Electrical Engineer I

longshot • Alameda, CA

9d • $120,000 - $140,000

About The Position

Join Longshot’s small electrical team working across high-voltage pulsed ignition, firing and sequencing control, instrumentation and data acquisition, safety interlocks, and vehicle avionics and power. The role involves designing and building circuit card assemblies, microcontroller and FPGA firmware, harnesses, and the test procedures and scripts used to verify them.

Early-career engineers are given hands-on ownership of circuits used on launchers. The work includes designing, building, and debugging hardware, as well as participating in tests at the test site. Time is split between the bench, CAD tools, and the test site, with close collaboration across electrical, mechanical, software, and test engineering.

Requirements

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 0–2 years of experience.
• At least one internship or co-op, or substantial personal or team project experience.
• Solid fundamentals in analog and digital circuits and power electronics.
• Hands-on experience with lab equipment, including oscilloscope, DMM, power supplies, soldering, and crimping.
• Schematic capture and PCB layout experience using Altium, KiCad, or similar.
• Experience working with C/C++ on a microcontroller and Python for test automation or data analysis.
• Comfortable with Gitlab.
• Demonstrated ownership, ability to meet commitments, and willingness to flag slipping items early.
• Ability to adapt quickly, work on hardware, and support mission-critical deadlines.

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to high-voltage or high-current circuits, such as capacitor banks, pulsed power, or motor drives, and related safety practices.
• FPGA experience with Verilog or VHDL.
• Experience with DAQ systems such as NI, Dewesoft, or LabVIEW, or with sensor signal conditioning.
• Internship or co-op experience in aerospace, defense, or test engineering.
• Experience on a test stand or in a hazardous-test environment.
• Active U.S. security clearance or eligibility to obtain one.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and debug electrical hardware for test articles, including ignition and trigger circuits, control boards, sensor conditioning, power distribution, and harnesses.
• Capture schematics, lay out or review PCBs, and produce wiring diagrams and harness drawings.
• Write and debug microcontroller or FPGA firmware for control, sequencing, and test systems.
• Help derive and document requirements, specifications, and interface drawings for owned assemblies.
• Integrate and check out instrumentation and data acquisition for pressure, strain, acceleration, and timing; turn raw test data into usable results.
• Write test procedures, checkout reports, and issue reports, and keep designs under version control.
• Support on-site test campaigns, including pre-test checkouts, interlock verification, operations, and post-test teardown.
• Raise technical issues early, investigate problems to root cause, and implement fixes.
• Work with mechanical, software, and test engineers to close out interfaces and resolve failures.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level