Aerospace Electrical Engineer – Flight Test Instrumentation

Fmsaero; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Industry-competitive compensation

Performance-based bonus

Equity stock-based compensation

Health, vision, and dental insurance

401k with company match

PTO & holiday pay

Life and disability insurance

Job summary

FMS Aerospace in Huntsville, AL, is seeking an experienced full-time Electrical Engineer to join our flight-test instrumentation team. You will work on aircraft wiring harness design, COTS component integration, and develop drawings with AutoCad Electrical or DraftSight.

Responsibilities include defining instrumentation requirements with the Flight Test team, maintaining data acquisition hardware/software, and supporting installation, calibration, and instrumentation planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Aeronautics, Computer Science or equivalent experience/combined education.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in aviation electrical engineering.
• Proven experience in electrical/mechanical/aerospace integration and testing.
• Familiar with power distribution, digital control, data acquisition, signal conditioning, and transducers.
• Interpret and create electrical drawings; familiar with avionics bus protocols.

Responsibilities

• Provide aircraft electrical engineering subject matter expertise.
• Provide flight test instrumentation subject matter expertise.
• Support business growth within the electrical engineering and test instrumentation capabilities.
• Provide mentorship to engineers within these disciplines.
• Review aircraft avionics systems and wiring manuals to develop system integration approach.
• Develop a Master Parameter List for each program.
• Create a comprehensive Integration Plan for system equipment integration.
• Create drawings with AutoCAD Electrical or DraftSight.
• Support installation and calibration of test instrumentation.
• Coordinate with harness fabrication capabilities.

Skills

Electrical systems integration

Flight test instrumentation

Electrical troubleshooting

Wiring harness design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Aeronautics/CS

Tools

AutoCAD Electrical

DraftSight

NI Data Acquisition Hardware

DEWEsoftX

Job description

FMS Aerospace in Huntsville, AL, is seeking an experienced full-time Electrical Engineer to join our flight-test instrumentation team. You will work on aircraft wiring harness design, COTS component integration, and develop drawings with AutoCad Electrical or DraftSight.

Responsibilities include defining instrumentation requirements with the Flight Test team, maintaining data acquisition hardware/software, and supporting installation, calibration, and instrumentation planning.