What are the responsibilities and job description for the Electrical Engineer position at Purple Hires Inc?
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide design and engineering support for CNS sustainment products, with opportunities to contribute to new product development.
- Design, analyze, and optimize analog, digital, and RF circuits for high‑performance avionics applications.
- Collaborate across interdisciplinary teams—including power, digital, mechanical, systems, and manufacturing—to deliver integrated solutions.
- Perform schematic capture, PWB layout coordination, and design documentation.
- Support transition‑to‑production activities and provide hands‑on troubleshooting and technical support for production teams.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, design reviews, and technical decision‑making across the product lifecycle.
Education & Experience you must have:
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience
- Job requires access to ITAR or 600/500-series EAR information or hardware (directly or indirectly) and the company will not seek an export authorization for this role.
Qualifications you must have:
- Demonstrated experience in analog, digital, and/or RF circuit design.
- Proficiency in electrical engineering fundamentals including troubleshooting, analysis, and test.
- Hands‑on experience with engineering tools and test equipment such as oscilloscopes, DMMs, network analyzers, and power meters.
- Experience with schematic capture tools and the ability to interpret complex schematics.
- Familiarity with integrated development environments and debugging tools for software/hardware interaction.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to present technical information clearly and effectively.
- Proven ability to lead or influence technical efforts within a multidisciplinary team.
- Self‑motivated, organized, and capable of managing multiple priorities to meet deadlines.
- Demonstrated success working in collaborative team environments.
Qualifications we prefer:
- Understanding and experience with Design for Test (DFT), Design for Manufacturing (DFM), designing for producibility, and cost—including yield and margin analysis.
- Proficiency in SPICE simulation tools such as LTSPICE, PSPICE, TINA, etc.
- Knowledge of avionics product lines such as DME, VOR/LOC, ILS, Marker Beacon, GNSS, ADF, and/or Radar Altimeter.
- Experience with Mentor Graphics Xpedition or similar ECAD
- General knowledge and understanding of the FAA Technical Standard Order (TSO) process.
- Experience with Environmental Conditions and Test Procedures for Airborne Equipment (RTCA/DO-160 or MIL-STD-461).
- Background in microwave/RF systems, subsystems, or component‑level design and test.
- Experience in transmitter/power amplifier and/or receiver/LNA design.
- Proficiency with electromagnetic simulation and analytical tools such as HFSS, ADS, Microwave Office, and MATLAB.
- Experience translating system‑level requirements into hardware specifications, design artifacts, and test plans.
- Strong problem‑solving skills with the ability to identify creative, technically sound solutions to complex challenges.
- Experience developing technical proposals and delivering formal technical presentations.