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Electrical Engineer

Red Cat Holdings • Carson, CA • 8h ago

Electrical Engineer

Job Details

Job Location

Flightwave - Carson, CA

Salary Range

$99000.00 - $132000.00 Salary

Description

Position Summary

FlightWave , a wholly owned subsidiary ofRed Cat Holdings, is seeking anElectrical Engineerto join our team. We are a dynamic and growing drone technology company focused on manufacturing UAS platforms for defense, public safety, and other government security organizations.

We're hiring electrical engineers to design, build, and validate robust eVTOL drones for the next-generation of short- and medium-range reconnaissance. If you have at least 2-5 years of hands-on experience in RF, BMS, Power/PI, or embedded motor control, and you're eager to grow across the stack we want to talk!

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Own schematics, layout, bring-up, and verification of projects

Design, simulate, and debug RF front ends (e.g., 0.9-6 GHz radios, filters, LNAs/PAs, antennas, matching networks).

Architect regulated power trees; perform PI analysis (DC drop, impedance targets, ripple, transient response).

Implement BLDC/PMSM motor control (FOC, trapezoidal, sensored/sensorless) on MCUs; tune current/velocity/position loops.

Develop embedded C/C++ firmware for real-time control, drivers, and diagnostics; integrate with higher-level systems.

Drive PCB layout for SI/PI/RF constraints: stackup, return paths, stitching vias, diff-pair routing, creepage/clearance.

Plan and execute test campaigns: DVT/EMI/EMC/ESD/thermal; use lab gear (VNA, spectrum analyzer, DSO, power analyzer).

Design and validate Battery Management Systems (BMS): cell balancing, protection and safety (OV/UV, OC/OT), SoC/SoH estimation, coulomb counting, pack telemetry, contactor/relay control, charging profiles, and thermal management.

Write clear documentation: design notes, test reports, and manufacturing/bring-up procedures.

Collaborate cross-functionally with mechanical, firmware, and manufacturing on design trade-offs, reliability, and producibility.

Required Qualifications

BS/MS in Electrical Engineering or related field.

Minimum 2-5 years of professional experience in a device-oriented electrical engineering role.

Solid foundation in at least one of the following: RF, BMS, PCB layout, power/PI, embedded systems, mixed-signal, or motor control.

Comfortable with test equipment like multimeters, oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and vector network analyzers

Proficiency with at least one of: Altium (schematic/layout), MATLAB/Python for analysis, or SPICE/EM/PI tools.

Ability to own features end-to-end and communicate technical decisions clearly.

Additional Desired Qualifications

RF: Antenna design/tuning, over-the-air testing, MIMO, coexistence, link budgets, regulatory (FCC/ETSI).

Power/PI: Buck/boost/PFC, gate-drive design, magnetics selection, thermal design, battery systems, pre-compliance EMI fixes.

Layout: High-speed SerDes/USB/MIPI, controlled impedance, length matching, HDI, DFM/DFT for volume builds.

Embedded: RTOS, bootloaders, motor-control libraries (CMSIS-DSP, ST/Xilinx/TI)

Controls: System identification, FOC tuning, observers, Kalman/PLL techniques, torque/position control.

Compliance & reliability: HALT/HASS, DO-160/IEC/UL standards, environmental sealing, conformal coat, potting.

Domain: Robotics, drones/UAVs, electromechanical actuation, or autonomy stacks.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

Ability to lift and carry up to 25 pounds.

Ability to stand, walk, and move between lab, office, and manufacturing

environments for extended periods.

Manual dexterity for handling tools, components, and test equipment.

Visual and hearing ability to safely conduct and monitor test procedures.

Ability to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) when required.

Comfortable working in environments that may involve vibration, noise, temperature variations, or other test-related conditions

Background Check

This position will require successfully completing a post-offer background check. Qualified candidates with a criminal history will be considered and are not automatically disqualified, consistent with federal and state law.

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