Senior Electrical Engineer

Astronautics Corp of America•Black Mountain, NC

16d•Onsite

About The Position

Kearfott Corporation is seeking an experienced Senior Electrical Engineer to lead electronics design and development for complex electromechanical products and systems used in aerospace, defense, and unmanned applications. This hands-on product-development role owns the electronics portion of projects from requirements and concept development through detailed design, prototyping, verification, qualification, production transition, and ongoing support. The engineer serves as the electrical engineering owner for assigned projects, developing hardware architectures and designs while coordinating with mechanical, software, systems, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and program teams. The position also works with suppliers and manufacturing partners, supports customer engineering discussions and technical proposals as needed, and communicates design decisions, technical risks, trade-offs, and project status to stakeholders. The role is 100% on-site at Kearfott’s Black Mountain, North Carolina facility. Relocation assistance is available.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline.
At least 4 years of professional electrical/electronics product-development experience.
Demonstrated experience designing analog and/or digital electronic circuits.
Hands-on experience developing and interpreting electrical schematics.
Experience with circuit analysis and simulation using PSpice, LTspice, SPICE, MATLAB, Mathcad, or similar tools.
Experience with PCB/PCBA development, including familiarity with board layout, fabrication, assembly, and manufacturing processes.
Hands-on experience with electronic test equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, power analyzers, signal generators, or similar laboratory instrumentation.
Demonstrated experience supporting products through multiple development phases, such as requirements, design, prototyping, verification, qualification, manufacturing release, or production support.
Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary product-development teams.
Strong troubleshooting, analytical, documentation, and technical communication skills.
Ability to travel occasionally to support market development and customer needs.
Must be a U.S. Citizen.

Nice To Haves

Experience with electronics for electromechanical products or systems.
Experience with power electronics and power conversion.
Experience with actuation or motion-related products.
Experience with motors, motor drives, or motor-control electronics.
Experience with sensors and position-feedback devices.
Experience with embedded control electronics or Simulink modeling.
Experience with EMI/EMC design, troubleshooting, or qualification.
Experience in aerospace, defense, medical device, industrial instrumentation, robotics, automotive, or other high-reliability product environments.
Experience with environmental or product qualification testing.
Experience with Altium, Cadence, Mentor Graphics, or similar ECAD tools.
Familiarity with DO-160, MIL-STD-461, DO-254, IPC, IEC, or similar industry standards.
Direct experience with aerospace actuation or motion-control systems.

Responsibilities

Own and execute electrical and electronic design activities throughout the product-development lifecycle, from requirements and concept development through production release and ongoing product support.
Develop electronic architectures and detailed hardware designs for complex electromechanical products and systems.
Design and analyze analog, digital, mixed-signal, power, interface, and control circuitry.
Develop and review electrical schematics, component selections, circuit card assemblies, and PCB designs.
Perform circuit analysis and simulation using engineering tools.
Develop prototypes and perform board bring-up, bench testing, troubleshooting, and design verification.
Apply design-for-manufacturing considerations to make designs reliable, producible, testable, and cost effective.
Develop and execute engineering test plans and support product verification and qualification activities.
Lead technical problem solving, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions during development and production.
Support engineering changes, component obsolescence, product improvements, and cost-reduction initiatives.
Support transition of new designs into manufacturing and provide technical support to production as required.
Serve as the electrical engineering owner for assigned development projects and translate product and system requirements into practical electronics designs and technical solutions.
Coordinate electrical development activities with mechanical, software, systems, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and program teams.
Participate in and/or lead technical and design reviews.
Establish and maintain electrical engineering schedules, priorities, deliverables, and technical documentation for assigned projects.
Work with suppliers and manufacturing partners to resolve design, fabrication, assembly, and component issues.
Communicate technical risks, trade-offs, design decisions, and project status to engineering leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
Support customer engineering discussions and technical proposal activities as required.
Travel occasionally to support market development and customer needs.