Principal Aircraft Electrical Engineer

AtroposSan Diego, CA
Onsite

About The Position

We’re a combat-tested group of engineers, operators, and entrepreneurs who believe America’s edge depends on autonomous airpower that’s trusted and deployable today not in 2040. Backed by tier-one investors, we’ve secured the runway - financial, regulatory, and literal - to move at startup speed while tackling a national-security mission that matters. We’ve structured the company for radical ownership: no silos, no “systems integrator” overhead, just tightly knit mission-focused IPTs that live and breathe the hardware and code they ship. If you thrive where hard-tech ambition meets national-security urgency, you’ll build faster here than anywhere else. Let’s get after it.

Requirements

  • B.S. EE or similar; >7 yrs aircraft electrical-power-system design.
  • CAD experience
  • Proven record of integrating air vehicle power conversion and generation
  • Proven record solving tricky grounding/noise issues on composite airframes.
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.

Nice To Haves

  • Experience with high-voltage battery systems or hybrid-electric propulsion.
  • DER or ODA UM Experience for EWIS.

Responsibilities

  • Design HV/LV power architecture (28 VDC & 270 VDC), including generation, conversion, and distribution.
  • Create wiring diagrams & EWIS bundles per AS50881; run load-flow and failure-mode analysis.
  • Ensure compliance with MIL-STD-704,-461, & DO-160G sections 16-19.
  • Integrate autonomy compute racks with liquid-cooling or forced-air solutions.
  • Support EMI/EMC test campaigns and lightning-indirect effects analysis.

Benefits

  • Base Salary: $145,000 to 225,000 USD
  • Highly competitive equity grants
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans with 100% employer-paid premiums
  • Basic Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance 100% covered by Atropos
  • Option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents
  • Unlimited PTO, with minimum of 15 days enforced
  • 20 weeks of paid Caregiver & Wellness Leave
  • Fertility (eg, IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carrier coverage
  • Free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy, life coaching, and more
  • Work-life services, such as free legal and financial support
  • Tuition and professional development reimbursement for STEM, MBA, and licenses
  • Daily Lunch catered
  • Company-funded child care stipend
  • Company-funded commuter benefits available based on your region.
  • Relocation assistance (depending on role eligibility).
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan - both a traditional and Roth 401(k). 6% employer matching contribution
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