Digital Hardware Design Engineer 1 (Onsite)
About The Position
Collins Aerospace is seeking a motivated entry-level Electrical Engineer for the Computing Products Department within the Displays, Controls, Computing & Networking Engineering directorate. The department develops and sustains avionics hardware, including ruggedized mission computers, video processing modules, and network products for commercial and military aircraft. This onsite position in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, supports the hardware development lifecycle, from program pursuit and design through integration, verification, and factory transition. The engineer will contribute to computing modules and air vehicle computers and collaborate with Systems, Software, Mechanical, Environmental Effects, Manufacturing/Operations, and Design-to-Cost teams. Competence in high-speed digital circuit board design, testability, and thermal management is essential. The engineer will collaborate with senior engineers to design, analyze, simulate, and test circuit card assemblies for avionics computers involving processors, FPGAs, memory, and high-speed interfaces. The role also includes operating laboratory equipment for hardware integration testing and schematic capture of mixed-signal digital and analog electrical circuit designs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related STEM major by the start date.
- Understanding of digital circuit design concepts.
- Familiarity with electronic circuit development and design and/or multi-assembly system or unit design.
- Desire and ability to perform hands-on troubleshooting.
- Good communication and presentation skills.
- U.S. citizenship; only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.
Nice To Haves
- Ability to collaborate effectively with team members and independently manage assigned tasks.
- Familiarity with taking design concepts from block diagrams or requirements through complete hardware design, verification, testing, and integration.
- Experience with schematic capture and PCB design processes to analyze and simulate designs before hardware implementation.
- Experience with PCB electronic circuit design software for signal integrity, power integrity, and analog simulation.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with senior engineers to design, analyze, simulate, and test circuit card assemblies for avionics computers, including processors, FPGAs, memory, and high-speed interfaces.
- Operate laboratory equipment to perform integration testing on hardware designs.
- Perform schematic capture for mixed-signal digital and analog electrical circuit designs.
- Support hardware development lifecycle phases, including design, integration, verification, and factory transition.
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners to ensure product requirements are achieved.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Short-term disability insurance
- Long-term disability insurance
- 401(k) match
- Flexible spending accounts
- Flexible work schedules
- Employee assistance program
- Employee Scholar Program
- Parental leave
- Paid time off
- Holidays
- Potential annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation, depending on position level and applicable agreements
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
