Electrical Engineer, Hardware Design - Embedded Controls

General Atomics Systems Integration; Kaysville (UT); On-site; USD 74,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

General Atomics Systems Integration, LLC (GA-SI) seeks an experienced Electrical Engineer to join the Electrical Systems team in Kaysville, UT. The role focuses on embedded controls for aerospace applications, designing high-speed CCAs, and real-time embedded controllers in a DO-254 environment.

You will work with ECAD tools like Altium Designer or Siemens PADS to develop hardware from concept through qualification, collaborating with systems, hardware, and software engineers across projects.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor’s, master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering or related with progressive hardware development experience.
• Understanding of analog and digital circuits.
• Ability to work independently and in teams; leadership for semi-routine tasks.

Responsibilities

• Design complex CCAs and hardware modules from system requirements.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams of systems, hardware, and software engineers.
• Perform LRU and CCA level design, verification, and qualification for defense/space products.
• Layout and design modern processing tech including micro-processors and FPGAs.
• Ensure designs meet DO-254, RTCA DO-160, MIL-STD-461/810 standards.
• Simulate circuits using MATLAB, LTSpice, and Excel.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Embedded systems

Team leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Siemens PADS

Cadence ORCAD

Job description

Job Summary

General Atomics Systems Integration, LLC (GA-SI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a provider of military and commercial engineering services. GA-SI is a leading-edge expert in systems integration technologies, reliability improvements, and controls system design.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Electrical Engineer (EE) to join our Electrical Systems team located in Kaysville Utah. We are looking for someone with experience in Embedded Controls designing high speed processing and digital electronic Circuit Card Assemblies (CCAs) for Electronic Solutions within an aerospace environment to certification industry standards. This person will work in a team environment supporting electronic hardware development for embedded real time aerospace controllers primarily using ECAD software, such as Altium Designer or Siemens PADS.

Under general supervision with limited review, this position within a team or independently determines approaches/solutions for the hardware design, development and/or modification for specific programs or projects with commercial and military aviation aircraft utilizing embedded control platforms.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES

• Design complex CCAs, including supporting system trades, developing hardware module requirements derived from system requirements, developing architectures, completing design, analysis, and testing in an engineering laboratory setting.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary team members of systems, hardware, and software engineers.
• Performs electrical hardware Line Replaceable Unit (LRU) level design and CCA level requirements development, preliminary and detailed design, design verification, and qualification spanning a high mix of moderately to high complexity defense and space products and systems.
• Designs and participates in the layout of modern processing technologies and architectures including micro-processors and FPGAs, flash memories, high speed physical communication and interconnects and interfaces to motor control and sensors.
• Ensures designs are developed meeting the industry standards using DO-254, and environmental/EMI/EMC of RTCA DO-160, MIL-STD 461, MIL STD-810.
• Simulates circuits and designs with demonstrated experience utilizing tools such as MATLAB, LTSpice and Microsoft Excel in support of achieving design requirements.
• Utilizes Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design tools such as Altium Designer.
• Generates PCB layout and oversees the fabrication of the design.

We recognize and appreciate the value and contributions of individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences and welcome all qualified individuals to apply.

Job Qualifications

• Typically requires a bachelors degree, masters degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline and progressive hardware development experience as follows: four or more years of experience with a bachelors degree or two or more years of experience with a masters degree. May substitute equivalent experience in lieu of education.
• Must have understanding of electronic hardware development, principles, and theory and demonstrate understanding of analog and digital circuits.
• Must possess the ability to understand new concepts quickly and apply them accurately throughout an evolving environment.
• Ability to organize, schedule, and coordinate work phases and determine the appropriate approach at the task level or, with assistance, at the project level and to provide solutions to a range of complex problems.
• Communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills are required enabling an effective interface with other departments and/or professionals, and capable of representing the electrical organization.
• Customer focused, formulates plans based on the development of innovative new designs in resolving software development problems.
• Must have strong communication, computer, documentation, presentation, and interpersonal skills, ability to work independently and as part of a team; and lead a team of less experienced professional employees on semi-routine tasks.
• Experience in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Power Point).
• Experience in ECAD Software, such as, Altium Designer (Preferred), Siemens PADS, or Cadence ORCAD.
• Aerospace industry standards experience a plus, ARP4754a, DO-254, requirements management and problem reporting tools.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOD Security Clearance is required.

Job Type: Full-Time Salary

Salary range: 73,650 - 128,663