{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"b7a358d57976bae41e24c325","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/b7a358d57976bae41e24c325","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/b7a358d57976bae41e24c325","title":"Electrical Engineer","description":"Company Overview:\nSecond Order Effects started in 2016 as a services firm, taking on other companies' hardest engineering problems from first principles. We grew into a solutions firm that designs and ships complete custom electronics and systems, including power electronics, RF, and control systems. We've completed over 250 projects for more than 100 clients. Our designs control rocket engines, manage satellite communications, instrument fusion reactors, and are enjoyed by consumers around the world.\nWe approach problems from first principles. We break challenges down to their most fundamental components, which is how we find solutions that hold up across industries, use cases, and engineering functions. We focus on solving the right problems and building the teams to take them on. Because we believe that training and empowering others yields a greater impact than focusing on developing any specific technology, we expect every single member of our team to participate in building up those around them.\nIn the past year, we've started taking our own concepts and spinning them out into separate companies that we believe will meet the emerging needs of our clients and the industry at large. The work is concentrating in frontier technology, including space, fusion and fission energy, and advanced vehicles. We currently have two spinout companies in stealth that we're working on.\n\nInformation about SOE's mission, vision, and values can be found here.\nExamples of the projects SOE has worked on can be found here.\n\nThe Role:\nAs an Electrical Engineer, you will support the design, architecture, and implementation of high performance electrical systems across a diverse range of projects. You will work alongside a collaborative team of engineers to find and develop the right solutions for the problems at hand and client use case. If you're passionate about tackling mission-critical challenges and working across multiple industries, this is your chance to make a lasting impact and grow in a dynamic environment.\n\nKey Responsibilities:\nDrive design efforts for electronic systems, including architecture and implementation details of circuitry and software/firmware\nPerform component selection and trade studies of different implementation options to best generate and satisfy design requirements\nCapture schematics and design PCB layouts, create component symbols and footprints\nCircuit simulation and thermal analysis of designs, including sizing of thermal management systems\nDevelop firmware in C/C++ for microcontrollers, or digital design in Verilog HDL for FPGAs\nWrite and execute test plans for device validation and performance characterization\nTake ownership of the design, development, testing, and end-to-end technical support for projects\nAssess design risks and develop mitigation strategies\nCreate documentation for hardware, software and systems\nInterface with internal teams and external clients to conduct design reviews for hardware/electronic systems and code reviews for software/firmware/HDL\n\nMinimum Requirements:\nAble to work 40 hours a week on-site in El Segundo, California, or Redmond, Washington\nEligible to work on ITAR projects\nBachelor's Degree (Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Math, or related field) or equivalent experience\n3+ years of applied experience with a demonstrated passion for engineering and technology development\nExcellent written and verbal technical communication skills; ability to explain technical concepts and their implications to non-technical audiences\nExperience in any common ECAD tool, such as Altium Designer, KiCad, Cadence, PADS, EAGLE, etc.\nExperience with C/C++ firmware development or Verilog HDL development\nExperience in modeling, simulation, and testing of electronics\nFamiliarity with standard digital communication methods including serial / UART, SPI, and I2C\nExpertise with one or more of the following: analog circuits, mixed-signal designs, embedded programming, RF, power electronics, or optical systems development\n\nPreferred Requirements:\nExperience in team-based design and build projects (e.g., Formula SAE, Solar Car, CubeSat, Rover Challenge, etc.)\nEnd-to-end electronics design experience: taking designs from requirements generation through schematic, layout, fabrication, and hardware bringup\nExperience with analog small-signal circuit design (filters, op-amp circuits, signal conditioning) and/or power electronics designs: regulators, load drivers, supply filters, protection circuitry\nKnowledge of PCB fabrication and assembly process, design for manufacture and design for assembly (DFM / DFA), familiarity with IPC and/or JEDEC standards\nExperience interfacing with PCB and assembly vendors to have designs fabricated\nLarge-format or high-density or high-layer-count PCB design experience, preferably for aerospace, automotive, medical, or other high-reliability applications\nExpertise with Altium Designer or KiCad\nFamiliarity with Python and/or MATLAB for data parsing and signal analysis\nFamiliarity with LTSpice for circuit simulation\nExperience with a range of ARM Cortex-M devices (e.g., STM32, NXP S32K, TI TMS570, etc.) and Lattice or Xilinx FPGAs\nExcellent understanding of OS fundamentals (e.g., schedulers, memory management, network stacks, file system architectures, etc.) and computer architecture or digital design fundamentals\nExperience with continuous integration and testing (CI/CD) or related high-reliability software development strategies\n\nCompensation & Benefits:\nSalary range dependent on leveling\nEngineer I: $100,000 - $130,000\nEngineer II: $125,000 - $170,000\nSenior Engineer: $155,00 - $200,000\nEquity (via ISOs) in Second Order Effects, Inc.\nEquity (via PIUs) in our incubated companies (through our holding company, Second Order Holdings, LLC)\n100% employer-paid health insurance (Medical, Dental, Vision) for employees + 50% dependent coverage\nFlexible paid time off policy + 11 paid holidays + 12 paid sick days\n401(k) retirement account and employer matching (Safe Harbor 4%)\nUp to 22 weeks of paid parental leave dedicated to new child bonding\nRelocation assistance available if 50+ miles away from the office\nElectric Vehicle (EV) charging ports at our LAX office\nDaily catered lunches, snacks, and accessible kitchen\n\nITAR Requirements: To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide sponsorship at this time.\nEqual Opportunity: Second Order Effects is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SOE is governed on the basis of excellence and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability, or any other legally protected status.","company":"Second Order Effects","rawCompany":"second order effects","city":"Seattle","state":"WA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-03T18:12:36.054Z","occupations":[{"code":"17-2071.00","title":"Electrical Engineers","slug":"electrical-engineers"},{"code":"17-2072.00","title":"Electronics Engineers, Except Computer","slug":"electronics-engineers-except-computer"},{"code":"17-2199.00","title":"Engineers, All Other","slug":"engineers-all-other"}],"industries":[{"code":"541330","title":"Engineering Services","slug":"engineering-services"},{"code":"335999","title":"All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing","slug":"all-other-miscellaneous-electrical-equipment-and-component-manufacturing"},{"code":"334419","title":"Other Electronic Component Manufacturing","slug":"other-electronic-component-manufacturing"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Electrical Engineer","description":"Company Overview:\nSecond Order Effects started in 2016 as a services firm, taking on other companies' hardest engineering problems from first principles. 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Because we believe that training and empowering others yields a greater impact than focusing on developing any specific technology, we expect every single member of our team to participate in building up those around them.\nIn the past year, we've started taking our own concepts and spinning them out into separate companies that we believe will meet the emerging needs of our clients and the industry at large. The work is concentrating in frontier technology, including space, fusion and fission energy, and advanced vehicles. We currently have two spinout companies in stealth that we're working on.\n\nInformation about SOE's mission, vision, and values can be found here.\nExamples of the projects SOE has worked on can be found here.\n\nThe Role:\nAs an Electrical Engineer, you will support the design, architecture, and implementation of high performance electrical systems across a diverse range of projects. 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