Electrical Engineering Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Leadership and Team Management: Direct, mentor and manage a team of electrical engineers, fostering an environment of innovation and excellence. Set clear objectives, manage project timelines, and ensure team accountability.
• Product Development: Oversee the development of electronic components, systems and subsystems from concept through to production. This includes embedded system design, battery management systems, motor control, and RF communication systems.
• Design and Innovation: Enable and support the electrical engineering team in creating innovative designs, advanced circuits, and systems to boost drone performance, efficiency, reliability, and manufacturability.
• Collaboration: Work closely with mechanical, software, and firmware teams to ensure seamless integration of electronic systems and components. Collaborate with manufacturing teams to transition designs into production.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure all electrical systems meet industry standards for safety, reliability, and performance. Implement and oversee testing procedures to validate designs.
• Regulatory Compliance: Stay abreast of and ensure compliance with all relevant aviation and electrical engineering regulations and standards.
• Strategic Planning: Contribute to the strategic direction of the company by advising on technology trends, potential areas for innovation, and long-term product roadmaps.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Experience: Minimum of 7 years in electrical engineering with at least 4 years in a leadership role. Experience in the drone, aerospace, or a closely related industry is highly desirable.
• Technical Skills: Proficient in areas such as PCB design, embedded electronics, signal processing, RF design and control systems. Knowledge of embedded systems, particularly those used in flight control. Experience with CAD tools and PLM systems (e.g., Altium, Arena). Strong technical problem-solving and root-cause analysis skills.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills for cross-departmental collaboration and stakeholder management.

Additional Information

• Travel: Occasional travel may be required for industry conferences, customer visits, or manufacturing oversight.
• ITAR/EAR Work Authorization Disclosure: This position requires direct or indirect access to hardware, software, technology or technical data controlled under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All applicants must be eligible to access said data without requiring additional authorization.

Background Check

• This position will require successfully completing a post-offer background check. Qualified candidates with a criminal history will be considered and are not automatically disqualified, consistent with federal and state law.

EEO and ITAR/EAR Work Authorization Disclosure

• Red Cat Holdings provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Compensation

• Salary plus generous annual equity package and potential bonuses.