Senior Hardware Engineer - Mission Compute, Thunder
Core
Designing and validating avionics systems for an autonomous attack rotorcraft (Thunder), focusing on PCB design, firmware bring-up, and integration of flight controls, sensors, and networking.
Role type
Senior Hardware Engineer (Avionics/Embedded Systems)
Builds
Autonomous attack rotorcraft avionics subsystems
Domain
Defense / Aerospace / Embedded Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Full-cycle PCB design, schematic design, component selection, layout supervision, signal integrity analysis, power integrity analysis, firmware development, root cause analysis, test plan development, cross-discipline collaboration
Preferred skills
Volume product shipping experience, safety-critical application experience (automotive/aviation), avionics design standards knowledge (DO-254, DO-178C, DO-160)
Technologies
Altium, CAN, I2C, SPI, PCIe, USB, Ethernet, HDMI, MCUs, CPUs, FPGAs, Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, Thermal Chambers
Responsibilities
Collect requirements and design schematics for PCBs, supervise layout and bring-up, develop low-level firmware for testing, conduct lab/ground/flight tests, perform root cause analysis for field operations, collaborate with software teams, develop validation test plans
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC