Electrical Engineer (PCB Design)
Edge AutonomyCalifornia, United States
Posted December 4, 2025
86000 - 125000 USD year
About the Company
Edge Autonomy is a leading provider of autonomous systems, advanced optics, and resilient energy solutions to government, commercial, and academic entities worldwide. With over 700 employees and nearly four decades of aerospace engineering expertise, Edge Autonomy offers a range of products including uncrewed aerial systems, EO/IR gimbals, fuel cells, and UAS support services. The company's mission-focused approach and innovative technologies enable successful missions across various sectors.
Job Description
The PCB Design Engineer plays a critical role in the design, development, and integration of embedded electrical systems for uncrewed aircraft platforms. This role is responsible for architecting and validating flight-critical circuits, power systems, avionics interfaces, and embedded electronics that operate reliably in demanding environments.
Requirements
- Design and develop multi-layer PCBs for avionics, power regulation, and sensor interfaces.
- Perform schematic capture and PCB layout using Altium (or equivalent), ensuring compliance with aerospace standards.
- Optimize signal integrity, impedance control, and thermal management in PCB designs.
- Collaborate with electrical engineers to translate system requirements into PCB-level implementations.
- Support DFM/DFT reviews and coordinate with manufacturing for board builds.
- Conduct design reviews (CoDR, PDR, CDR) focused on PCB aspects.
- Assist in prototype bring-up and troubleshooting at the board level.
- Own subsystem requirements, architecture, component selection, schematic creation, and design documentation.
- Develop and review PCB designs, ensuring manufacturability, signal integrity, and environmental robustness.
- Integrate sensors, radios, autopilots, datalinks, GPS modules, payload interfaces, and embedded compute platforms (e.g., Jetson, STM32, PIC, etc.).
- Support environmental, vibration, thermal, and electrical testing, including benchtop validation, HIL/SIL testing, and flight test preparation.
- Collaborate cross-functionally across GNC, Software, Mechanical, Autonomy, Production, and Test teams to ensure seamless integration.
- Participate in design reviews (CoDR, PDR, CDR), risk assessments, and reliability evaluations.
- Diagnose and resolve complex field issues related to avionics, power, sensors, and embedded electronics.
Benefits
- Matching 401(k)
- Paid PTO
- Paid holidays
- Medical, vision, and dental insurance
- Group Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
- HSA and FSA Options
- Critical Care Plan
- Accident Care Plan
