ELECTRICAL ENGINEER III

JOB TITLE: ELECTRICAL ENGINEER III

DEPARTMENT: ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

REPORTS TO: SENIOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEER

CLASSIFICATION: EXEMPT

Job Summary:

Under indirect supervision, design electrical systems for aircraft installations.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Responsible for electrical schematics and harness diagrams of UAV and the ground station
• Responsible for COTS avionics interconnections to the baseline electrical systems
• Responsible for maintaining and updating the custom avionics technical data packages
• Responsible for the aircraft power budget (generation capacity vs power draw)
• Creation of technical data packages including schematics, BOM, manufacturing instructions, test procedures and end user instructions
• Work in a team environment on requested changes to the baseline design
• Review and plan requested changes to the electrical system, including estimating schedule, budget, and tasking
• Lead a small team of electrical engineers, including coordination of tasks, schedule, budget requests and delivery
• Coordination with Mechanical, Aerospace and Software Engineering on design requirements including schedule, budget, testing and documentation
• Coordination with mechanical and electrical technicians for the integration of new payloads, within responsibility of TDP development and post-installation test verifications
• Coordination with quality assurance for review and verification of designs
• Planning and execution of electrical systems tests toward FAA or DoD aircraft standards
• Recommends electrical system changes within provided technical roadmap and strategy documents
• Other required duties as assigned

BASIC REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Design, or other fields with relevant electrical engineering experience
• 5-7 years of professional experience in electrical engineering and software development for system level integration and testing
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Security Clearance
• Direct experience in the development of electrical systems for unmanned aircraft or other robotic systems
• Working knowledge of power generation and load analysis
• Experience with circuit design including PCB design, debugging, and unit/system level testing
• Experience with electronic components, wire harnesses, and test instrumentation e.g. oscilloscopes, DMM, power supply and RF meters
• Professional experience working with sensors, IMUs, optical and GPS
• Experience with firmware development.
• Familiarity with 3D CAD (SolidWorks or similar)
• Proficient in circuit and system level documentation, organizational and communication skills.
• Platform Aerospace's engineering work environment is a fast-paced environment with high rewards for the right individual

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS

• Master's degree in electrical or computer engineering
• Understanding design requirements of hardware in high vibration and temperature environments
• Experience with MATLAB, Python, LabView and National Instruments Systems
• Experience with interface such as SPI, I2C, CAN, GPIB, and USB.
• Working knowledge of embedded PCB design and writing low-level firmware
• Experience with computer schematic drawing packages
• Experience with electrical simulation software