Sr. Avionics Engineer (Contract

Sr. Avionics Engineer (Contract)

This position offers fully remote opportunities for candidates across the United States. Preferred work locations:
Arlington VA, Denver CO, Houston, TX or Merritt Island, FL.

Airbus U.S. is looking for an enthusiastic and creative electrical engineer to develop solutions for next-generation satellite Avionics. We're looking for candidates who can bring exceptional engineering skills and strong experience in aerospace programs to the team.

Position Responsibilities:

The Avionics Engineer's primary responsibility will be leading the design, manufacturing, and testing of next-generation, high-performance satellite avionics hardware. Being at the cutting edge of space technology, we need someone who is eager to learn, grow, and take on new and potentially unfamiliar challenges. There is no shortage of fascinating problems to solve.

The Senior Avionics Engineer will lead and perform moderate and complex assignments as the Responsible Engineer for multiple new avionics components currently under development.

Avionics Hardware Design - 90%

• Support the development of board-level design specifications to ensure compatibility with various expected mission environments (SWaP, radiation, lifetime, etc.) and the flow down of subsystem level requirements, focusing on all phases of the development lifecycle, including Design for Cost/Design for Manufacturability/Design for Test.
• Lead the electrical design of circuit boards and electronics modules to comply with design requirements, including selection of EEE parts, ECAD design entry, circuit simulation, and circuit analysis.
• Lead and/or manage PCB layout efforts, signal integrity analysis, and review and approve the final PCB manufacturing data package.
• Manage subcontracts for PCB fabrication and assembly, and lead inspect of the final products to ensure they are compliant with specifications.
• Lead test specification development, including the authoring and execution of test plans, the specification/design/procurement of all required test equipment and hardware, and the authoring of final test reports.

Additional Responsibilities - 10%

• Support design requirements specification and testing for hardware interfaces, FPGA development, and software development.
• Support system design reviews and cross-functional engineering activities (thermal, mechanical, radiation, reliability, etc.).

Qualified Experience / Skills / Training:

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in STEM (Science, Technical, Engineering, Math) or related scientific areas.
• Preferred:
  Master's in STEM (Science, Technical, Engineering, Math) or related scientific areas.

Experience:

• A minimum of 8 years with a Bachelor's degree, or 6 years with a Master's degree.
• Proven track-record of working with aerospace hardware and/or software systems, starting from conceptual designs and tradeoffs thru detailed design, development, manufacture, integration, test, deployment, and operations.

Knowledge, Skills, Demonstrated Capabilities:

• Demonstrated ability to deliver results.
• Proficiency with Altium Designer for electronic circuit design and PCB layout.
• Proficiency in high-speed design and signal integrity, including applications with FPGAs, SOCs, Ethernet, and Space Wire.
• Proficiency in the use of standard electronics test equipment (oscilloscopes, power supplies, DMMs, etc.).
• Familiarity with electrical parts-stress analysis, worst-case circuit analysis, and development of design FMEAs.
• Familiarity with FPGA firmware and software development is a plus.
• Familiarity with VPX hardware design is a plus.
• Familiarity with space environmental effects on electronic circuits is a plus.
• Be team-minded and ready to work in a multi-functional and multi-cultural, fast-moving and complex/technical environment.
• Flexible attitude and strong initiative.

Travel Required:

• Periodic travel (less than 20%) to Airbus U.S. facilities or partner companies.
• Occasional International travel to collaborate with European Airbus counterparts.

Eligibility:

• US Citizenship is required.

Clearance:

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Government security clearance.
• Active DoD security clearance at Secret or above highly desirable.

Physical Requirements:

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