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Electrical Engineer. Sr.

AeroVironment
Simi Valley, USA
Full-time
Onsite
USD 122500-187000 yearly
Discovered 3 weeks ago
Electrical engineeringElectrical design and developmentSystems engineeringRequirements development and traceabilitySystem architectureSchematic design

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Role overview

The summary describes electrical design and development for electronic components, equipment, hardware systems, and small unmanned aircraft.

The detailed position responsibilities describe leading systems engineering and integration execution across a multidisciplinary team.

Systems engineering and integration

  • Lead and manage systems engineering and integration personnel, including staffing, workload planning, performance management, and development.
  • Own systems engineering from requirements development and decomposition through integration, verification, validation, and production transition.
  • Plan and execute integration and test readiness, procedures, test conduct, data review, issue resolution, and reporting.
  • Manage requirements traceability, allocation, verification planning, and technical baselines.
  • Lead system-level requirements, interface definitions, plans, test artifacts, reports, and customer-facing technical presentations.

Program and technical coordination

  • Coordinate software, hardware, manufacturing, quality, reliability, safety, flight test, and program management teams.
  • Support airworthiness, system safety, field-test safety, and reliability activities.
  • Communicate technical progress, risks, issues, and mitigations to internal leadership and external customers.
  • Represent systems engineering in customer reviews, status discussions, and technical issue resolution.
  • Support schedule, resource, and technical-performance planning and ensure compliance with company processes.

Basic qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
  • 8 years of electrical engineering experience, with at least 5 years in design and development.
  • Experience leading electrical engineering work including requirements, architecture, schematic design, PCB layout, and PCBA and system test; FPGA experience is a plus.
  • Experience owning or leading integration and test for complex aerospace, defense, embedded, or mission-critical systems.

Desired qualifications

  • Master's degree in Electrical Engineering.
  • Aerospace, defense, or UAS systems engineering experience; Altium Designer experience.
  • Experience with test plans, procedures, reports, and objective evidence packages.
  • Strong technical status reporting, documentation, presentation, and cross-functional leadership skills.
  • Experience in embedded systems, robotics/UAS electrical architectures, airworthiness, reliability, or production transition.

Work environment and travel

  • Work is in a climate-controlled office environment, with possible outside exposure while traveling.
  • May require travel to program sites and special functions, including travel within the Continental U.S. and internationally.
  • Physical duties include sitting, standing, stooping, reaching, bending, and lifting up to 10 pounds.

Compensation

  • Annual salary range is $122,500–$187,000.
  • Offer decisions consider location, role responsibilities, work experience, education, training, and skills.

Additional role facts

U.S. citizenship is specified as a special requirement.

The posting states no clearance, while also stating U.S. citizenship is required for ITAR access.

Benefits

  • Benefits include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, a 9/80 work schedule, and paid holiday shutdown.

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