Electrical Hardware Design Engineer IV

Marvin Group•Inglewood, CA

2d•$155,000 - $205,000•Onsite

About The Position

This position requires a strong background in Electrical Engineering/Design/Analysis with an emphasis on high reliability electronic hardware development (military avionics) including standard bus interface, power switching for solenoids and motor drives, and analog inputs and conversion circuits. The ideal candidate will have experience in the design, analysis, build, and testing embedded control modules that may include application-specific firmware implemented in FPGAs and/or microprocessors to control various discrete switches, sensors as well as driving solenoids and AC, DC motors. The candidate should have a broad background emphasizing work with embedded controllers for electro-mechanical devices and subsystems, preferably for use in military or commercial aviation. Knowledge of airborne weapon systems and /or weapon carriage equipment is strongly desirable.

Requirements

Minimum BSEE and a minimum of 12 years’ experience in relevant design/analysis/development environment, preferably for military or commercial aviation
The candidate should have knowledge of end-to-end development – design, build, and test process for high reliability (flight) electronics hardware with emphasis in embedded application for complex electromechanical systems, or large structures
Must be able to design and build peripheral circuits around FPGA and/or ARM-based processor I/O functions required for embedded control subsystem
Must be able to design, capture, and layout circuits for solenoid, AC/DC motor drivers, analog inputs, and analog-to-digital conversion, in-rush limiter, power protection, linear regulation for onboard rails, AC power switching, and various discrete power switching circuits
Must be able to drive electronics hardware development from requirements through build, integration and test, and final delivery to the next level integration and/or to customer
Must be able to perform testing of prototype, engineering and flight model hardware using required lab test equipment to relevant test requirements and generate documentation
Must have design experience with MIL-STD-1553 bus architecture, physical, and logical layer requirements
Ability to collaborate with various manufacturing partners to resolve PCB fabrication and assembly issues
Possess strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills across electrical/electronic subsystem testing
Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills
Must be fluent in written and spoken English
Must be able to write engineering reports, typically to document analysis and test results
Flexibility for potential travel requirements
Proof of Education is required

Nice To Haves

Previous experience supporting DoD acquisition programs and/or aerospace systems development
Familiarity with MIL-STD-1553B Bus Protocol, Physical, and Logical layer implementation
Familiarity with AS9100, MIL-STD-810, or other DoD and Aerospace quality and compliance standards
Experience with design and build peripheral circuits around FPGA and/or ARM-based processor I/O functions required for embedded control subsystem
Familiarity with circuit simulation using industry-standard tools such as LTSpice, QSpice, NI Multisim, etc. is a plus
Experience with developing logical interface for SPI, I2C, UART, DMA, CAN, processor local bus, etc.
Experience with military/high reliability electronics subsystem development
Familiarity with electronics design analysis – WCA, EPSA, FMECA, GSE FMEA
Knowledge of airborne weapon systems and /or weapon carriage equipment is strongly desirable
Experience with ERP systems, preferably SAP
Familiarity with circuit simulation using industry-standard tools such as LTSpice, QSpice, NI Multisim, etc. is a plus
Evidence of accomplishment in self-documentation of work product through technical reports, test reports etc. will be considered as a plus

Responsibilities

Decompose system requirements to electronic subsystem requirements via implementable design trades and analysis
Define conceptual design architecture, generate functional/structural block diagrams, and I/O definitions for embedded electronics for Line Replacement Units (LRU)
Design and develop high reliability circuits on multi-layered Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) for the ECU and other embedded modules
Perform schematic design capture, component selections and generate BOMs
Simulate and analyze board circuits using simulation tools – LTSpice, Qspice, etc.
Perform PCB design layout and generate DFM package for fabrication
Oversee HW assembly and generate Assembly Instructions as needed for initial and rework of the hardware
Define test requirements (V&V) and perform board level Verification and Validation testing
Perform CCA level design verification testing and deliver to the next level integration with all required test documentation
Generate documentation for design and test including design specifications, test plan/procedures/reports, L4/5 V&V
Support various programmatic and technical reviews – Requirements Review, Concept Review, PDR, CDR, Manufacturing Readiness Review, TRR
Other tasks and duties as assigned