Electrical Engineer III
Petaluma, CAFull-time$100–153K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Insight Global is hiring an Electrical Engineer III to support a medium-sized VTOL fixed-wing uncrewed aircraft system. The engineer will spend about half their time integrating payloads, radios, or optical sensors with engineers from other disciplines. Other work may include flight testing, troubleshooting equipment and test fixtures, flying assets with the internal flight test team, and resolving technical-debt documentation.
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Job Description
A lead defense drone contractor sitting in Petaluma, CA is looking to hire an Electrical Engineer III. This EE will be supporting their medium-sized, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL), fixed-wing uncrewed aircraft system (UAS). For about 50% of the time this Engineer will be expected to work alongside other engineers of other disciplines to integrate various payloads, radios, or optical sensors onto their UAS. The other 50% of the time their responsibilities may vary between flight testing, troubleshooting problem equipment, test fixtures, flying assets on the internal flight test team and resolving documentation for technical debt purposes. He/she will be working full-time onsite M-Friday on an alternative work schedule (9/80) with every other Friday off. This role will be paying between $100-$153k.
Skills and Requirements
- 5+ years of Electrical Engineering experience with Bachelor's Degree in related field
- PCB layout experience and Altium Designer
- Any applied experience with utilizing Radio Frequency (RF), Payloads, or Optical Sensors
- Previous experience with documentation for engineering technical debt
- Oracle Fusion
- Ability to use Python/MatLab for automation in production
We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].
How this job compares
Set against the 10,073 open Electrical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$100–153K/yr
- California median$128–186K/yr1,034 salary ranges
- US median$105–165K/yr6,640 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $127K, is 20% below the California median midpoint ($158K) — in the lowest quarter of Electrical Engineer salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,273 open Electrical Engineer jobs in California and 10,073 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Electrical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (8,444 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 6,495 of the 10,073 open Electrical Engineer jobs (64%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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