Board-Level Avionics Design Engineer (DO-254/DO-160)

Howell Instruments, Inc.; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life insurance

Medical and dental plan

Profit sharing

Retirement plan

Paid holidays

Vacation and PTO

Job summary

Howell Instruments, Inc. in Fort Worth, TX, invites an Engineer, Avionics Design to lead board‑level circuit design, analysis, and verification.

You will coordinate with a multi‑disciplinary team, review drawings, test plans and airworthiness substantiation, and work with production, customers and regulators. Responsibilities include designing electronic assemblies from requirements, prototyping and verification, managing obsolescence, HW‑SW interface definitions, and cert/test planning for

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5–10 years in mixed-signal electronic design in avionics and/or sensor integration.
• Self-motivated, highly organized with excellent communication skills.
• Experience with analog and digital circuit design; STM32 preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design electronic assemblies based on given technical requirements.
• Coordinate production and verification of prototypes.
• Manage existing product lines including obsolescence redesigns.
• Coordinate with mechanical, software and system teams on interfaces.
• Coordinate with technicians to build/repair prototypes and test new ideas.
• Design test equipment to support development projects.
• Create test plans and reports for avionics qualification testing (DO-160, MIL-STD-704, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-810).
• Develop procedures for certifying hardware per DO-254.

Skills

Analog Circuit Design

Digital Circuit Design

Microcontroller Integration

PCB Layout

C Programming

Aerospace Parts Knowledge

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

SPICE

Altium

Lab Test & Measurement Equipment

MS Office

MIL-STD’s

DO-160

DO-254

DOD Design and Development Process

Job description

Howell Instruments, Inc. in Fort Worth, TX, invites an Engineer, Avionics Design to lead board‑level circuit design, analysis, and verification.

You will coordinate with a multi‑disciplinary team, review drawings, test plans and airworthiness substantiation, and work with production, customers and regulators. Responsibilities include designing electronic assemblies from requirements, prototyping and verification, managing obsolescence, HW‑SW interface definitions, and cert/test planning for