Responsibilities: 

• Develop circuits, boards, and rugged electronic hardware assemblies across the entire product life-cycle; including concept and requirements definition, design, prototyping, verification (power-on, functional / acceptance / qualification testing) and release to production. 

• Develop analog, digital, and mixed-signal designs that interact with avionics systems (including sensors and electromechanical/electrohydraulic actuators); including analysis, schematic capture, layout, design review, test/verification and release. 

• Support avionics controller architecture trade studies, analyses, performance characterization and specification, device selection, and controller roadmap direction. 

• Support controller risk analyses, failure modes effects and criticality analyses (FMECA), design for test/manufacture/cost (DFx), and root-cause analysis of test discrepancies. 

• Participate in program level technology development, mission assurance and safety initiatives, and avionics development process improvements. 

• Effectively communicate development status, risks, and challenges to management. 

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related disciplines 

• A breathe of understanding in electronics hardware development such as developing complex circuit cards, consumer electronics, wireless devices, or other advanced electronic commercial or aerospace products. 

• Experience with analog, digital and mixed-signal circuit analysis, simulation, design, test, troubleshooting, signal integrity, power, and grounding and general board layout principles 

• Knowledge of signal integrity, power, grounding, and general board layout principles 

• Familiarity with amplifiers, analog-to-digital converters, power supplies, and analog circuits 

• Desire to work hands-on, both independently and as part of a team, throughout the development and production phases of the electronic assembly product lifecycle 

• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and supply to a culture of collaboration 

• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum 

Desired: 

• Master of Science in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related disciplines 

• Successful Candidates typically have 5 to 10 years of experience in design, development, test and operation of vehicle Avionics systems 

• Demonstrated experience designing high reliability safety-critical, Class 2/3 board assemblies; familiarity with IPC-A-600/610, DO-254 and similar standards 

• Experience with launch vehicle Avionics systems hardware development, integration, and test 

• Scripting, Programming and Analysis: TCL, Python, Linux shell and Windows batch scripting; C / C ; MATLAB / Simulink, HSPICE and HFSS (or similar modeling/analysis tools)