Senior Avionics Hardware Design Engineer

Cimarron Software Services, Inc.; Briggs (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Major Medical and Hospitalization

Vision Care

401(k) with Company Matching

Flexible Spending Accounts

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Education Reimbursement

Wellness Program

Job summary

A leading aerospace engineering firm in Texas is seeking a Senior Avionics Hardware Design Engineer to develop electrical components for launch vehicles. In this role, you will design, define requirements, and participate in integration and testing activities. Candidates should have over 5 years of PCB design experience and a BS in Electrical Engineering. The position is 100% onsite, offering a comprehensive benefits package including medical, 401(k) matching, and paid time off.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in PCB design, hardware systems design, and/or integration.
• Strong understanding of aerospace guidelines for electronic assemblies.
• Ability to work well with others, be proactive, and execute with minimal guidance.

Responsibilities

• Develop new features for common avionics platform.
• Participate in design activities for new and existing projects.
• Create and own schematic capture and PCB layout activities.

Skills

PCB design

Hardware systems design

Schematic capture

Electrical troubleshooting

Circuit simulation

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor of Science (BS) in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

Job description

Senior Avionics Hardware Design Engineer - (FSAHDE041526.1)

Location: TX 78613 US (Primary)

Remote/Onsite/Hybrid: 100% Onsite

Job Type: Full-time

# of Hires Needed: 2

Education: Bachelor's Degree

Travel: None

Security Clearance Required: None

Pay Range: $100,000.00 - $160,000.00/yr

Cimarron is seeking a Senior Avionics Hardware Design Engineer to support our partnership with a commercial aerospace company at their rocket production facility in Cedar Park, TX. In this role you will leverage your applicable experience and expertise to develop electrical components for launch vehicles and spacecraft systems. In this role, you will be responsible for developing the designs, defining requirements, and actively participating in integration, testing and qualification activities throughout the hardware development cycle. You will be part of the avionics team and will work closely with a variety of teams across the company in a fast paced, exciting environment.

Through this partnership, Cimarron supplies skilled technical talent in support of our customer's advanced launch and space systems. This customer designs and builds small- to medium-lift launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles for government and commercial missions from low Earth orbit to the Moon and beyond. Together, our teams leverage advanced carbon composite structures, patented propulsion technologies, and common components across platforms to move fast, improve reliability, and deliver payloads at a lower cost.

Key Duties

• Develop new features and functionality as part of the design team for our common avionics platform used across launch vehicles and spacecraft applications.
• Participate in technical trade studies, requirement capture, conceptual and detail design activities for new and existing designs.
• Create and own schematic capture and PCB layout activities, rapid prototyping, EEE component selection, and execute electrical simulations and analyses to support flight, qualification, and test lab PCB assemblies.
• Work with experts across teams and departments (systems, mechanical, software, test engineering) to develop tightly integrated, high-performance hardware.
• Understand and implement aerospace guidelines for development and design of electronic assemblies.

Required Skills, Experience, and Education

• Due to facility security requirements, only U.S. citizens or permanent residents are eligible for consideration at this time.
• 5 or more years of PCB design, hardware systems design, and/or integration experience.
• Skilled in schematic capture and digital, analog, and power circuit PCB layout.
• Competent at end-to-end definition, requirement generation, block-diagram design, component selection and circuit simulations.
• Strong electrical troubleshooting experience with the ability to drive problems to root-cause and closure.
• Experience with the usage of test equipment to verify component and circuit function.
• Excellent organizational skills, and experience working with vendors.
• Ability to work well with others, be proactive, and execute with minimal guidance.
• Bachelor of Science (BS) in electrical engineering or equivalent.

Desired Skills, Experience, and Education

• Experience developing and testing complex electronic systems combining hardware, firmware, and software.
• Experience with spacecraft avionics systems design, development, production, test, and operations.
• Experience using Altium (or similar tools) to design complex aerospace boards.
• Experience in the V-model design methodology.
• Understanding of design for space radiation environments and its effects on electronic components.
• Experience working with a variety of sensor types and their associated analog and digital interfaces.
• Familiar with NASA GEVS or SMC-016 environmental testing.

Benefits

• Major Medical and Hospitalization
• Vision Care
• Preventive Care
• Ancillary Benefits
  • Life Insurance and AD&D
  • Short-Term Disability Insurance
  • Voluntary Long-Term Disability Insurance
  • Voluntary Additional Life and Dependent Life Insurance
• 401(k) with Company Matching
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Direct Deposit
• Other Benefits
  • Paid Time Off (PTO) and Holiday Leave
  • Education Reimbursement
  • Wellness Program

Cimarron is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.