Electrical Engineer in Torrance
Job Description
ABOUT TITAN DYNAMICS
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Founded in 2023, we build additively manufactured UAS and software for commercial and defense customers. Our field-tested fixed-wing, multirotor, and VTOL systems deliver combat-proven performance, rapid adaptability, and lower-cost scalability, powered by proprietary technology that can auto-generate UAS designs and enable deployable factories to produce thousands of aircraft wherever they are needed. We design, print, and fly at a pace traditional aerospace can't match.
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THE ROLE
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We're bringing avionics manufacturing in-house, and you'll be at the center of it. As our Electrical Engineer, you'll own the design, setup, and production of the electronics that fly on every Titan aircraft: flight controllers, ESCs, RF links, and supporting avionics. You'll also stand up and run our pick-and-place SMT line in our clean room, taking boards from schematic to assembled, tested, flight-ready hardware.
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This is a hands-on role at a small, fast-moving company. You'll see your boards go from CAD to combat-relevant aircraft in weeks, not years.
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WHAT YOU'LL DO
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• Design, prototype, and iterate on avionics hardware: flight controllers, ESCs, power distribution, carrier boards, and sensor integration
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• Develop and integrate RF-based hardware including receivers/transmitters, video links, and telemetry radios
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• Set up, program, and operate our pick-and-place machines and SMT assembly line in our clean room, including stencil printing, reflow, inspection, and rework
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• Build test fixtures and bring-up/QA procedures for in-house-manufactured boards
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• Work hand-in-hand with our flight test and software teams to validate hardware on ArduPilot-based aircraft
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• Troubleshoot electrical issues across the full aircraft: wiring harnesses, EMI/RFI, power delivery, and connector selection
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• Support NDAA compliance and component sourcing decisions for defense-grade, blue-listable hardware
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WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
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• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent hands-on experience
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• Strong PCB design skills (Altium, KiCad, or similar) from schematic capture through layout and DFM
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• Direct familiarity with ArduPilot and/or PX4 flight controller hardware. You know what an FMU is, why IMU isolation matters, and what a well-designed flight controller looks like
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• Experience with drone electronics: ESCs, BECs, GPS/compass modules, telemetry radios, and video transmission systems
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• RF fundamentals including antenna placement, link budgets, and experience with systems like ExpressLRS
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• Experience with SMT assembly processes; hands-on pick-and-place experience is a major plus
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• Comfortable with soldering, rework, oscilloscopes, and general lab work
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• Scrappy, self-directed, and comfortable owning problems end-to-end in a startup environment
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NICE TO HAVE
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• You build or fly FPV drones or RC aircraft on your own time
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• Firmware development experience (STM32, embedded C) for various microelectronics
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• Experience with ISO 9001 QMS and/or other standards and practices to ensure production quality
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• Familiarity with NDAA-compliant / Blue UAS component ecosystems
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DETAILS
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• Location: Torrance, CA (on-site; we build physical things)
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• Due to the nature of our work with the U.S. Department of Defense, applicants must be a U.S. Person as defined by ITAR (U.S. or permanent )
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If you want your hardware flying on not just our aircraft, but many others in the industry, we'd love to talk.
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Pay Range: $130,000-$180,000 per year.