Electrical Hardware Lead

Young Community Developers • Portland, OR

1d • $130,000 - $170,000 • Onsite

About The Position

As an Electrical Hardware Lead, you will lead the hardware engineering activities for several UAV platforms. This role will interface closely with mechanical, electrical, software, and test teams to ensure timely and effective delivery of mission-critical capabilities.

Requirements

• 8+ years relevant experience in aerospace, defense or robotics environments
• Demonstrated experience leading complex hardware development efforts and guiding multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong background in digital and analog circuit design, power systems, and embedded hardware.
• Proficiency with schematic capture and PCB design tools.
• Experience integrating electronics into SWaP‑constrained platforms such as UAVs or autonomous systems.
• Experience architecting reliable and redundant robotic systems
• Familiarity with environmental and EMI/EMC testing standards common to aerospace and defense.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with RF systems, radios, or sensing payloads is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the development of system architectures for a variety of unmanned arial vehicles
• Lead the end‑to‑end electrical hardware development for subsystem components
• Define system and hardware architectures, including power distribution, RF systems, avionics, sensor interfaces, and compute modules.
• Lead the planning and coordination of system validation activities, ensuring alignment with operational goals
• Drive technical decision‑making, risk assessment, and trade studies for electrical and embedded hardware designs.
• Guide integration and testing of electrical subsystems, including bench‑level validation, hardware‑in‑the‑loop testing, and flight‑ready qualification.
• Collaborate closely with mechanical, software, GNC, and systems engineering teams to ensure seamless integration and platform-level performance.
• Support EMI/EMC testing, environmental qualification, and design for reliability in SWaP‑constrained environments.
• Mentor junior engineers, establish hardware development best practices, and contribute to continuous improvement across engineering disciplines.

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare benefits package
• Base dental, vision, life, accident, disability, and other core benefits are fully covered by DZYNE.
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• 401 (k) plan with an employer match and immediate vesting.

What This Job Offers

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