Senior Electrical Engineer - Pine Brook, NJ

Founded in 1918, Kearfott Corporation, a global Aerospace and Defense supplier for over 100 years, is a leader in the design and manufacture of precision motion control products and inertial navigation components. Kearfott has a very long history of innovation and excellence and is the go‑to brand for many of our global clients. Kearfott is trusted, respected and plays a vital role in the success of America's aerospace and defense industries.

With over a century of expertise & experience, Kearfott is dedicated to providing quality, reliability, and cutting‑edge technology to customers worldwide to meet their sea, land, air, and space navigation and guidance requirements.

We are looking for talented individuals who want to be part of a world‑class workforce. Join Kearfott and become part of a company that is recognized for technical expertise and respected worldwide as a 'full service' provider. For more information visit our website at

Senior Electrical Engineer
• Pine Brook, NJ, United States

In this role, you will be a key member of a technical team responsible for the development, design, and testing of high-reliability electronics for inertial navigation systems, including the following:

• Electrical circuit design emphasizing component selection and application analysis.
• Circuit architecture, performing trade studies, presenting materials for peer review, and seeing development activities through integration, qualification and into production.
• Circuit design and analysis using industry-standard analysis tools.

• Producing documented circuit design that meets and trace to system requirements.
• Digital and analog circuit design for performance, signal integrity, EMI.
• Component analysis emphasizing component worst‑case, stress and reliability analysis.
• Organize, develop and conduct research studies, investigations, or analyses directed toward the solution of moderately complex technical problems.
• Gather, correlate and analyze technical information necessary to the accomplishment of assigned tasks.
• Prepare reports, charts, graphs and other documents.

• Ability to evaluate system requirements, perform trade studies, architect assemblies and establish design verification test specifications.
• Analog and digital design skills including high-speed bus and peripherals (UART, SPI).
• Knowledge of layout techniques for signal integrity and EMI.
• Test and lab instrumentation (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers).
• Oral, written and electronic communication skills.

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering.
• 5+ years in electronics design and development.
• Engineering Tools:
  Spice modeling, Mathcad/MATLAB (a plus).
• ECAD / Altium schematic/layout tools.
• Experience with defense/aerospace hardware/environments, MILSTD's (461,810, etc.).
• Mil-HDBK - 217.
• Microsoft Office.
• Must be a US Citizen and have the ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Security Clearance.

• Silicon Expert (obsolescence experience).
• DOORS requirements management software experience.

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in New Jersey is $100,000 - $150,000 annually. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to job‑related knowledge and skills, experience, and internal consistency.

Additionally, we offer a medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, a 401(k) plan with company match, tuition assistance, paid vacation and sick days, paid holidays, and a 9/80 work week with every other Friday off. Our work environment embraces our people as we enjoy monthly employee events that celebrate our workplace culture.

Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans