Electrical Engineer

Electrical Engineer

POSITION

DESCRIPTION:

• Coordinate electrical engineering designs and requirements within the Innovative Aero Systems Engineering (Systems, Mechanical, Software, etc.) and Certification team.

• Lead and contribute to the design, analysis, and simulation of analog and digital RF circuits, including RF front ends, mixers, oscillators, amplifiers, filters, and high-speed digital interfaces supporting radios and transponders.

• Perform hands-on circuit board bring-up, RF tuning, troubleshooting, and validation using laboratory test equipment (e.g., spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, signal generators, oscilloscopes).

• Provide hardware design support across the full product lifecycle—from concept, architecture, and design through verification, qualification, certification, and production.

• Apply sound RF engineering practices to support airborne communication and surveillance products, ensuring robust performance in harsh electromagnetic environments.

• Design for and evaluate EMI/EMC performance, including grounding, shielding, filtering, and layout techniques to meet aviation regulatory and customer requirements.

• Support environmental, EMI/EMC, and functional testing activities for airborne equipment, including analysis of test results and root-cause investigations.

• Contribute to technical documentation such as schematics, design analyses, test procedures, and reports in support of internal reviews and certification activities.

• Apply engineering creativity and discipline to advance the IA product line and support continuous improvement initiatives.

PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent education.

• 4+ years of electronic design experience with a strong emphasis on analog and digital RF circuit design.

• Demonstrated understanding of RF fundamentals, including impedance matching, noise figure, gain, linearity, phase noise, frequency synthesis, modulation techniques, and signal integrity.

• Solid knowledge of EMI/EMC principles and mitigation techniques relevant to airborne and high-reliability systems.

• Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout tools such as Altium, PCAD, or equivalent (RF layout experience strongly preferred).

• Familiarity with RF simulation and analysis tools (e.g., ADS, HFSS, SPICE-based tools) is a plus.

• Familiarity with FPGA development and VHDL is desired, particularly as it relates to RF control, signal processing, or high-speed digital interfaces.

• Experience with IPC design standards and component derating practices is a plus.

• Strong competencies in circuit analysis, RF debugging, and board-level troubleshooting.

• Experience with RF component selection and sourcing, including evaluation of performance, availability, and lifecycle risk.

• Interpersonal skills:
Collaborative, strong critical-thinking ability, and high technical competency