Salient Motion
Electrical Engineer
About this role
Join a well-funded aerospace and defense company developing modular motion control technologies. You'll lead electrical hardware design across schematics, PCB layouts, and test validation for next-generation industrial and defense systems.
What you'll do
- Design electrical circuits, select components, and create schematics and documentation per product requirements
- Design PCB board layouts using Altium design software
- Develop manufacturing and test work instructions for circuit card assemblies
- Evaluate and select instrumentation for sensors (temperature, pressure, position monitoring)
- Review test data and recommend product and process improvements
- Support team growth through candidate interviews
What they're looking for
- Schematic capture and PCB layout design
- Altium Designer
- Circuit design fundamentals and electrical engineering principles
- Electronic lab equipment operation (oscilloscopes, power supplies, DMMs, soldering)
- Design verification and test planning
- Component selection and analysis
- Technical documentation
- Test execution and data analysis
Benefits
- Competitive base salary ($120,000–$140,000) plus equity
- 100% company-paid medical coverage
- Flexible paid time off
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Relocation assistance available
- New state-of-the-art facility in Torrance, CA
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Salient Motion
Salient Motion develops advanced motion control technologies and components for aerospace and defense applications, serving a multi-hundred-billion-dollar market. The company is hiring firmware engineers, electrical designers, wire harness specialists, mechanical engineers, and test engineers to build next-generation motor control systems and related hardware.
View all jobs at Salient MotionLikely interview questions
- Walk us through your most complex PCB layout project—what challenges did you face and how did you solve them?
- Describe your experience with Altium. What design rules or best practices do you always follow?