Head of Electrical Engineering

You will lead the electrical engineering function for an early-stage aerospace startup, owning the full lifecycle of electrical products from concept through flight qualification. This Jobot Job is hosted by: Tarek Hamzeh Are you a fit? Easy Apply now by clicking the "Apply Now" button and sending us your resume. Salary: $180,000 - $300,000 per year A bit about us: This company is an emerging aerospace hardware innovator focused on building next-generation systems that modernize today’s aviation ecosystem. The team is developing advanced electrical and avionics products designed to improve reliability, safety, and performance across commercial and defense applications. Backed by strong technical leadership and a mission-driven culture, the organization combines first-principles engineering with rapid iteration to bring high-impact aerospace technologies from concept to flight. As an early-stage company, it offers the opportunity to shape core engineering processes, influence product direction, and contribute to groundbreaking hardware that will help define the future of aviation. Why join us? Build category-defining aerospace hardware that goes from concept to flight qualification—your work directly becomes real, flying product. High ownership, high impact: early-stage environment where individual engineers shape architecture, processes, and long-term product direction. Work on diverse, technically challenging systems across power electronics, avionics, filtering, EMI, and flight-critical hardware. Collaborate with exceptional engineering talent in a fast-paced, first-principles-driven environment. Advacce quickly and broaden your skill set across design, prototyping, testing, qualification, and manufacturing. Influence the engineering culture and infrastructure by helping build processes, standards, and best practices from the ground up. Be part of a mission-focused company modernizing the aerospace industry with innovative, next-generation hardware. Job Details Key Responsibilities Technical Leadership & Ownership Lead the electrical engineering organization and own end-to-end development of electrical products—from concept, design, and prototyping through qualification. Drive electrical design and testing efforts across subsidiary engineering teams, including work on film capacitors, RC networks, EMI filters, and transformer technologies. Oversee schematic creation, electrical analysis, component selection, derating, PCBA layout, prototyping, bring-up, and iterative testing. Product Development & Collaboration Engage with customers to understand use cases and refine requirements. Define qualification plans and partner with test engineering to execute environmental and functional testing. Partner with build engineers to ensure manufacturability and integrate DFM feedback. Process & Organizational Development Establish and expand design processes, including simulation standards, PCBA layout workflows, and configuration management. Support PLM development, documentation control, and engineering workflows. Evaluate adjacent engineering needs (firmware, software, RF, power, etc.) and contribute to organizational planning. Team Leadership Recruit, develop, and mentor electrical engineers at all levels. Participate in full-cycle hiring, headcount planning, and team management. Support diligence and capability assessments for subsidiary engineering and manufacturing operations. Qualifications 5+ years of professional electrical design experience. Expertise in electrical design using first-principles thinking across power, filtering, logic, firmware/software interfaces, and production constraints. Strong proficiency in schematics, component selection, simulation, and hands-on debugging with standard lab equipment. Highly curious, fast-learning, and able to contribute across diverse electrical and manufacturing domains. Comfortable working in a fast-paced, ownership-driven early-stage environment. Familiarity with electrical analysis, simulation tools, and industry standards. Nice to have: Experience with DO-160, MIL-STD, or other qualification/certification frameworks. Interested in hearing more? Easy Apply now by clicking the "Apply Now" button. Jobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide an inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Jobot also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. 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