AeroVect
Principal Engineer, Hardware
$275K–$350K
South San Francisco - Onsite +1 · On-site · Principal · Full-time · Posted Jun 2, 2026
- Location
- South San Francisco - Onsite
Atlanta - Onsite - Experience
- 15+ years
About the job
Own the technical direction and hands-on development of AeroVect’s vehicle hardware platform, from architecture and safety-critical systems through manufacturing and field reliability.
What you'll do
- Set mechanical and electrical architecture, integrate subsystems, and drive design for manufacturing.
- Lead drive-by-wire redundancy and safety work, including vendor selection and qualification.
- Own sensor and compute reliability, supplier relationships, hardware bring-up, and the transition from prototype to volume manufacturing.
What they ask for
- 15+ years of hands-on hardware engineering on shipped physical products in demanding environments.
- Demonstrated depth in both mechanical and electrical engineering, including credible design leadership in both.
- Experience taking products from architecture through DFM, supplier qualification, pilot build, and volume production.
- Direct electromechanical actuation experience and hands-on competence in PCB design and review, harness design, mechanical CAD, and lab bring-up.
Nice to have
- Experience with functional-safety standards or certified drive-by-wire and comparable safety-critical systems.
- Experience with contract manufacturers at hundreds-to-thousands of units per year or in commercial vehicles, off-highway equipment, industrial robotics, or aerospace ground systems.
Pay
$275K – $350K (base salary)
Tools
ISO 26262, ISO 13849, IEC 61508, PCB
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