Lead Electrical Engineer

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

Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 10 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.

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