Senior Avionics Engineer: Own Aircraft Electrical Architecture

Poseidon Aerospace; Alameda (CA); Sur place; USD 160 000 - 230 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Relocation support

Health Benefit Plans

6% Retirement matching

Flexible PTO

Free lunches and snacks

AI tools and subscriptions

Equity opportunity

Résumé du poste

Poseidon Aerospace seeks a Senior Avionics Engineer to own the electrical and avionics architecture of the aircraft, mission systems, and ground control station. You will define power, data bus, and interface standards, ensuring redundancy and safe operation throughout design, build, and flight testing.

You will lead selection of flight computers and sensors, drive EMI/EMC and environmental qualification, and mentor other engineers while coordinating with suppliers and test labs.

Qualifications

• B.S. in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years designing and integrating avionics or electrical systems on aircraft, spacecraft, or comparable vehicles
• Owned the electrical or avionics architecture of a vehicle or major subsystem from concept through test
• Designed power distribution systems, including circuit protection and load analysis
• Took avionics hardware through integration and ground or flight test on a real vehicle
• Experience with redundancy design and failure mode analysis for safety-critical hardware
• Led design reviews and set technical direction for other engineers

Responsabilités

• Own the electrical and avionics architecture of the aircraft, mission systems, and ground control station, including redundancy and failure behavior
• Define the power system architecture, including generation, storage, distribution, and protection, and own the electrical load analysis
• Lead selection and qualification of flight computers, mission computers, actuators, sensors, radios, and datalinks
• Define the data bus and network architecture across the aircraft and ground control station
• Own interface control documents between avionics, flight software, GNC, propulsion, and airframe
• Set standards for schematics, wire harness design, grounding, bonding, and shielding
• Plan and lead EMI/EMC and environmental qualification testing
• Define the flight test instrumentation architecture with the flight test team
• Lead root cause analysis of avionics hardware failures in ground and flight test, including travel to our flight test site
• Support system safety assessments and certification evidence for avionics hardware
• Manage avionics suppliers and outside test labs
• Lead design reviews and mentor other avionics engineers

Connaissances

Avionics Architecture

Power Distribution

System Integration

Redundancy Design

Design Reviews

Formation

B.S. in Electrical or Aerospace Engineering

Outils

DO-160

DO-254

Description du poste

Poseidon Aerospace seeks a Senior Avionics Engineer to own the electrical and avionics architecture of the aircraft, mission systems, and ground control station. You will define power, data bus, and interface standards, ensuring redundancy and safe operation throughout design, build, and flight testing.

You will lead selection of flight computers and sensors, drive EMI/EMC and environmental qualification, and mentor other engineers while coordinating with suppliers and test labs.