Hardware Engineer — Munition System

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Full-time Washington, DC other-general
Posted:
June 14, 2026
Location:
Washington, DC, United States

Job Description

Experience level: Mid-senior Experience required: 5 Years Education level: Bachelors degree Job function: Engineering Industry: Defense & Space Compensation: $201,000 - $250,000 Total position: 1 Relocation assistance: No Recruiter Note: Candidate must be comfortable completing an initial 1-month onsite training period in Kearneysville, WV, after which they will relocate back to work from either San Francisco, Los Angeles, or Washington DC. About the project Were building a small, safety-critical kinetic munition delivered by an FPV-class airframe. The compute side is an electro mechanical safe and arm device (EMSAD). Youll own the electronics from schematic, through PCB layout, through bring-up and qualification of every board in the system. What youll do Architect and design the main EMSAD board and auxiliary boards. Handle schematic design and multilayer PCB layout. Define hardware safety architecture with redundant interlocks and fail-safe defaults. Build and run bring-up benc...

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Job Overview

Job Type: Full-time
Location: Washington, United States
Posted: June 14, 2026
Deadline: July 24, 2026