Staff Electrical Engineer - Flight Computers & High-Speed Digital

Electrical Engineer - Avionics & Flight Hardware - Castelion Corporation | Career Page Castelion Corporation Electrical Engineer - Avionics & Flight Hardware Torrance, California, United States Apply for Position Or refer someone Job Openings Electrical Engineer - Avionics & Flight Hardware About the job Electrical Engineer - Avionics & Flight Hardware About Castelion Castelion is redefining defense development through rapid iteration, aggressive testing, and modern commercial manufacturing at scale. We design, build, and test next-generation long-range strike weapon systems to give the United States and its Allies a decisive advantage and deter future conflicts. Electrical Engineer - Avionics & Flight Hardware We are hiring Electrical Engineers to specialize in board‑level design, bring‑up, and testing across our avionics organization. This role is ideal for engineers with solid EE fundamentals who want hands‑on ownership of real flight hardware. Engineers in this role focus on schematic and PCB design, board bring‑up, and lab testing, and will grow into deeper avionics specialization over time.

Responsibilities Design and develop board‑level electrical hardware including schematic capture, PCB layout, and component selection Perform board bring‑up, validation, and debugging in the lab Test reference boards and early prototypes using standard lab equipment Support troubleshooting and root‑cause analysis of hardware issues Work with avionics, test, and manufacturing teams to iterate designs quickly Document designs, test results, and engineering changes clearly Basic

Qualifications Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field Experience with PCB design tools (Altium preferred) Hands‑on experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and power supplies Strong understanding of core EE principles such as analog/digital circuits, power, signal integrity basics Comfortable working in a fast‑paced, highly collaborative environment Preferred

Qualifications Experience taking a PCB from concept through bring‑up and test Exposure to embedded systems or firmware interaction Familiarity with aerospace, automotive, robotics, or other high‑reliability hardware Basic scripting or programming experience (Python, C/C++) Leadership Qualities Bias to Action and Creative Problem Solving. Desire and experience questioning assumptions in ways that lead to break through ideas that are ultimately implemented. Successfully bring in applicable processes/concepts/materials from other industries to achieve efficiency gains. The ability to personally resolve minor issues in development without requiring significant support. High Commitment, High Initiative. A successful candidate will have a genuine passion for Castelion's mission and consistently look for ways to contribute to the company's technical goals and prevent hardware blockers. Ability to work in a fast paced, autonomously driven, and demanding atmosphere. Strong sense of accountability and integrity. Clear Communicator. Proactively communicates blockers. Trusted in previous roles to be voice of company with regulators, suppliers, gate keepers and customers. Capable of tactfully managing relationships with stakeholders to achieve company-desired outcomes without compromising relationships. Emails, IMs and verbal interactions are logical, drive clarity, and detailed enough to eliminate ambiguity. ITAR