Electrical Engineer - Avionics Surveillance (TCAS/RF)

AVIA; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 95,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Acron Aviation is seeking a Specialist, Electrical Engineering – Surveillance to contribute to TCAS and transponder radio development. You will work across concept generation, design, qualification, and lifecycle management, interfacing with mechanical, RF, firmware, and software teams to deliver avionics solutions for commercial and emerging aviation platforms.

You will help design digital, analog, and power circuitry, review schematics, and contribute to certification artifacts while

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering; 4+ years in hardware design
• 2+ years in electrical hardware design (aerospace preferred)
• Hands-on avionics/RF/sensor systems experience

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize, design, integrate, and qualify digital/analog/power circuitry for avionics
• Design circuits with microprocessors, memory, Ethernet, SPI, I2C, PCIe
• Review schematics; support PCB layout (Altium preferred)
• Develop design docs (HRDs/HDDs/HCIAs) and input to PHACs
• Design across levels from circuits to aircraft system architectures
• Use analysis tools for power distribution and stress analysis
• Support task estimation, risk identification, and development planning
• Communicate with multiple technical teams and customers
• Travel up to 10% as required

Skills

Electrical design

Aerospace

RF design

Python

C++

MBSE

FPGA

RTOS

DO-160/178/254

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Graduate degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Altium

Job description

Acron Aviation is seeking a Specialist, Electrical Engineering – Surveillance to contribute to TCAS and transponder radio development. You will work across concept generation, design, qualification, and lifecycle management, interfacing with mechanical, RF, firmware, and software teams to deliver avionics solutions for commercial and emerging aviation platforms.

You will help design digital, analog, and power circuitry, review schematics, and contribute to certification artifacts while