Electrical Engineer, Avionics Design ( Fastwater Staffing )

HIKINEX • Costa Mesa, CA

118d

About The Position

The Electrical Engineer, Avionics Design role involves full-cycle PCB design, including requirements gathering, schematic design, component selection, layout supervision, bring-up, testing, debugging, and system integration. The engineer will conduct bring-up and design work on microcontrollers, ensuring seamless system integration. A key responsibility is troubleshooting issues that span electrical and software boundaries, using both lab equipment and basic software debugging tools. The role also includes performing power design, developing payloads and subsystems, creating system interconnect diagrams, defining wire harnesses, and collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams to deliver mission-critical products. The engineer will also conduct design reviews.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• 3+ years of experience designing, testing, and troubleshooting complex system designs
• Ability to perform power system and electrical loading analysis, simulation, and testing to determine optimal solutions
• High competence using lab test equipment (benchtop power supplies, electronics loads, oscilloscopes, DMM, logic/spectrum analyzers, etc.)
• Familiarity with thermal and EMI test chambers and using basic software debugging tools
• Familiarity with common electrical bus interfaces (CAN, I2C, SPI, Ethernet, RS232/422, RS485, USB)
• Exceptional organization and communication skills (both written and oral)
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. security clearance
• Experience with power design and power management systems
• Hands-on experience with microcontrollers, including bring-up and design work
• Knowledge of modern analog and digital electronics and electronic circuits
• Experience designing mixed-signal PCBs with multiple layer counts, layer stackup and impedance matching for power and sensor applications, understanding correct grounding approaches and employing appropriate board protections and filtering
• Understanding of low voltage and high voltage power electronics and control systems in order to capture system interconnect diagrams and drive cable harnessing designs with proper wire and connector selection

Nice To Haves

• Familiar with high end consumer or military embedded systems design
• Experience with power systems including batteries and AC power.
• Develop low-level firmware for bring-up and test
• Background in defense and missile systems.
• Comprehensive understanding of the effects of temperature and vibration on electrical designs.

Responsibilities

• Full cycle PCB design including collecting requirements, schematic design, component selection, supervision or completion of layout, bring-up, test, debug, and system integration
• Conduct bring-up and design work on microcontrollers, ensuring seamless integration within the system
• Troubleshoot issues that span electrical and software boundaries, utilizing both lab equipment (Oscilloscopes, DMM, etc.) and basic software debugging tools
• Perform power design, including development and integration of power management systems and components
• Develop payloads and subsystems (sensors, payload interfaces, power management, and networking)
• Create system interconnect diagrams and define wire harnesses that connect electronic equipment within a subsystem
• Collaborate closely with other electrical, mechanical, software, firmware, and test engineers to deliver fully functional, mission-critical products
• Conduct peer-level and cross-discipline design reviews

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level