Senior Avionics Hardware Engineer — High-Reliability Flight

Southwest Research Institute; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Southwest Research Institute seeks an experienced avionics hardware engineer to design, analyze, and integrate hardware for aerospace systems. The role focuses on schematics, hardware modeling with PSpice, and verification across high-reliability environments.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to mature requirements through qualification and data delivery. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of aerospace electronics experience, strong skills in analog/digital/mixed-signal design, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering is required.
• 5+ years of progressive electrical engineering experience designing, analyzing, integrating, and testing electronic hardware.

Responsibilities

• Develop and review detailed schematics, component selections, interface circuits, grounding approaches, and power architectures for avionics hardware.
• Perform PSpice or equivalent simulations and develop circuit/signal integrity and power distribution models.
• Analyze aircraft and subsystem electrical interfaces, including margins, grounding, impedance, noise, and transient behavior.
• Support prototype bring-up, bench testing, HIL/SIL integration, troubleshooting, and verification of circuit card assemblies and avionics subsystems.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to resolve integration issues and ensure hardware meets performance requirements.

Skills

Schematic development

PSpice

Circuit analysis

Analog design

Digital design

Mixed-signal design

Power electronics

Embedded electronics

Avionics experience

Electrical interfaces

Signal integrity

Grounding

Power distribution

Transient analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Tools

PSpice

SPICE

Job description

Southwest Research Institute seeks an experienced avionics hardware engineer to design, analyze, and integrate hardware for aerospace systems. The role focuses on schematics, hardware modeling with PSpice, and verification across high-reliability environments.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to mature requirements through qualification and data delivery. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of aerospace electronics experience, strong skills in analog/digital/mixed-signal design, and