Skyrocket Ventures
Founding Electrical Engineer - Aerospace Startup
Skyrocket Ventures, El Segundo, California, United States, 90245
Founding Electrical Engineer - Aerospace Startup
Founding Electrical Engineer - Aerospace Startup
1 week ago Be among the first 25 applicants Direct message the job poster from Skyrocket Ventures Recruiting Director at Skyrocket Ventures
Founding Electrical Engineer - Aerospace Startup El Segundo, CA (onsite 5 days/week, including 15% travel to subsidiary offices) US Citizenship is required The company's develops innovative products in the aerospace industry (mostly commercial, some defense). The company has raised a very large round of series A Funding from top VCs. The company has about 10 employees and 4 engineers. It has also acquired a 40 person company. It is growing rapidly. The company seeks candidates who can work autonomously and are seeking a fast-paced, hardworking culture. Typical work hours are 50 hours/week, but some weeks are 60-80 hours. In this position, you would be owning the company's electrical design, analysis, and testing for mission-critical hardware. The company will pay up to $250k plus equity which could be very lucrative. Job Responsibilities: - Designing, prototyping, and qualifying electrical hardware. - Designing electrical hardware for the future of aerospace. - Taking system requirements and owning schematic creation, component selection, de-rating, and PCBA layout. - Working on human machine interface components like electromechanical switches, panels, and displays. - Developing bring-up and validation plans for new hardware, including bench testing, functional checks, and environmental qualification to meet aerospace regulations. - Working with customers and internal engineers to define requirements, identify constraints, and translate them into robust electrical architectures. - Troubleshooting circuit failures and revise designs to improve margin, simplify manufacturing, or address integration issues. - Documenting designs in accordance with internal standards and support traceability for customer qualification. - Working with technicians and manufacturing teams to verify builds and resolve issues in production. - Improving legacy products for performance and manufacturability. - Redesigning existing hardware using schematics, datasheets, and physical teardown. - Rethinking electrical systems to improve performance, reduce cost, or eliminate obsolete parts. - Interfacing with vendors and contract manufacturers to qualify alternative parts or fabricationprocesses. - Supporting test and production engineering to diagnose build issues and implement corrective actions. - Making revisions to documentation and test procedures as components are updated and improved. - Assisting with test development for electrical hardware. - Designing electrical test beds that functionally test the hardware you designed. - Working with test engineering to create electrical test hardware that is capable of withstanding environmental testing for both qualification and acceptance testing. - Writing test software to interact and functionally test your designed hardware. - Working with the test department (technicians and test engineering/specialists) to make your acceptance test as production friendly as possible. - Linking between firmware and software needs of hardware. - Understanding the firmware and software requirements of the designed electrical hardware. - Performing basic troubleshooting of existing firmware and hardware of existing designs. - Assisting with solving specific firmware and software solutions for new designed hardware. Qualifications: - Experience in aerospace, automotive, chemical, or other high-reliability applications. - Extremely curious and hands-on; driven to understand how things work and how to make them better. - Skilled in circuit design, simulation, and analysis across analog, digital, and power domains. - Comfortable with hands-on debugging using oscilloscopes, multimeters, and logic analyzers. - Proficient with modern electrical CAD tools (e.g., Altium, KiCad) and version control systems. - Strong communication skills with the ability to write clear documentation and work cross-functionally with speed. Nice to have: - Familiarity with DO-160, MIL-STD, or other qualification and certification frameworks. - Ability to writ your own aerospace grade firmware rapidly for your own designs. About Skyrocket Ventures Skyrocket Ventures is a recruiting firm for hundreds of high growth technology companies that range from industry leaders to top-tier startups. This opportunity is with one of our client companies for a full-time permanent hire. Please only apply if you are authorized to work in the U.S. Please note that even if this job is not a perfect match, we encourage you to apply as long as it is in the ballpark. Companies are often flexible in hiring candidates who do not perfectly fit their written job description, as long as the most important qualifications are there and the candidate is good in general. Most of the jobs we are recruiting for are not posted online, so if you would like to know of all the opportunities we have that match your interests and qualifications, then please get in touch with us. After you apply to this job posting, we’ll consider you for this job as well as any other potential matches with our client companies. If we have any potential matches, we’ll share your resume with those companies and contact you about any interview opportunities we can get you. Thank you, and we wish you a great job search! 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Founding Electrical Engineer - Aerospace Startup
1 week ago Be among the first 25 applicants Direct message the job poster from Skyrocket Ventures Recruiting Director at Skyrocket Ventures
