Senior Electrical Hardware Design Engineer – Avionics

Marvin Engineering Company; Los Angeles, California (CA, MO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Marvin Engineering Company in Southern California near LAX seeks an experienced Electrical Engineer specializing in high-reliability avionics hardware. You will design embedded control modules, FPGA/ARM I/O, and MIL-STD-1553 interfaces for military or aviation systems.

You will decompose requirements, develop PCB layouts, perform V&V testing, and assist with SRR/CDR. Onsite work is required, with travel possible to support program reviews.

Qualifications

• Minimum BSEE and 12+ years in design/analysis environment, military or aviation preferred.
• Experience designing high-reliability avionics hardware for embedded control subsystems.
• Knowledge of MIL-STD-1553 bus architecture (physical & logical layers).
• Ability to drive end-to-end hardware development from requirements to test.
• Familiarity with FPGA/ARM-based I/O for embedded control subsystems.
• Strong troubleshooting and test documentation capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Decompose system requirements to electronic subsystem requirements via design trades and analysis.
• Define conceptual design architecture and I/O definitions for embedded electronics in LRUs.
• Design high-reliability multi-layer PCB circuits for ECU and embedded modules.
• Perform schematic capture, component selection and BOM generation.
• Simulate and analyze board circuits using LTSpice, QSpice, etc.
• Perform PCB layout and DFM packaging for fabrication.
• Oversee HW assembly and create assembly instructions for initial/rework.
• Define test requirements and perform board-level verification and validation.
• Support design reviews and technical reviews (PDR/CDR/TRR).
• Produce design/test documentation and verification reports.
• Collaborate with manufacturing to resolve PCB fabrication issues.
• Travel as required.

Skills

Embedded controls

FPGA/ARM I/O

PCB design & layout

Schematic capture

V&V testing

System-level requirements

Troubleshooting root cause

Technical reporting

Written/verbal communication

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

BSEE

Tools

LTSpice

QSpice

Multisim

Job description

Marvin Engineering Company in Southern California near LAX seeks an experienced Electrical Engineer specializing in high-reliability avionics hardware. You will design embedded control modules, FPGA/ARM I/O, and MIL-STD-1553 interfaces for military or aviation systems.

You will decompose requirements, develop PCB layouts, perform V&V testing, and assist with SRR/CDR. Onsite work is required, with travel possible to support program reviews.