Lead the design, development, integration, and verification of aircraft electrical systems for a new advanced autonomous aircraft.
Compensation
Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
Responsibilities
Own the requirements, architecture, design, and verification of assigned aircraft electrical systems
Develop and maintain electrical schematics, interface control documents, equipment specifications, wiring requirements, and electrical load analyses
Lead electrical integration across avionics, sensors, communications, actuation, propulsion interfaces, and supporting aircraft systems
Define and execute verification activities from component testing through aircraft integration, ground testing, and flight test support
Lead technical reviews and supplier coordination for assigned systems, manage interfaces and engineering changes, and support manufacturing and production troubleshooting
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical discipline
Nice to have: Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical discipline
Nice to have: Experience developing electrical systems for manned aircraft, autonomous aircraft, uncrewed aircraft, advanced aviation platforms
Nice to have: Experience with battery systems, generators, power electronics, redundant power architectures, load shedding, power sequencing
Nice to have: Familiarity with aerospace environmental qualification, electrical power quality, electromagnetic compatibility, and airworthiness practices
Define and implement Electro-Magnetic Hardness (EMH) requirements, including applicable certification requirements, and influence aircraft architectures to achieve optimized solutions resistant to electromagnetic induced effects and abnormal environmental conditions
Define and control the qualification process (procedure, tests, analysis) for equipment items concerning EMH and environment requirements
Lead certification processes and create certification plans and summaries with authorities for EMH and General Environment aspects
Identify, define, monitor, and analyze tests at rotorcraft, system, and equipment levels performed for development or qualification
Define the work scope for EMH-related activities, create tasks for partners, and ensure continuous improvement, innovation, cost reduction, and efficiency
Lead a multi-discipline engineering team during design and development activities for electronic components, equipment, and systems.
Compensation
$107,796 - $189,572
Responsibilities
Participate in the evaluation of Request for Proposals (RFPs) and review the Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE) estimate for the engineering development phase.
Coordinate the engineering inputs to the proposal.
Review and approve the technical proposal.
Manage the execution of all technical activities for a project, including meeting the schedule and budget constraints for the engineering activities.
Serve as the communicator and arbiter of technical interchanges internally and with the customer.
Design and deliver flight-critical electrical hardware for our satellite bus, reentry vehicle, and customer payloads — owning your hardware domain from schematic capture through flight qualification.
Compensation
Salary range: $140,333 - $202,703/per year
Responsibilities
PCB level electronics design at all lifecycle stages, from schematic capture, to layout, to design validation, fabrication/assembly, and manufacturing test.
Support avionics architecture trade studies, analyses, performance characterization and specification, device selection, and roadmap direction
Avionics subject matter expert for satellite, reentry vehicle, and payload hardware. Providing support to those using your products, namely the Varda GNC, pharmaceutical, mission operations, and integration teams.
Actively collaborate with cross functional teams such as flight software, thermal, GNC, and structures to determine across vehicle system impacts of design decisions.
Ownership of product acceptance and qualification testing for space environments (Thermal, Vibe, Shock, TVAC, and EMI) with support from the Avionics Test team.
Requirements
B.S. in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related engineering discipline
Nice to have: aerospace sensor and actuator technologies
Lead board‑level digital and electrical design for ANDREW’s distributed antenna system and small cell platforms, driving cost reduction, component lifecycle management, and hardware integration.
Responsibilities
Design and maintain digital and mixed‑signal boards for radio, transport and control functions.
Develop hardware interfaces for FPGA/SoC devices, memory, Ethernet, synchronization and control circuitry.
Design and optimize power distribution, voltage regulation and electrical interfaces.
Own schematic design and review printed circuit board (PCB) layout, signal integrity (SI) and power integrity (PI).
Lead component end‑of‑life (EOL) resolution, alternate component qualification and board redesign.
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