Founding Electrical Engineer - Aerospace Startup El Segundo, CA (onsite 5 days/week, including 15% travel to subsidiary offices) US Citizenship is required The company's develops innovative products in the aerospace industry (mostly commercial, some defense). The company has raised a very large round of series A Funding from top VCs. The company has about 10 employees and 4 engineers. It has also acquired a 40 person company. It is growing rapidly. The company seeks candidates who can work autonomously and are seeking a fast-paced, hardworking culture. Typical work hours are 50 hours/week, but some weeks are 60-80 hours. In this position, you would be owning the company's electrical design, analysis, and testing for mission-critical hardware. The company will pay up to $250k plus equity which could be very lucrative. Job Responsibilities: - Designing, prototyping, and qualifying electrical hardware. - Designing electrical hardware for the future of aerospace. - Taking system requirements and owning schematic creation, component selection, de-rating, and PCBA layout. - Working on human machine interface components like electromechanical switches, panels, and displays. - Developing bring-up and validation plans for new hardware, including bench testing, functional checks, and environmental qualification to meet aerospace regulations. - Working with customers and internal engineers to define requirements, identify constraints, and translate them into robust electrical architectures. - Troubleshooting circuit failures and revise designs to improve margin, simplify manufacturing, or address integration issues. - Documenting designs in accordance with internal standards and support traceability for customer qualification. - Working with technicians and manufacturing teams to verify builds and resolve issues in production. - Improving legacy products for performance and manufacturability. - Redesigning existing hardware using schematics, datasheets, and physical teardown. - Rethinking electrical systems to improve performance, reduce cost, or eliminate obsolete parts. - Interfacing with vendors and contract manufacturers to qualify alternative parts or fabricationprocesses. - Supporting test and production engineering to diagnose build issues and implement corrective actions. - Making revisions to documentation and test procedures as components are updated and improved. - Assisting with test development for electrical hardware. - Designing electrical test beds that functionally test the hardware you designed. - Working with test engineering to create electrical test hardware that is capable of withstanding environmental testing for both qualification and acceptance testing. - Writing test software to interact and functionally test your designed hardware. - Working with the test department (technicians and test engineering/specialists) to make your acceptance test as production friendly as possible. - Linking between firmware and software needs of hardware. - Understanding the firmware and software requirements of the designed electrical hardware. - Performing basic troubleshooting of existing firmware and hardware of existing designs. - Assisting with solving specific firmware and software solutions for new designed hardware. Qualifications: - Experience in aerospace, automotive, chemical, or other high-reliability applications. - Extremely curious and hands-on; driven to understand how things work and how to make them better. - Skilled in circuit design, simulation, and analysis across analog, digital, and power domains. - Comfortable with hands-on debugging using oscilloscopes, multimeters, and logic analyzers. - Proficient with modern electrical CAD tools (e.g., Altium, KiCad) and version control systems. - Strong communication skills with the ability to write clear documentation and work cross-functionally with speed. Nice to have: - Familiarity with DO-160, MIL-STD, or other qualification and certification frameworks. - Ability to writ your own aerospace grade firmware rapidly for your own designs. About Skyrocket Ventures Skyrocket Ventures is a recruiting firm for hundreds of high growth technology companies that range from industry leaders to top-tier startups. This opportunity is with one of our client companies for a full-time permanent hire. Please only apply if you are authorized to work in the U.S. Please note that even if this job is not a perfect match, we encourage you to apply as long as it is in the ballpark. Companies are often flexible in hiring candidates who do not perfectly fit their written job description, as long as the most important qualifications are there and the candidate is good in general. Most of the jobs we are recruiting for are not posted online, so if you would like to know of all the opportunities we have that match your interests and qualifications, then please get in touch with us. After you apply to this job posting, we’ll consider you for this job as well as any other potential matches with our client companies. If we have any potential matches, we’ll share your resume with those companies and contact you about any interview opportunities we can get you. Thank you, and we wish you a great job search! Seniority level
Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type
Employment type Full-time Job function
Industries Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Skyrocket Ventures by 2x Los Angeles, CA $85,000.00-$200,000.00 1 month ago Los Angeles, CA $100,000.00-$180,000.00 1 month ago Carson, CA $70,000.00-$95,000.00 3 months ago Hawthorne, CA $80,000.00-$145,000.00 3 weeks ago Los Angeles, CA $125,000.00-$200,000.00 1 month ago Hawthorne, CA $150,000.00-$200,000.00 3 months ago Los Angeles Metropolitan Area $130,000.00-$200,000.00 3 weeks ago Power Components Engineer, Mechanical (Starship)
Hawthorne, CA $95,000.00-$115,000.00 2 days ago Power Components Engineer, Electrical (Starship)
Hawthorne, CA $100,000.00-$120,000.00 2 weeks ago Los Angeles, CA $90,700.00-$136,100.00 2 weeks ago Rancho Dominguez, CA $110,000.00-$130,000.00 1 month ago Hawthorne, CA $120,000.00-$170,000.00 1 week ago Los Angeles, CA $70,000.00-$85,000.00 2 weeks ago Los Angeles, CA $90,000.00-$130,000.00 3 weeks ago Commerce, CA $70,000.00-$85,000.00 1 week ago Rancho Dominguez, CA $80,000.00-$100,000.00 1 month ago We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI.
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