Lead Electrical Hardware Engineer- Avionics

High Power Media Ltd; Pittsburgh, Northern (Allegheny County, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

High Power Media Ltd seeks a Lead Electrical Hardware Engineer to manage the avionics team responsible for in-house hardware across all product lines. You’ll oversee day-to-day tasking for contributors and report to the Electronic Systems Manager.

Responsibilities include leading flight hardware avionics development,, providing technical guidance, establishing design reviews, and shaping the avionics roadmap and R&D prioritization.

Qualifications

• Experience in component/LRU electrical design.
• Mentor and lead small teams of engineers.
• Systems engineering experience for requirements, risks and integration flow.
• Schematic and board design with Altium, Eagle, OrCAD or similar.
• Rapid prototype development skills.
• Strong debugging and signal conditioning design skills.
• MS Office proficiency for documentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of flight hardware avionics across product lines.
• Manage day-to-day tasking and prioritization for the avionics team.
• Provide technical guidance to internal and partner personnel.
• Establish review processes for hardware products prior to release.

Skills

Team leadership

Systems engineering

Schematic & PCB design

Debugging skills

Communication skills

MS Office proficiency

Education

BS in Electrical or Computer Engineering

MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Tools

Altium

Eagle

OrCAD

Job description

The Lead Electrical Hardware Engineer will be responsible for functional management of the avionics team that design, manufacture and test our in-house avionics hardware across all company product lines. You will manage the day-to-day tasking and prioritization for individual contributors who report to you. You will report to the Electronic Systems Manager.

Job Responsibilities:

• Leading the development of flight hardware avionics, including computing, signal conditioning, control electronics, filtering, data acquisition, and command & data handling (C&DH)
• Lead daily operations, scheduling, and tasking for the avionics team
• Providing technical and programmatic guidance to internal avionics team members (employees, subcontractors, consultants) and partner support personnel
• Establish review process for avionics engineering products prior to release and manufacturing
• Provide subject matter expertise in subsystem and vehicle phase-gate, milestone design reviews as independent reviewer
• Define internal work processes and standards for hardware design, circuit analysis, test execution, and result documentation
• Drive rapid troubleshooting, failure investigation, and resolution of electrical anomalies during component testing, vehicle assembly, and environmental testing
• Contribute to avionics product roadmap and R&D prioritization

Required Qualifications:

• Experience in component/LRU electrical design
• Ability to mentor and lead small teams of engineers to design complex products
• Systems engineering (SE) experience for controlling requirements, risks, and integration flow
• Schematic and board design proficiency using software like Altium, Eagle, OrCAD, or similar
• Rapid prototype development skills
• Strong debugging skillsExperience with communications protocols such as RS-422/RS-485/CAN/Ethernet/SPI/I2C/UARTDigital, analog, and signal conditioning design skills
• Good communication and technical writing skills
• Highly proficient with MSOffice tools
• 8+ years of experience in electronics hardware development
• B.S. in Electrical or Computer Engineering or Equivalent Work Experience

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience in developing spacecraft electronics systems for a Class D unmanned spacecraft or similar
• Experience in High-Speed Digital printed circuit board design
• Experience implementing VITA VPX or SpaceVPX standards (VITA 46.0, VITA 65.0, VITA 78.0)
• Microsoft Project/JIRA or similar task management and scheduling tools
• Knowledge of Range Safety and Ground Safety electronics compliance
• Capable of utilizing mechanical computer aided design (CAD) tools to develop avionics systems
• Capable of programming FPGAs, microcontrollers, computer processors, graphic processors, or similar knowledge of NASA-STD 4001 and NASA-STD 4003 or similar
• Knowledge of space environmental tests
• Experience with testing for MIL-STD 461 or similar
• M.S. in Electrical or Computer Engineering