Lead Electrical Engineer

Essential Functions:

• Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) design duties from concept to design implementation, verification, integration, sustainment, upgrades, and obsolescence management.
• Electrical schematic generation and review with support for and review of CAD layout (preferred skills with Altium, Xpedition, and OrCAD).
• Experience with analog, digital, power and high-speed circuit design
• Create all necessary documentation to provide design descriptions, trades, requirement traceability, bill of materials, PCB design, etc. for a complete data package
• Oversee layout activities for a range of simple to complex PCBs
• Devise and driving new approaches to technical problems
• Communicate needs/requirements/status to management, other engineering disciplines and parties external to the organization (e.g., customers, vendors, etc.)
• Conduct peer reviews, PDRs, CDRs, and other required design reviews
• Interface with software, mechanical, FPGA firmware, test, certification, project management, and program management teams
• Identify high risk circuit functions then plan and drive early prototyping and simulation for risk mitigation
• Develop board level test plans and procedures for electrical subsystems and all relevant documentation for design description and requirements
• Experience with Scheduling, costing, and technical responsibility at the board or major subsystem level
• Performing evaluation, simulation, bread-boarding, test and troubleshooting of electrical circuits and functions
• Support resolution of issues and part shortage/obsolescence efforts for production
• Conduct Root Cause Failure Investigations
• Mentor junior engineers
• Other duties as assigned

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 10 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.

Additional Qualifications:

• Experience with RTCA DO-160 design assurance guidance for airborne electronic hardware
• Knowledge of engineering design standards for commercial aviation industry
• Experience with FPGA Firmware development, bonus if experience with DO-254
• Experience in proposal development and preparing defendable Basis of Estimates.
• Experience with product, system level, environmental and certification testing
• Experience with setting up layout constraints and simulation tools like Hyperlynx
• Experience working in a Continuous Improvement Culture
• Experience designing or troubleshooting high reliability electronics
• Outstanding communication skills (written, verbal, & presentation)
• Excellent people skills, with experience leading and collaborating in a multi-disciplinary, diverse, and dynamic team environment.
• Ability to support geographically dispersed teams, including through travel