Senior Electrical Engineer

Electrical Engineer – UAV Avionics & Power Systems

Wethersfield, CT $90,000.00-$ (2 months ago)

• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing and Industrial Machinery Manufacturing

• Engineering degree in electronics, electrical engineering, automation or equivalent.
• 7+ years’ experience in industrial electronic design (control systems and/or power electronics). Proven industrial experience strongly preferred.
• Experience managing projects (V-model and Agile methods) on complex programs.
• Electronic board design: schematic capture, PCB routing (e.g. Altium, Mentor, KiCad).
• Component selection and qualification, BOM management and DFM/DFMEA.
• Execution and supervision of qualification tests, test bench design, instrumentation.
• Writing calculation notes (power supplies, dissipation, protection sizing, thermal).
• Electronic/electrical system architecture and integration (PLC, sensors, actuators, I/O).
• VHDL and FPGA experience preferred.
• Knowledge of variable frequency drives (VFD) and power electronics (inverters, DC-DC converters, MOSFET/IGBT).
• Familiarity with standards and compliance (EMC, machinery safety, CE, etc.).
• Reliability skills (FMEA, MTBF analysis) and continuous improvement mindset.
• Understanding of embedded / real-time software (interfaces with firmware, RTOS) is a plus.