Electrical Engineering Manager

Monarch Quantum•San Diego, CA

About The Position

Join our fast-paced and passionate team as Manager of Electrical Engineering. As we scale, you will be instrumental in building our electrical engineering foundation from the ground up. This is a dynamic, hands-on role for a self-starter who thrives in a fluid startup environment. You'll have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies, work closely with leadership, and develop and implement electrical engineering practices that support our mission and growth.

Requirements

Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
7+ years of relevant experience (including pursuit of relevant higher education), ideally within a startup or technology company.
Proven record of building and leading engineering teams successfully executing multiple, parallel, complex electrical engineering projects through development, qualification, fielding, and maintenance cycles.
Proficient with Altium Designer for schematic capture, PCB design, layout, and electrical design documentation.
Experience designing and debugging analog, digital, power, and mixed-signal electronics for complex electro-optical systems.
Experience with PCB design, signal integrity, power integrity, grounding, shielding, and EMI/EMC considerations.

Responsibilities

Recruit, develop, and manage a team of electrical engineers.
Contribute to the design, integration, verification, and transition to production of complex laser and photonic systems.
Create and maintain company-wide electrical engineering processes, standards, and tools.
Be responsible for the execution of electrical engineering projects across the company, from requirements development and system architecture through design, integration, verification, validation, qualification, and production.
Lead team in developing electrical architecture and design of complex laser, photonic, and electro-optical systems.
As a member of the cross-functional leadership team, be responsible for planning and execution of company projects on schedule and to budget.
Partner closely with Optical, Mechanical, Software, and Manufacturing teams to ensure seamless system-level integration.
Oversee the electrical architecture of rack systems housing sensitive fiber-coupled photonic components and associated control electronics.
Drive the electrical design strategy for laser sources, optical engines, temperature control systems, power distribution, monitoring, and control systems.
Develop robust electrical interfaces between laser, photonic, mechanical, and software subsystems.
Establish rigorous design-for-manufacturing (DFM) and design-for-assembly (DFA) standards for low-to-mid volume, high-complexity builds and prepare products for future scaling.
Lead electrical design reviews, design verification, qualification, and failure analysis activities.
Partner with manufacturing and operations teams to develop test fixtures, production test strategies, and electrical manufacturing processes.
Partner with Optical, Mechanical, and Software teams to ensure seamless hardware-software integration.
Establish and maintain engineering documentation, including schematics, PCB layouts, electrical interface control documents, bills of materials, test procedures, and design verification plans.
Support troubleshooting and root-cause analysis of electrical and system-level issues throughout development, production, and field deployment.