Electrical Engineer V

OKSI • Torrance, CA

2d • $149,889 - $202,791 • Remote

About The Position

As an Electrical Engineer V, you'll operate as a principal-level technical leader, setting the electrical engineering strategy across OKSI's hardware portfolio and shaping how the company approaches next-generation electronics for defense and environmental science platforms. This role offers remote flexibility, allowing for work-life balance while seeing your work deployed quickly from concept to customer. OKSI is expanding, providing opportunities for professional growth and career advancement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent, plus 10+ years of relevant experience
• Extensive track record leading complex electrical systems from concept through fielded deployment, ideally across multiple programs or product lines
• Expert-level knowledge of low-power design, sensor integration, and signal conditioning
• Deep familiarity with compliance standards (e.g., MIL-STD-461, IPC-610, ISO, ITAR/EAR)
• Demonstrated ability to set technical direction and influence outcomes across engineering, program management, and customer stakeholders
• Recognized expertise in lab testing, debugging, and root cause analysis
• Outstanding communication skills, with experience mentoring senior engineers and engaging directly with customers and leadership

Nice To Haves

• Background in automotive, EV, AV, aerospace, or space industries
• Familiarity with guidance and navigation technologies, or inertial/magnetic sensors
• Experience with optics and multispectral digital imaging systems
• MIL-STD or DO-160 EMC design and test experience
• Knowledge of programmable logic design, or signal/power integrity design
• Experience transitioning products into full production and shipping at scale
• Low-level firmware experience, particularly for bring-up and testing

Responsibilities

• Set electrical engineering strategy and technical standards across the full hardware portfolio, spanning mixed-signal PCBs, embedded controllers, and custom sensor systems
• Identify and drive adoption of new technologies, tools, and design approaches that improve OKSI's speed, reliability, and competitiveness
• Serve as the senior-most technical authority in design reviews, program risk assessments, and customer engagements, including proposal and capture support
• Guide architecture decisions for embedded processors, FPGAs, sensors, and power subsystems across the product line, in close partnership with software and systems leadership
• Own the technical growth of the electrical engineering team; mentor EE III and IV engineers and help shape hiring and leveling decisions
• Lead resolution of the most complex, cross-program hardware issues, including field failures with significant program impact
• Represent OKSI's electrical engineering capabilities to customers, partners, and manufacturing vendors at a strategic level; guide long-term lifecycle and technology roadmap planning

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision fully paid by the employer for the employee
• Three weeks vacation
• Automatic company contribution to 401K – 5% of earned wages (no matching required)
• Educational assistance

What This Job Offers

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