Principal Electrical Engineer

The role

You will lead the creation of next generation real-time hardware for an airborne augmented reality system. You will manage the full hardware lifecycle from requirements through prototype, qualification, and manufacturing.

What you will do

• Lead the creation of next generation real-time hardware for an airborne augmented reality system.
• Manage the full hardware lifecycle from requirements through prototype and manufacturing.
• Qualify hardware to MIL-STD-461 and MIL-STD-810.
• Innovate, run trade studies, prototype options, and influence final design.
• Shape proposals, budgets, and schedules alongside other teams.
• Mentor engineers and build standards and best practices for an EE group.

Required qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field.
• 12+ years developing complex electrical systems for aerospace, defense, or other high-reliability applications, or an equivalent mix of education and experience.
• 5+ years leading electrical architecture for complex airborne or mission-critical systems.
• Deep expertise in subsystem electrical architecture, mission systems integration, and real-time embedded hardware.
• Hands-on experience defining electrical interfaces, power architectures, integration strategies, PCBA and flex circuit designs.
• Track record designing to military environmental and safety standards, specifically MIL-STD-461 (EMI/EMC) and MIL-STD-810 (environments).
• Experience leading trade studies, architecture reviews, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Comfort in the lab with oscilloscopes, power supplies, and spectrum analyzers.
• Ability to plan, track, and communicate design work against cost and schedule.
• Strong communication skills and a leadership style that makes engineers around you better.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance.

Nice to have

• Hands on military flight hardware development experience, especially taking hardware through qualification and airworthiness and into flight on military aircraft.
• MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering.
• Experience with FPGAs, SoCs, SOMs, GPUs, displays, sensors, and test systems.
• PCBA design and simulation experience with Altium.
• High-speed design experience with DDR3/DDR4, PCIe 3.0/4.0, DisplayPort, USB 3.0, Ethernet, VPX, and rugged computing systems.
• Knowledge of avionics protocols like MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429, CAN, or other deterministic architectures.
• Systems engineering ISO/IEEE 15288 and product development lifecycles experience.
• Comfortable leading cross functional teams solving hard problems and mentoring staff.
• Work with a sense of urgency and confidence; and take personal responsibility and commitment for completing tasks on time in the highest quality manner.

Benefits

• Healthcare, Dental, and Vision (100% coverage for Employees)
• Paid time off, including vacation, sick, paid holidays, and parental leave
• Short and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Voluntary Worksite Benefits (Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity)
• May be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus based on individual and company performance

Before you apply

• U.S. citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance.

About the company

Red 6 is an innovative Augmented Reality (AR) technology startup leading the way in synthetic air combat training.