Electrical Engineering Manager
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Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and develop Electrical Engineers across all levels, ensuring strong technical capability and functional wellbeing.
- Define and maintain EE discipline standards, design practices, and verification methods.
- Assign EE resources to programs and IPTs based on skillset, workload, and priority.
- Ensure delivery of EE architectures, schematics, harness designs, power budgets, and integration documentation.
- Support IPT standups and cross-functional coordination, escalating electrical risks early.
- Provide senior technical guidance on architecture decisions, component trades, and risk mitigation.
- Oversee design reviews (e.g. PDR, CDR, TRR), ensuring rigor, completeness, and configuration control.
- Ensure compliance with relevant aerospace standards (AS9100, DO-160, MIL-STD-704/461).
- Guide root-cause analysis and corrective actions for electrical issues in integration, test, or production.
- Identify and drive capability improvements in tools, processes, and test infrastructure.
- Contribute to proposals by providing EE architectures, cost/schedule inputs, and staffing plans.
Requirements
- Basic expectations for this role include a minimum of:
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline.
- 8+ years of experience designing and delivering electrical systems for aerospace, defense, or complex hardware products.
- 2+ years of technical leadership experience (team lead, supervisor, or engineering manager).
- Strong expertise in electrical system architecture, power distribution, harnessing, or embedded electronics.
- Demonstrated ability to lead engineering teams in a fast-paced, high-accountability environment.
- Experience working within a structured engineering framework (requirements, V&V, configuration management).
- Our ideal candidate has:
- M.S. in Electrical Engineering or Systems Engineering.
- Prior experience in UAS, missiles, loitering munitions, or safety-critical avionics.
- Familiarity with Altium, Cameo MBSE, DO-178/254, FMEA/FMECA, and environmental testing.
- Experience collaborating with manufacturing teams in a vertically integrated environment.
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- Pay range for this role
- $184,000 - $208,000 USD
Benefits
Additional Information
At Zone 5 Technologies, we're redefining what's possible in unmanned aircraft systems. Our team of engineers and innovators is developing cutting-edge autonomous solutions that push the boundaries of UAS technology - solving complex challenges that matter. We're building the future of UAS capabilities, and we're looking for exceptional talent to join us. If you're driven by hard problems, energized by rapid innovation, and ready to make an impact on next-generation flight systems, you belong here. Position Summary The Electrical Engineering Manager manages a team of Zone 5 electrical and avionics engineers, owning capability development, technical excellence, functional wellbeing, and staffing across multiple programs and IPTs. This role ensures the electrical engineering discipline consistently delivers high-quality architectures, hardware, and integration support while maintaining the speed, rigor, and safety required for aerospace and weapons-system development. You will partner closely across Programs, Engineering, and Manufacturing to ensure electrical engineering supports program execution while proactively developing the processes, tools, and people required to scale.
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