Electrical Engineering Manager
$160,000–$220,000 year
On-site · El Segundo, California, United States
Job Summary
Lead Amca's electrical engineering function across design, build, and test for flight-critical aerospace/defense hardware. Manage and mentor the electrical design and test engineers; set technical standards, design review processes, and engineering best practices; partner with mechanical, software, and build engineering to deliver integrated hardware systems; contribute to the electrical product roadmap and translate customer requirements into executable plans; drive qualification programs per DO-160, MIL-STD, and applicable standards from prototype to production; maintain hands-on technical leadership with direct design oversight across schematics, component selection, de-rating analyses, and PCBA layout; support growth initiatives and represent electrical engineering in customer-facing engagements and program reviews. Responsibilities also include challenging requirements from first principles, ensuring reliability, lead time, and cost optimization, and ensuring compliance with aerospace configuration management and design control requirements.
Required Qualifications
- Substantial experience in electrical engineering for aerospace or defense hardware, with a track record of taking products from concept through flight qualification and into production
- Demonstrated success leading engineering teams; able to develop and retain strong technical talent
- Deep technical fluency across power electronics, analog/digital circuit design, PCBA layout, component selection, and qualification testing
- Hands-on debugging and bench work — hands-on leadership role
- First-principles thinker who can challenge requirements and make pragmatic tradeoffs under schedule pressure
- Familiarity with DO-160, MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, and other aerospace qualification and certification frameworks
- Independent, direct, and action-oriented; thrives in a fast-paced environment with minimal bureaucracy
- ITAR compliance and U.S. person requirement
Additional Requirements
- ITAR – US person required (per posting)
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