Bachelor's Degree with 10+ years of experience or a Graduate Degree with 8+ years of related experience.
Strong background in electrical circuit design including analog, digital, power, and high-speed circuits.
Familiarity with CAD tools: Altium, Xpedition, and OrCAD.
Experience with airborne electronic hardware design regulations (RTCA DO-160).
Excellent communication and people skills to work collaboratively in diverse teams.
Responsibilities
Lead and execute Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) design from concept to implementation.
Generate and review electrical schematics and manage CAD layout activities.
Document design descriptions, requirements, and create comprehensive data packages.
Guide complex PCB layout activities and manage technical reviews and reviews.
Plan early prototyping and simulation to mitigate high-risk circuit functions.
Develop and execute testing plans for electrical subsystems and documentation.
Mentor junior engineers and support cross-discipline collaboration.
Benefits
Opportunities for continuous professional development and improvement.
Involvement in cutting-edge projects within the aviation sector.
Collaboration in a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team environment.
Support for travel to collaborate with dispersed teams.
Full Job Description
The 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
