Principal Electrical Engineer

The posting, as Neon Aerospace wrote it

Aerospace is at a turning point — costs are rising, supply chains are strained, and old ways of building can’t keep up. At Neon Aero, we’re breaking that mold. We move fast, think big, and combine start-up agility with aerospace expertise to design, build, and scale aircraft in ways the industry has never seen. Our team leverages automation, AI-driven tools, and a fully connected digital backbone to accelerate innovation and reduce barriers to production.

Here, you won’t just take a job — you’ll help reinvent how the world flies. If you’re ready to solve complex problems, push technology further, and work alongside some of the brightest minds in aerospace, this is your chance to make a real impact.

We are seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer to provide technical leadership in the architecture, design, and qualification of high-integrity electronic control systems across Neon's product portfolio.

This role is focused on the controller and system-electronics side of the architecture: command/monitor architecture, flight control computers and LRUs, embedded compute, sensing, communications, fault detection, redundancy, and the electrical interfaces that tie complex products together. It is complementary to our Principal Engineer – High Voltage Power Electronics role, which owns high-voltage motor-drive and power-stage design.

This is a deeply hands-on individual contributor role. You will develop system architectures, block diagrams, schematics, interface definitions, safety concepts, and the analysis behind them. You will work directly with embedded software, motor control, systems, mechanical, power electronics, test, manufacturing, and certification teams to bring high-reliability electronic systems from concept through qualification and production.

This role does not require direct people management, but it requires principal-level technical leadership, mentoring, and ownership of difficult cross-functional decisions.

Why This Role Matters

• Own electrical system architecture for high-integrity controller electronics, FCCs, LRUs, actuator controllers, avionics/compute platforms, sensing systems, and related embedded hardware.
• Architect command/monitor, active-active, simplex, duplex, or other redundant control architectures based on system safety, integrity, availability, and cost requirements.
• Define partitioning between command processors, monitoring processors, motor-control electronics, power electronics, sensors, communications, and vehicle-level interfaces.
• Translate system requirements and safety objectives into practical electronic architectures, hardware requirements, interface definitions, and verification strategies.
• Select microcontrollers, processors, FPGAs, memories, communication devices, supervisors, watchdogs, isolation components, and sensor interfaces appropriate for high-reliability applications.
• Design and review embedded digital, analog, and mixed-signal electronics, including low-voltage power

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rnet, RS-422/485, SPI, BiSS, resolver/LVDT interfaces, or similar sensing and communication technologies.

• Experience with safety-oriented or aviation-pedigree microcontrollers and processors.
• FPGA or programmable-logic experience for monitoring, I/O, timing, or safety functions.
• MATLAB, Python, SPICE, or similar tools for analysis, test automation, or data reduction.
• Experience in aerospace, automotive, robotics, consumer hardware, industrial controls, medical devices, or other environments where electronics must be both high-performance and production-ready.

Why Join Us

• Work alongside elite engineering talent and innovators from across aerospace and tech.
• Be part of a team moving faster than the industry standard.
• Shape solutions that are lower-cost, autonomous, and scalable: the future of aviation.
• Competitive compensation, including equity participation, growth opportunities, and full health benefits (health, vision, dental, 401(k)) designed to support you in and out of work.

This is the expected compensation range for this role. Final compensation will be based on role scope, experience, skills, internal equity and location. This role may also be eligible for bonus/equity/benefits, if applicable.
$210,000 — $325,000 USD

Neon Aero, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable law.

We believe that diverse perspectives drive innovation, and we welcome candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

All final candidates must successfully complete a background check and drug screening as a condition of employment.

At this time, Neon Aero and its divisions are not accepting unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters or staffing agencies.