, design and develop complex multilayer PCBAs
  • Lead hardware bring-up, debugging and validation using oscilloscopes and laboratory equipment
  • Work closely with embedded software and mechanical engineering teams
  • Design for power efficiency and harsh operating environments, including conformal coating and ingress protection
  • Support manufacturing, testing and field deployment
  • Drive engineering decisions from concept through production
We're Looking For
  • 4–7 years' experience designing PCBAs through to production
  • Experience personally owning hardware from concept through manufacturing, not simply contributing to one part of a larger program
  • Strong expertise in one of the following:
  • High-Speed Digital Electronics (PCIe, DDR, Signal Integrity)
  • Battery & Power Electronics (BMS, DC-DC, Power Distribution)
  • Professional experience with Altium Designer (or equivalent PCB design software)
  • Hands-on board bring-up, debugging and validation experience
  • Backgrounds in automotive, EV, robotics, aerospace, defense technology or other advanced hardware environments are highly desirable
The Kind of Engineer Who Thrives Here

You're a builder.

You enjoy taking ownership, solving problems from first principles and moving quickly. You're deeply curious and interrogate a requirement rather than accept it. You're comfortable making engineering decisions, learning new challenges and taking responsibility for delivering real hardware, not waiting for layers of process or handoffs.

Why Join?
  • Own an entire electrical subsystem from concept through deployment
  • Build custom hardware rather than iterating on legacy designs
  • No layers between you and the design
  • Meaningful early-stage equity, with flexibility to weight the package more towards base salary if preferred
  • See your work deployed in months, not years
Compensation

The band reflects the core senior range. There is genuine flexibility above it for exceptional candidates.

Requirements
  • BS or higher in Electrical Engineering (or related discipline)
  • U.S. Citizen or Green Card Holder required. Citizenship is an advantage for future clearance eligibility but is not a requirement for this role
  • Able to work on-site in the South Bay, Los Angeles
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Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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