Electrical Engineer, Power Electronics Defense technology Los Angeles, California

Position: Electrical Engineer, Power Electronics Defense technology company Los Angeles, California $150k to $220k USD base a year
# Electrical Engineer, Power Electronics Defense technology company
* Location Los Angeles, California
* Type Full-time
* Posted
13 October 2026

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The role, as published## About the company

Our client is a defense technology company.## The role Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own the electrical design of power and drive hardware for demanding electronic systems, working hands-on in the lab. Partner with software, systems and controls colleagues to get boards designed, built, tested and tuned quickly.## What you'll do
* ** Design power distribution and conversion circuits**, including battery management, regulation and protection.
* ** Own the drive electronics for motor-driven actuators**, from the power stage and current measurement to commutation and position feedback inputs.
* Collaborate with embedded software, systems and controls engineers to integrate hardware and tune systems on the bench.
* Produce schematics, board layouts and bring-up procedures for analog and digital circuitry.
* ** Lead electromagnetic compatibility design and validation**, including clean power delivery, grounding and mitigation approaches.
* ** Build test setups and validation procedures**, and carry out debugging, integration and environmental testing.
* Help define electrical design standards that let the hardware scale to higher production volumes.## What we're looking for
* Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
* At least 5 years designing circuits and power electronics, ideally in aerospace, defense, automotive or robotics.
* Track record designing power systems for demanding hardware applications.
* Experience designing brushless motor drives, including power stages, gate drivers, current measurement and noise control on high-current buses.
* Solid PCB layout ability, with a whole-system view of electromagnetic compatibility and signal integrity.
* Practical lab experience debugging hardware and bringing up new boards.
* Comfort with fast build-and-test iterations in an early-stage setting where little exists yet.
* Daily use of AI tools in your engineering workflow.
* Ability to work fully on-site.## Bonus points
* Background in other high-performance sectors such as automotive, motor sport, robotics or electric vehicles.
* Familiarity with FPGA interfaces.
* Experience qualifying hardware against environmental test standards such as DO-160.
* Relocation assistance## Location and work model
* Los Angeles, CA, United States
* On-site
* Full-time
* Monthly weekend travel for test events and supplier engagements## Compensation, as the posting describes it
* Equity Pay $150k to $220kUSD base a year