Electronics Design Engineer

Job Summary

The sky is no longer the limit as Nidec takes its technology into the aerospace market. As a PCB Design Electronics Engineer with the Nidec Aerospace team, you will design electric propulsion systems for battery‑powered aircraft, supporting the industry’s transition to net‑zero carbon emissions by 2050.

The PCB Design Electronics Engineer is responsible for the design, analysis, and testing of electronic circuits and board assemblies, and for integrating circuit card assemblies into airborne electronic equipment for motor control. The role includes capturing hardware requirements, performing formal verification, and ensuring compliance with aerospace development processes.

• Capture hardware requirements to fulfill equipment and system specifications.
• Design electronic circuits for aerospace applications based on hardware requirements.
• Select electronic devices and capture electronic schematics, designing PCB layouts.
• Simulate and validate electronic circuit designs.
• Manage PCBs bill of materials and support device procurement.
• Support circuit board assembly prototyping and perform prototype commissioning.
• Use ARP
  4754A, DO254, and other aerospace standards for circuit board assembly development.
• Support system and equipment engineering in architecture definitions.
• Collaborate with equipment, software, and other hardware teams during design and integration.
• Run tests for formal verification of electronic hardware.
• Perform reliability analysis for designed hardware and write analysis reports.
• Manage problem reports and conduct root‑cause analysis and design changes.

• Experience with electronic equipment development.
• Experience with motor control drivers.
• Experience with requirements‑based development and phase‑gate processes.
• Experience in design of electronic circuits and circuit boards.
• Experience in capturing hardware requirements and validation.
• Experience in verifying electronic hardware.
• Experience in reliability analysis of electronic circuits.
• Willingness to work with, and travel to, domestic and international design and manufacturing locations when necessary.
• Manages complexity.
• Manages ambiguity.
• Communicates effectively.
• Collaborates.
• Plans and organizes.
• Attention to detail.
• Cultivates innovation.
• Builds networks.
• Interpersonal savvy.
• Action oriented.
• Optimizes work processes.
• Balances stakeholders.
• Resilient.
• Customer focus.
• Nimble learning.

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Electrical / Electronic Engineering, Control Engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in electronic circuit design.
• Preferred experience in developing electronic hardware for aerospace.
• Experience with ARP
  4754A and DO‑254 processes.
• Experience in designing motor drivers (inverters) and high‑voltage equipment.
• Experience with DO‑160 testing.
• Experience with Altium, Spice, MATLAB, Simulink.

Nidec is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and affirmative action employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, genetic information, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information about your EEO rights as an applicant, please visit the EEO poster.