Senior Associate Electrical Engineer

Acron Aviation Inc•Phoenix, AZ

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About The Position

As a Senior Associate Electrical Engineer within our Surveillance product line, you will focus on developing TCAS and transponder avionics for commercial aircraft. This responsibility spans concept generation, design, qualification, and lifecycle management. You will interact with multi-disciplinary engineering teams, as well as operations and manufacturing, to create and deliver products to our customers. You will support senior engineers in developing detailed analysis and documentation, running hands-on tests and simulations, and providing design inputs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering and minimum 3 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience.
Hands-on experience with electrical hardware design, integration, production, and/or test.
Ability to interpret engineering drawings and schematics for the purpose of isolating issues or implementing functional improvements.

Nice To Haves

High-speed Digital Design: Experience with DDR4/DDR5, PCIe, Ethernet, and other high-speed interfaces.
Signal Integrity / Power Integrity (SI/PI): Simulation, analysis, and mitigation of noise, crosstalk, reflections, and decoupling strategies.
Reliability & Safety: Component derating, transient protection, and worst-case analysis
DC-DC Conversion: Design of buck, boost, and flyback converters for high-current digital loads.
AC-DC Conversion: Design and qualification of PFC (power factor correction), rectifiers, and isolated power stages.
Python or C++ working knowledge.
Experience with and an understanding of aerospace systems, especially in the development of integrated hardware/software products
Awareness of FPGA/firmware development requirements as they impact electrical design
Excellent people skills, with experience working in multidisciplinary/cross-functional teams
Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, & presentation)
Awareness of aerospace specifications such as DO-160, DO-178, and DO-254
Experience with Design to Cost and Design for Manufacturability
Experience effectively supporting the production and testing of products in a different geographic location
Demonstrated ability to handle multiple programs and responsibilities simultaneously
Ability to operate and identify an appropriate path forward with some oversight
Pilot License or Part 107 certificate

Responsibilities

Design and support digital, analog, and power circuitry, with supplemental RF principles, in the avionics realm.
Design, analyze, and test circuits with microprocessors, memory, Ethernet, SPI, I2C, high-speed busses including PCIe, and various avionics interfaces.
Support production and resolve factory issues affecting assigned products.
Conduct electrical schematic generation and review. Support for and review of CAD layout (preferred skills with Altium).
Develop change impact analysis documents and support product management (obsolescence, design for cost, design for manufacturability)
Utilize electrical analysis tools for power distribution, stress analysis, and other relevant simulations.
Effectively communicate across multiple technical teams.
Communicate directly with customers, in person or virtually, to understand their problems and formulate actionable solutions.
Other duties as assigned.
Travel up to 10%.