About the role
We are hiring experienced Avionics Hardware Engineers to specialize in high-speed digital design, flight computer architecture, and advanced avionics hardware development across our avionics organization. This role is ideal for engineers with deep EE fundamentals and hands-on ownership experience designing complex embedded hardware for mission-critical systems.
Engineers in this role focus on flight computer architecture, high-speed digital board design, system bring-up, and hardware validation across real flight hardware. The ideal candidate has experience owning complex board designs from architecture through integration and thrives in fast-paced hardware development environments.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design and develop advanced board-level electrical hardware including schematic capture, PCB layout oversight, component selection, and interface definition. - Own high-speed digital and embedded flight computer architectures including processors, memory systems, and board-level integration - Perform board bring-up, validation, debugging, and root-cause analysis in the lab - Test reference boards and early prototypes using standard lab equipment - Drive signal integrity, power integrity, and hardware reliability considerations throughout the design lifecycle - Work with avionics, embedded software, test, and manufacturing teams to iterate designs quickly - Support hardware/software integration and troubleshooting across avionics platforms - Document designs, test results, and engineering changes clearly
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field - Strong experience with complex digital or mixed-signal hardware design - Experience with high-speed digital systems, embedded processors, memory interfaces, and board-level architecture - Experience with PCB design tools (Altium preferred) - Hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and power supplies - Strong understanding of core EE principles including digital systems, signal integrity, power distribution, and hardware debugging - Comfortable working in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience owning flight computer, avionics, or embedded compute hardware architectures - Experience taking complex PCBAs from concept through bring-up, validation, and integration - Exposure to embedded systems, firmware, or FPGA interaction - Familiarity with aerospace, automotive, robotics, defense, or other high-reliability hardware environments - Familiarity with interfaces such as Ethernet, SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, PCIe, or DDR memory systems - Basic scripting or programming experience (Python, C/C++)
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