Avionics Hardware Engineer - High-Reliability Systems

Southwest Research Institute; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, TX, seeks an avionics hardware engineer to design, analyze, and integrate aerospace electronic hardware and interfaces.

You will lead schematic development, perform detailed circuit analyses, and collaborate with systems, software, firmware, mechanical, and qualification teams to ensure hardware meets rigorous reliability and qualification standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
• 5+ years of progressive electrical engineering experience in high-reliability aerospace/defense.
• 4+ years in schematic development and circuit analysis (analog/digital/mixed-signal).
• 4+ years avionics/aerospace electronics experience with aircraft interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Develop and review detailed schematics, component selections, interface circuits, grounding approaches, power architectures, and electrical design documentation for avionics hardware.
• Perform PSpice or equivalent simulations and develop circuit, signal integrity, power distribution, loading, transient, tolerance, and worst-case models.
• Analyze aircraft/subsystem electrical interfaces including margins, grounding, impedance, noise, transients, and power quality.
• Support prototype bring-up, bench testing, HIL/SIL integration, troubleshooting, failure analysis, and verification of circuit card assemblies and avionics subsystems.
• Collaborate with systems, software, firmware, mechanical, test, manufacturing, and qualification engineers to resolve integration issues.

Skills

Circuit analysis

Signal integrity

Embedded avionics

Root-cause analysis

Hardware troubleshooting

Education

Bachelors degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Tools

PSpice

SPICE

Job description

Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, TX, seeks an avionics hardware engineer to design, analyze, and integrate aerospace electronic hardware and interfaces.

You will lead schematic development, perform detailed circuit analyses, and collaborate with systems, software, firmware, mechanical, and qualification teams to ensure hardware meets rigorous reliability and qualification standards.