Senior Aviation Electrical/Design Engineer

Garmin Ltd.; Olathe (KS); On-site; USD 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

Garmin Ltd. seeks a Senior Aviation Electrical/Design Engineer for its U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. The role focuses on embedded systems, high-speed interfaces, and sensor technologies, guiding designs from concept to mass production.

You will collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team and our on-site manufacturing center to ensure robust, testable, and compliant products, driving innovation across aviation markets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or equivalent
• 5+ years of relevant experience preferred
• Excellent academic record (GPA ≥ 3.0)
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Proficiency in complex schematic and PCB design with one or more PCBs
• Broad technical knowledge in electrical engineering (analog/digital/RF/DSP)

Responsibilities

• Design innovative electronic products for aviation markets.
• Lead complex analog/digital/RF designs for multi-PCB assemblies.
• Serve as Project Engineer on new designs or major changes.
• Collaborate with Production and Engineering to optimize PCB solutions considering thermal and space constraints.
• Participate in design reviews and provide technical input to development plans.
• Develop experimental test programs to verify compliance with regulations and quality guidelines.
• Analyze test data to ensure designs meet performance specs.
• Interface with Test Engineers and factory personnel for testing and production.
• Evaluate latest components and perform cost/performance tradeoffs.

Skills

Schematic design

PCB design

Analog & digital electronics

RF & DSP knowledge

Communication skills

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Tools

PCB design software

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a full-time Senior Aviation Electrical/Design Engineer at Garmin’s U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. Join a team designing innovative products that revolutionize flight through enhanced safety, performance, and features. You will apply your skills to create complex designs that include custom embedded systems, high speed interfaces, digital and analog processing, and a variety of sensor technologies using integrated and discrete solutions.

Aviation Design Engineers have ownership of the product design over its entire life from the concept phase, schematic and PCB design iterations, and throughout mass production. As well as working with a skilled, multi-disciplined engineering team, you will work with our on-site manufacturing center with capabilities that include PCB assembly, unit assembly, and acceptance testing.

Essential Functions

• Design innovative electronic products for a broad range of aviation markets
• Serve in leadership capacity for carrying out complex design and development of analog, digital or RF designs for products that involve complicated schematics and PCB design consisting of one or more PCBs
• May serve as a Project Engineer on new projects that involve a new design or major changes to an existing design
• Team with Production and Engineering to design the best PCB solutions accounting for thermal and space constraints and to turn on new processors along with ensuring robust designs and appropriate testability
• Collaborate and add value through participation in design reviews
• Offer process improvement suggestions, author new procedures, and provide technical input to product development plans and concept documents along with making substantial contributions toward determination of project goal/objective feasibility
• Plan and develop experimental test programs to verify compliance to all applicable regulations and quality guidelines using software tools and test equipment
• Analyze test data and report to determine if the proposed design meets functional and performance specifications and to determine if applicable to developing other systems
• Interface with the Test Engineers and factory personnel on the testing and production of products and support production facilities in the manufacture of products and direct and coordinate manufacture of prototype
• Investigate, research and evaluate the usage of the latest components and technologies and perform cost/performance tradeoff analysis of different circuit options

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering AND a minimum of 5 years relevant experience OR an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Excellent academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 as a general rule)
• Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Demonstrated proficiency with a complicated schematic and PCB design consisting of one or more PCBs
• Broad technical knowledge and skills in one or more areas of Electrical Engineering (e.g., analog, digital, RF, and/or DSP)

Desired Qualifications

• Outstanding academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.5)
• Extensive circuit design experience for consumer or aviation products
• Passion for electronic design and curiosity for technology and innovative solutions to problems
• Ability to work autonomously to engineer solutions to complex tasks, projects, and technical problems
• Thrives working in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team environment
• Ability to serve as a technical leader of projects to ensure successful execution of projects in alignment with cost, schedule, and other business objectives
• Previous work or internship experience with circuit design for consumer or aviation products
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran’s status, age or disability.

This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits.