Castelion
Senior Autonomous Flight Termination System Hardware Engineer
Torrance, CA +3 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 7, 2026
- Location
- Torrance, CA
Rio Rancho, NM
19951 Mariner Ave, Torance, CA 90503
2601 29th Ave NW, Rio Rancho, NM 87144 - Experience
- 5+ years; no alternative stated.
- Education
- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Employment is contingent on the ability to access applicable export-controlled information without additional export licensing. If the role is designated as requiring classified access, employment may also depend on obtaining and maintaining required U.S. Government security clearance or authorization and meeting applicable citizenship or other eligibility requirements.
About the job
Designs, tests, and validates high-reliability flight termination and firing-system hardware for hypersonic vehicles.
What you'll do
- Design pulsed-power electronics, ESADs, and initiation and firing circuits.
- Integrate AFTS hardware with vehicle systems and model its performance, timing, and reliability.
- Plan and conduct qualification, environmental, and flight tests; support hardware integration, debugging, and failure analysis.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
- 5+ years designing and validating pulsed-power, high-voltage, or firing-system electronics for aerospace, defense, or similar high-reliability applications.
- Experience with ESADs, initiation systems, or similar safety-critical hardware; strong knowledge of energy storage, high-speed/high-current switching, and pulsed-power circuit design.
- Experience with circuit design and simulation tools, hardware bring-up and environmental testing, and design for EMI/EMC, thermal performance, and extreme environments.
Tools
SPICE, MATLAB/Simulink
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