Electrical Engineer - Avionics

About Wardstone

The Modular Interceptor Platform

Tech

Wardstone’s product is a low-cost, modular interceptor for air and missile defense. It is built on a common airframe that can be configured with a mission-tailored seeker, propulsion, and payload modules. It defeats air-breathing and cruise missile threats at a fraction of the cost of exquisite interceptors, adding affordable magazine depth to existing air defense systems.

The role

We are looking for a hands-on Electrical Engineer to lead the development of high-reliability electronics for our interceptor prototypes and future VLEO satellites. You will own everything from board-level design to power systems, sensor integration, EMI/EMC, and flight hardware integration. Expect to work directly with founders, integrate components, run tests, and ship hardware that flies and intercepts targets.If you’re excited by high-stakes engineering, rapid prototyping, and pushing physics boundaries, we are going to get along great!### What You’ll Do**Electrical Design & Prototyping*** Design, simulate, and develop PCBs for sensing, actuation, power, and avionics.* Own schematic capture, layout, DFM, component selection, and vendor interaction.* Develop high-reliability power systems (DC–DC, battery systems, protection circuits, transient management).**Sensor and Actuator Solutions*** Integrate IR cameras, Radar, IMUs, GNSS, rad-hard components, and electromechanical actuators.* Develop signal-conditioning circuits, sensor fusion interfaces, and low-latency sensing+actuation to enable the autopilot to control the vehicle.**Flight Hardware & Harsh-Environment Design*** Perform thermal, vibration, and shock analysis for >100km altitude environments.* Support hardware qualification: TVAC, vibe, EMI/EMC, and high-G ground testing.**Embedded & System Integration*** Collaborate closely with embedded software engineers on microcontroller architectures, drivers, and electrical-firmware interfaces.* Bring-up, debug, test, and iterate hardware in the lab using scopes, logic analyzers, DAQs, etc.**Execution & Ownership*** Write requirements, test plans, and documentation.* Take hardware from concept → prototype → test → flight-ready.* Rapid debugging and converging on functional+performant solutions.### **Required Qualifications*** B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.* Strong experience with PCB design tools (KiCad, Altium, or similar).* Hands-on prototyping experience: soldering, rework, bring-up, rapid iteration.* Experience integrating sensors, mixed-signal electronics, or power systems.* Comfort with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, and test equipment.* Strong fundamentals in circuit analysis, signal integrity, noise, grounding, and EMI/EMC.* Ability to own hardware end-to-end: design, build, test, debug, iterate.* **US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED**### **Nice to Haves*** Experience with IR cameras, high-speed digital buses, or RF systems.* Background in aerospace, defense, robotics, autonomous systems, automotive, or satellites.* Knowledge of high-G design, radiation effects, or space-environment electronics.* Embedded firmware experience (C/C++, STM32/Teensy/PIC/ESP32, RTOS).* Familiarity with power systems, motor drives, or actuator control.* Experience with MIL-STD-461, DO-160, or NASA/ESA flight hardware standards.