Avionics Electrical Engineer

Hermeus is a venture-backed defense aviation company reclaiming the lost art of rapid iterative prototyping to build the fastest aircraft in the world today. By prioritizing relentless hardware iteration, we deliver high-speed systems at the pace of the modern battlefield. We work with the Department of War to provide the high-speed capabilities our nation and its allies need to maintain a durable, asymmetric advantage.

Hermeus is looking for an Avionics Electrical Engineer to design, integrate, test, and own electrical and avionics systems across our aircraft and ground systems. 

This is a hands-on, cross-functional role supporting areas including power distribution, embedded computing, instrumentation, communications, RF systems, flight software, test, manufacturing, and vehicle integration. You will own electrical hardware while also understanding how that hardware interacts with the broader avionics architecture and performs at the subsystem and integrated vehicle level. 

We are hiring this position at multiple levels and are open to engineers ranging from early-career candidates with strong hands-on experience to senior engineers capable of independently owning complex avionics systems. 

📋 Preparation Priorities (Key Areas to Clarify):

• 1. Over-reliance on simulation without real-world shop floor or lab validation
• 2. Bureaucratic mindset or insistence on exhaustive aerospace paperwork before prototyping
• 3. Inability to defend fundamental physics calculations on the whiteboard

✨ Recommended Role Alignment Hook:

I build hardware the way software companies write code: rapid iterations, continuous integration, and test-like-you-fly validation.