Lead Electrical EngineerThe Lead Electrical Engineer is experience-based responsibility across a broad range of electrical engineering disciplines including the design, test and integration of CCAs containing analog, digital, power and high-speed circuits, along with supporting cable assembly and design. The position supports the Recorders Product Line. The position will be responsible for electrical design tasks including requirements analysis, specification generation, interface definition, component selection, circuit simulation, schematic capture, board layout, and product testing.
Essential Functions:- Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) design duties from concept to design implementation, verification, integration, sustainment, upgrades, and obsolescence management.
- Electrical schematic generation and review with support for and review of CAD layout (preferred skills with Altium, Xpedition, and OrCAD).
- Experience with analog, digital, power and high-speed circuit design
- Create all necessary documentation to provide design descriptions, trades, requirement traceability, bill of materials, PCB design, etc. for a complete data package
- Oversee layout activities for a range of simple to complex PCBs
- Devise and driving new approaches to technical problems
- Communicate needs/requirements/status to management, other engineering disciplines and parties external to the organization (e.g., customers, vendors, etc.)
- Conduct peer reviews, PDRs, CDRs, and other required design reviews
- Interface with software, mechanical, FPGA firmware, test, certification, project management, and program management teams
- Identify high risk circuit functions then plan and drive early prototyping and simulation for risk mitigation
- Develop board level test plans and procedures for electrical subsystems and all relevant documentation for design description and requirements
- Experience with Scheduling, costing, and technical responsibility at the board or major subsystem level
- Performing evaluation, simulation, bread-boarding, test and troubleshooting of electrical circuits and functions
- Support resolution of issues and part shortage/obsolescence efforts for production
- Conduct Root Cause Failure Investigations
- Mentor junior engineers
- Other duties as assigned
Basic Qualifications:- Bachelor's Degree and minimum 10 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
Additional Qualifications:- Experience with RTCA DO-160 design assurance guidance for airborne electronic hardware
- Knowledge of engineering design standards for commercial aviation industry
- Experience with FPGA Firmware development, bonus if experience with DO-254
- Experience in proposal development and preparing defendable Basis of Estimates.
- Experience with product, system level, environmental and certification testing
- Experience with setting up layout constraints and simulation tools like Hyperlynx
- Experience working in a Continuous Improvement Culture
- Experience designing or troubleshooting high reliability electronics
- Outstanding communication skills (written, verbal, & presentation)
- Excellent people skills, with experience leading and collaborating in a multi-disciplinary, diverse, and dynamic team environment.
- Ability to support geographically dispersed teams, including through travel
