Principal Electrical Engineer

Principal Electrical Engineer – Bleeding-Edge Defense Technology

U.S. DoD Secret Clearance: Must hold or be eligible to obtain

ITAR: U.S. export-control eligibility required

We’re hiring a Principal Electrical Engineer to join a specialist Aerospace & Defense business developing bleeding-edge defense technology across missile seekers, autonomous UAVs, EO/IR sensing and guidance systems
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This isn't an architecture-only position. We’re looking for an engineer who still wants to be genuinely hands-on with the hardware — owning designs from initial concept and PCB development through board bring-up, qualification and flight testing
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You'll take technical ownership across rapid-development defense programs involving:

• Mixed-signal PCB design – architecture, schematics, layout direction, bring-up and debug
• EO/IR and sensor electronics
  , including low-noise analog circuitry
• High-speed digital interfaces including LVDS, Ser Des, DDR and MIPI
• Power electronics
  , DC-DC conversion and power management
• Motor drive and control actuation electronics
• Hardware designed for demanding airborne and missile environments
• MIL-STD-810 / MIL-STD-461 environmental and EMI/EMC qualification
• Hardware integration, troubleshooting and flight testing
• Technical leadership and mentoring of other engineers

We're particularly interested in engineers coming from Aerospace, Defense, Missile, UAV or advanced avionics environments
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• 10+ years' Electrical / Electronics / Hardware Engineering experience
• Mixed-signal, analog, power or high-speed digital electronics experience
• Experience with Altium, Cadence or Mentor
• Experience developing flight-qualified or fielded hardware
• Knowledge of MIL-STD / aerospace environmental qualification
• Strong hands-on hardware bring-up, debugging and test experience
• BSEE or equivalent

Experience with
missile seekers, precision-guided munitions, autonomous UAVs, loitering munitions, EO/IR payloads, avionics or control actuation systems would be particularly valuable.

Circa $250K+ depending on experience and technical background

• Employer-paid medical, dental and vision
• Automatic 5% company 401(k) contribution
• 3 weeks' vacation from start
• Professional development and educational assistance
• Hybrid working available depending on position

If you've spent your career developing real aerospace or defense hardware that has been built, qualified and fielded and want to work on fast-moving, bleeding-edge programs, we'd like to hear from you.