Role Summary
Specter Aerospace is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to contribute to the development and implementation of avionics systems for hypersonic flight vehicles. This role offers hands-on experience across the avionics engineering lifecycle, including requirements development, circuit and PCB design, hardware integration, system shakedown, debugging, and testing.
A successful candidate will work closely with electrical, embedded software, GNC, mechanical, and test engineers to develop systems that support Specter's experimental and flight vehicle programs.
Role Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture, development, integration, and qualification of avionics systems for hypersonic flight vehicles.
- Translate vehicle requirements into hardware requirements, electrical interfaces, and verification plans.
- Design and review analog and digital circuits for sensing, data acquisition, communications, power distribution, and vehicle control.
- Lead component selection, schematic capture, PCB design, bring-up, troubleshooting, and verification.
- Coordinate with embedded software, GNC, mechanical, and test engineers to resolve design and integration challenges.
- Lead technical reviews, design trades, and avionics risk reduction activities.
- Support vehicle integration, environmental testing, and flight test activities.
- Mentor less experienced engineers and improve avionics design, testing, and documentation practices.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related field.
- Seven or more years of professional experience developing electrical or avionics hardware.
- Demonstrated ownership of complex electronic hardware from requirements through integration and verification.
- Strong experience with analog and digital circuit design and custom PCB development.
- Proficiency with ECAD tools such as Altium Designer, KiCad, OrCAD, or similar.
- Experience with microcontrollers, sensors, data converters, communication interfaces, or other avionics components.
- Experience with PCB bring-up, hardware troubleshooting, characterization, and qualification.
- Understanding of grounding, shielding, signal integrity, power integrity, and electromagnetic compatibility.
- Strong technical leadership, communication, and documentation skills.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required.
- Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related field.
- Seven or more years of professional experience developing electrical or avionics hardware.
- Demonstrated ownership of complex electronic hardware from requirements through integration and verification.
- Strong experience with analog and digital circuit design and custom PCB development.
- Proficiency with ECAD tools such as Altium Designer, KiCad, OrCAD, or similar.
- Experience with microcontrollers, sensors, data converters, communication interfaces, or other avionics components.
- Experience with PCB bring-up, hardware troubleshooting, characterization, and qualification.
- Understanding of grounding, shielding, signal integrity, power integrity, and electromagnetic compatibility.
- Strong technical leadership, communication, and documentation skills.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required.
- Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check.
