Avionics - Airborne Electronic Hardware Designer

Airbus Defence and Space; Getafe; Híbrido; EUR 45.000 - 65.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Vacation days plus additional days-off

Life and health insurance

On-site facilities like canteen

Upskilling opportunities

Descripción de la vacante

Airbus Defence and Space in Getafe, Spain, is seeking an Airborne Electronic Hardware Designer to develop advanced aerospace electronic solutions. The role requires 5+ years’ experience in hardware design and proficiency in digital electronics.

Applicants should possess a relevant degree and expertise in PCB design tools and communication protocols. The position offers an attractive salary, hybrid work possibilities, and various employee benefits.

Formación

• 5+ years of experience in hardware design for embedded or airborne systems.
• Strong expertise in digital and analog electronics.
• Professional working proficiency in English.

Responsabilidades

• Design and develop complex airborne electronic hardware solutions.
• Support hardware validation, integration, and testing.
• Prepare technical documentation aligned with aerospace standards.

Conocimientos

Digital Electronic Hardware Detailed Design

PCB design tools

Embedded architectures

Safety-critical development

Aerospace communication protocols

Educación

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering

Herramientas

Altium Designer

Cadence OrCAD

Descripción del empleo

Airborne Electronic Hardware Designer

We are looking for an experienced and motivated engineer with a passion for advanced digital systems and aerospace technologies. The selected candidate will join a multidisciplinary team, in charge of the full life‑cycle of the design and build of airborne electronic products and solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop complex airborne electronic hardware solutions
• Define hardware requirements and ensure system level requirements allocation
• Perform component selection considering reliability, obsolescence, thermal, and environmental constraints
• Support hardware validation, integration, qualification and environmental testing campaigns
• Collaborate closely with firmware developers, systems designers and certification responsible authorities
• Manage supplier work packages for the design, manufacturing and validation activities during prototype and production phases
• Participate in technical reviews with internal customer teams and external certification/qualification authorities (INTA, EASA)
• Prepare technical documentation aligned with aerospace development and certification processes
• Ensure compliance with aerospace and airborne standards DO‑254 and DO‑160

Associated Competencies

• Digital Electronic Hardware Detailed Design: ability to design and analyse digital electronic circuits, including logic circuits in FPGA, PLD requirements capture, timing analysis, corner case analysis, power consumption estimation and environmental constraints.
• Knowledge of digital instrumentation and verification techniques and latest digital design tools
• Provide detailed data and information about system elements to enable consistent implementation with architectural entities defined in system architecture models and views.
• Verify compliance of a detailed PLD solution against validated requirements at aircraft equipment or system level.

Required Competences & Skills

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering, Telecommunications, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline
• 5+ years of experience in hardware design for embedded or airborne systems within aerospace, defense, industrial, or high‑reliability sectors
• Strong expertise in digital and analog electronics, high‑speed design, signal and power integrity, embedded architectures, and EMI/EMC considerations
• Advanced experience with PCB design and review tools such as Altium Designer, Cadence OrCAD, or similar
• Experience with aerospace communication protocols and interfaces (SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, Ethernet, ARINC or similar avionics interfaces)
• Proven experience in hardware bring‑up, debugging, and validation
• Strong understanding of safety‑critical development environments
• Professional working proficiency in English

Desired Competencies & Skills

• Previous experience in aerospace, avionics, UAV, or defense programs
• Knowledge of certification processes and airborne compliance standards (DO‑254, DO‑160, MIL‑STD environments)
• Experience with FPGA‑based systems and RF electronics
• Exposure to the full product lifecycle development from concept to certification and production

Benefits

• Vacation days plus additional days‑off throughout the year
• Attractive salary
• Hybrid work model when possible, promoting work‑life balance
• Collective transport service subject to working calendar / home location
• Life, health, employee stock options, retirement plan, or study grants
• On‑site facilities such as free canteen, kindergarten, medical office
• Participation in social and corporate social responsibility initiatives
• Excellent upskilling opportunities and great development prospects in a multicultural environment
• Special rates in products and benefits for employees

Company Information

Airbus Defence and Space SAU – Getafe, Spain

Employment Type: Permanent

Experience Level: Professional

Equal Opportunities

Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.

Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to [e-mail].

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