Posted on:September 10, 2026

Electrical Engineer at Salient Motion

Salient Motion is hiring a Electrical Engineer in Torrance, CA, US. On-site. Pay: USD 120k-140k/yr.

About Salient Motion

Salient Motion designs, manufactures, and supports actuation systems for commercial and military aviation and defense. It also produces modular motion technologies for industrial, aerospace, and defense applications.

Electrical Engineer job description

**Applicants must be U.S. Citizens or U.S. Permanent Residents (Green Card holders) to meet customer and regulatory requirements**

Who We Are

We are pioneering modular motion technologies to power the next generation of innovation for Industrial, Aerospace and Defense. If you're excited about disrupting legacy industries, and passionate about building next generation technology, let's chat!

We are at the forefront of innovation, crafting exclusive motion control components that propel the industrial, aerospace, and defense sectors into the future. 

A couple other things:

  • We are open to relocating you
  • We have great benefits
  • We are well funded, and generating revenue
  • We are located in beautiful Torrance, CA and just moved into a new large hangar facility

What you'll do:

  • Electrical design, product requirements, component selection, analysis, schematic capture, and documentation
  • Using Altium to design board layouts according to given requirements
  • Develop and generate work instruction packages for manufacturing and test of circuit card assemblies
  • Perform electrical evaluation and selection of instrumentation (temperature, pressure, position, etc.)
  • Review test data and recommend changes to products and processes
  • Assist in growing the team by interviewing potential candidates

What you need:

  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical or computer engineering; or other engineering degree
  • 3+ years of electrical hardware design experience, including schematic capture and PCB layout
  • Strong understanding of electric circuit design fundamentals and electrical engineering principles
  • Familiarity with basic electronic lab equipment, such as: power supplies, oscilloscopes, DMMs, signal generators, and soldering irons
  • Experience in creation of design verification test plans and test execution

What we have to offer:

We are not just building components. We are reshaping the future of the Aerospace and Defense component industry, which is a $300B+ market! Come join us and help build next generation systems that will make a massive impact at global scale.

  • We offer competitive compensation: $120,000 to $140,000 base salary + equity
  • Exceptional healthcare benefits, Medical is 100% covered by the company
  • Flexible PTO 
  • 401K
  • More to come!

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