Raydar

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Electrical Engineer - Power Electronics

Power Systems EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeLos Angeles, CA, USA

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
At least 5 years of experience designing circuits and power electronics, ideally in aerospace, defense, automotive, or robotics.
A track record designing power systems for demanding hardware applications.
Experience designing brushless motor drives, including power stages, gate drivers, current measurement, and noise control on high-current buses.
Solid printed circuit board layout ability, with a whole-system view of electromagnetic compatibility and signal integrity.
Practical laboratory experience debugging hardware and bringing up new boards.
Comfort with fast build-and-test iterations in an early-stage setting where little exists yet.
Daily use of artificial intelligence tools in the engineering workflow.
Ability to work fully on-site.

Responsibilities

Own the electrical design of power and drive hardware for demanding electronic systems, working hands-on in the laboratory.
Partner with software, systems, and controls colleagues to get boards designed, built, tested, and tuned quickly.
Design power distribution and conversion circuits, including battery management, regulation, and protection.
Own the drive electronics for motor-driven actuators, from the power stage and current measurement to commutation and position feedback inputs.
Collaborate with embedded software, systems, and controls engineers to integrate hardware and tune systems on the bench.
Produce schematics, board layouts, and bring-up procedures for analog and digital circuitry.
Lead electromagnetic compatibility design and validation, including clean power delivery, grounding, and mitigation approaches.
Build test setups and validation procedures, and carry out debugging, integration, and environmental testing.
Help define electrical design standards that let the hardware scale to higher production volumes.

Desired Qualifications

Background in other high-performance sectors such as automotive, motorsport, robotics, or electric vehicles.
Familiarity with field-programmable gate array interfaces.
Experience qualifying hardware against environmental test standards such as DO-160.

Electrical Engineer, Power Electronics

Raydar · Los Angeles, United States · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-13

Salary: USD 150,000–220,000

Workplace: on_site

Description

About the company

Our client is a defense technology company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own the electrical design of power and drive hardware for demanding electronic systems, working hands-on in the lab. Partner with software, systems and controls colleagues to get boards designed, built, tested and tuned quickly.

What you'll do

- Design power distribution and conversion circuits, including battery management, regulation and protection.

- Own the drive electronics for motor-driven actuators, from the power stage and current measurement to commutation and position feedback inputs.

- Collaborate with embedded software, systems and controls engineers to integrate hardware and tune systems on the bench.

- Produce schematics, board layouts and bring-up procedures for analog and digital circuitry.

- Lead electromagnetic compatibility design and validation, including clean power delivery, grounding and mitigation approaches.

- Build test setups and validation procedures, and carry out debugging, integration and environmental testing.

- Help define electrical design standards that let the hardware scale to higher production volumes.

Requirements

What we're looking for

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.

- At least 5 years designing circuits and power electronics, ideally in aerospace, defense, automotive or robotics.

- Track record designing power systems for demanding hardware applications.

- Experience designing brushless motor drives, including power stages, gate drivers, current measurement and noise control on high-current buses.

- Solid PCB layout ability, with a whole-system view of electromagnetic compatibility and signal integrity.

- Practical lab experience debugging hardware and bringing up new boards.

- Comfort with fast build-and-test iterations in an early-stage setting where little exists yet.

- Daily use of AI tools in your engineering workflow.

- Ability to work fully on-site.

Bonus points

- Background in other high-performance sectors such as automotive, motorsport, robotics or electric vehicles.

- Familiarity with FPGA interfaces.

- Experience qualifying hardware against environmental test standards such as DO-160.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

- Base salary: USD 150,000 to 220,000 per year

- Equity

- Relocation assistance

Location and work model

- Los Angeles, CA, United States

- On-site

- Full-time

- Monthly weekend travel for test events and supplier engagements

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About the Company

Raydar

AI-powered recruiting agency for tech roles

Raydar is an AI-powered talent acquisition firm that serves tech-focused organizations on a contingency basis, charging client companies only after a successful hire. It uses proprietary AI to identify a large pool of candidates and conducts a short 15-minute AI-driven interview (recorded and transcribed) before human recruiters review materials, provide interview prep, and assist with offers and negotiations. What sets it apart is the blend of automated sourcing and screening with hands-on human oversight and tailored client support. Its goal is to help organizations hire more efficiently by speeding up sourcing while maintaining thorough evaluation and negotiation assistance.

Company size: 11-50
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Santa Monica, CA
Founded: 2021

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