Senior Electronics Design Engineer - Avionics

Overview

Job Description Summary About GE Aerospace Working at GE Aerospace means you are bringing your unique perspective, innovative spirit, drive, and curiosity to a collaborative and diverse team working to advance aerospace for future generations. If you have ideas, we will listen. Join us and see your ideas take flight! Engineering is at the center of what we do, and we are looking for talented, innovative engineers who can help us design and develop products for today, tomorrow, and in the future.

If you are a dreamer, doer, and inventor who wants your voice to be heard and see your ideas take flight, this is the opportunity for you.

Location:

Grand Rapids, MI or Clearwater, FL
This position, which offers a blend of onsite and hybrid work arrangements, is based in Grand Rapids or Clearwater, FL and necessitates a presence in the office for 2-3 days each week. An extensive corporate relocation package is also available for eligible candidates.

Job Description
The Senior Electronics Design Engineer is responsible for understanding current technology trends and state of the art processor, System On Chip, and FPGA components. The role influences avionics hardware architectures and supports new bid/proposals. In this role you will be conducting and mentoring experienced design engineers in board level circuit design, integration, verification and documentation of leading-edge aerospace processor and/or FPGA assemblies.

This is both a leadership and hands on role! You will be expected to be able to contribute at all levels of the design cycle. In this role you will work within defined parameters to make decisions, apply concepts to complex issues, and resolve through immediate action or short-term planning.

• Responsible for architecting moderately complex avionic computer hardware systems that include both digital and analog components.
• Maintain specialized knowledge in semiconductor processors, System-on-Chip, and FPGA component architectures.
• Have in-depth knowledge of hardware design best practices and integration with electronics manufacturing; have working knowledge of competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market.
• Participation in hardware design architectural trade studies, reviews and proposals.
• Uses judgment to make decisions or solve moderately complex tasks or problems in hardware design, manufacturing, or technology.
• Takes new perspective on existing solutions.
• Uses technical experience and expertise for data analysis to support recommendations.
• Uses multiple internal and external sources outside of own function to arrive at decisions.
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience.
• May lead small projects with moderate risks and resource requirements.
• Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus.
• Developing persuasion skills required to influence others on topics within field.

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university/college in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 8+ years of professional experiences in design.
• This position requires US Citizenship status.

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering with 15+ years of professional experience in digital design.
• Proven history of architecting complex digital hardware.
• Knowledge of board level digital design process from schematic capture, implementation, integration, and verification.
• Experience designing with Gigahertz microprocessors, FPGA, CPLD, DDR4 memory, flash memory.
• Experience with large pin count devices, 1000+ pins with 0.8mm device pitch or smaller
• Experience in High Density Interconnect (HDI) technologies (micro vias, buried / blind vias, back drilling) for IPC Class 3 board.
• Experience in design of 5+ Gbps serial links. (10
  
  GBASE-KR, PCIe Gen3, Fiber Optics)
• Experience designing with CAN, MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429, ARINC 664, TSN.
• Experience with OpenVPX and PIC-SIG standards.
• Experience in the Mil/Aero/avionics, DO-254 and Civil FFA Certification.
• Strong professional technical writing and technical communication proficiency.
• Ability to break down complex problems and apply critical thinking.
• Familiarity with the…