Senior Electrical Engineer - Aerospace Manufacturing

Job Description

What you will be doing:

• Design mixed-signal, analog, and digital electronic hardware
• Design and troubleshoot power electronic hardware, including power conversion circuits, switching devices, protection circuits, current sensing, transient protection, and thermal management considerations
• PCB design using Altium Designer
• Create, maintain, and release electrical engineering drawings and technical documentation
• Circuit simulation using LTspice, hardware troubleshooting, board bring-up, and design verification
• Design and troubleshoot communication interfaces, including CAN, RS-422, RS-485, and SPI
• Develop verification tests, analyzing test results, and preparing engineering documentation
• Utilize laboratory test equipment, including oscilloscopes, current probes, power analyzers, and digital multimeters
• Electronic hardware assembly, modification, and rework activities, including soldering, component replacement, prototype modifications, and hardware troubleshooting

What you need to qualify:

• 10+ years of experience in electrical/electronic hardware design and development
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline required
• Experience developing electronic hardware throughout the product lifecycle, including concept development, design, verification, qualification, and production release
• Hands-on experience building, troubleshooting, and validating electronic hardware, including board bring-up, laboratory testing, and hardware integration
• Ability to support qualification testing at external test facilities and travel as required (up to 15%)
• Experience working directly with external suppliers and partners, including PCB fabrication and assembly vendors, component manufacturers and distributors, and 3rd-party qualification test laboratories
• Strong experience designing mixed-signal, analog, and digital electronic hardware
• Strong hands-on experience designing and troubleshooting power electronic hardware, including power conversion circuits, switching devices, protection circuits, current sensing, transient protection, and thermal management considerations
• Experience with schematic capture and PCB design using Altium Designer
• Experience creating, maintaining, and releasing electrical engineering drawings and technical documentation
• Knowledge of IPC PCB design practices and electronic component selection
• Experience with circuit simulation using LTspice, hardware troubleshooting, board bring-up, and design verification
• Experience designing and troubleshooting communication interfaces: CAN, RS-422, RS-485, and SPI
• Experience developing verification tests, analyzing test results, preparing engineering documentation
• Proficiency using laboratory test equipment, including oscilloscopes, current probes, power analyzers, and digital multimeters
• Demonstrated hands-on experience with electronic hardware assembly, modification, and rework activities, including soldering, component replacement, prototype modifications, and hardware troubleshooting

Preferred Experience and Skillsets:

• Experience in aerospace, defense, or other high-reliability industries
• Experience supporting DO-160 qualification testing
• Experience with aerospace electronic hardware development and DO-254 design assurance processes
• Experience supporting EMI/EMC compliance
• testing, troubleshooting, and corrective actions
• Hands-on experience designing motor drive electronics, including H-bridge topologies, MOSFET/IGBT gate drivers, current sensing circuits, protection circuits, and thermal management for high-power components
• Experience integrating and conditioning signals from motor feedback systems, including Hall effect sensors, encoders, resolvers, and phase current sensing circuits
• Familiarity with embedded…