Raydar
Hardware Integration Engineer
$180K–$220K
Los Angeles, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026
- Experience
- Around 8 or more years of hands-on hardware engineering experience.
- Education
- University degree in engineering, physics, or a closely related discipline.
About the job
Integrate, calibrate, test, and prepare imaging sensor assemblies for repeatable production and field deployment.
What you'll do
- Integrate cameras, optics, compute, inertial sensors, and power electronics into sensor assemblies; build and calibrate units.
- Run build, field-test, data-analysis, and redesign cycles; refine designs with algorithm and opto-mechanical engineers.
- Own test procedures, environmental qualification, and supplier readiness; automate repetitive tasks using Python and AI tools.
What they ask for
- University degree in engineering, physics, or a closely related discipline.
- Around 8 or more years of hands-on hardware engineering experience.
- Track record of rapidly building working electronics prototypes; strong CAD and GD&T skills.
- Experience taking a complete imaging product from integration through field deployment; daily use of modern AI tools; ability to work fully on-site and travel regularly on weekends to test sites and suppliers.
Nice to have
- Background in defense sensing hardware, including cooling, ruggedization, and calibration; experience designing, building, calibrating, or analyzing sensor systems.
- Familiarity with qualifying hardware for harsh flight or airborne conditions.
Pay
USD 180,000 to 220,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Python, CAD, GD&T
AI focus
Automate repetitive tasks using AI tools and use modern AI tools daily in the workflow.
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