Electrical Engineer III, Design Assurance
Core
Bring up, characterize, and validate circuit boards for next-generation airside and groundside drone platforms.
Role type
Senior IC electrical hardware engineer (design assurance)
Builds
High-performance unmanned systems (drones)
Domain
Defense / Aerospace
Required skills
board bring-up and characterization, worst-case circuit analysis (WCCA), test plan execution, fixture design, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) setup, qualification and reliability testing (thermal, vibration, HALT/HASS), design-for-test (DFT) input, circuit analysis (analog, digital, power), SPICE simulation, Python for test automation
Preferred skills
signal and power integrity simulation, component derating, EMC pre-compliance testing, production test development
Technologies
LTspice, Python, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, power supplies, electronic loads, DMMs, spectrum analyzers, HyperLynx, SIwave
Responsibilities
Bring up, characterize, and validate new circuit boards against requirements; Contribute to worst-case circuit analysis from schematic through bench validation; Write and execute test plans, procedures, and reports; Design and build test fixtures, HIL setups, and automated test scripts; Run qualification and reliability testing and support root-cause analysis; Provide design-for-test input to design engineers
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC