What are the responsibilities and job description for the Circuit Redesign Engineer position at Extant Aerospace?
The Company:
Employees at Extant Aerospace enjoy working in a dynamic environment, with opportunities for growth, development, and to make a difference. Our unique business model provides ample opportunity to learn and broaden skill sets, or step up to be considered for promotions within the business. We focus on creating a culture and a team that fosters accountability, ownership, and open and honest communication.
Working at Extant offers the following benefits:
- Competitive pay
- Comprehensive benefits package to include:
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Supplemental Insurance Options
- Up to 28 paid days off the first year of employment
- 401k match up to 6%
- Tuition and Professional Development Reimbursement
- Flexible Schedule
- Employer paid Life & Disability Insurance
- Monthly Health & Wellness incentive
The Role:
**To conform to U.S. export control regulations, applicant should be eligible for any required authorizations from the U.S. Government.**
Extant Aerospace is looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer in Melbourne, Florida.
Extant Aerospace specializes in obsolescence management of older electronic and avionics products ensuring continued sustainment of the product lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for supporting the continued operation of older electrical/electronic designs and the Extant design process by:
- Circuit design, including schematic capture and PCB layout
- Designing interposer solutions for functionally equivalent parts that do not have the same fit
- Creating project plans, statements of work, product specifications, verification and validation test plans, and technical drawings for design projects when a re-design of an electrical assembly is required to support obsolescence
- Overseeing design reviews (PDR/CDR) and authoring all required documents
- Supporting AS-9100 Process Audits, if necessary
- Assignments may include both engineering development and production/repair support roles, which will require a broad knowledge of circuit design
- Work is performed with minimal supervision guided by policies and procedures. There is considerable latitude in making decisions which may have relatively significant impact on the program/project. Clear and concise presentation of technical data at meetings and design reviews to peers, management, and customers will be required. May also function in project leadership role on moderately sized projects or report to more senior leaders on large projects.
Qualifications
- To succeed in this role candidate should have industry experience designing electrical and electronic circuits with PCB layout experience
- Candidate will need the ability to analyze existing electrical/electronic designs and determine operational characteristics
- Candidate must be able to aide test engineers in troubleshooting diagnosis of components and sub-assemblies, when necessary
Desired Experience
- Bachelor's Degree, preferably in electrical engineering or other technical discipline, plus 7 or more years related experience; OR equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Broad knowledge of electrical/electronic design with focus on analog circuits, i.e., switch-mode power supplies, linear/discrete analog circuits, etc.
- Schematic capture and circuit board layout utilizing electrical CAD applications, i.e., Mentor Graphics, Altium, OrCAD, etc.
- Experience in mechanical CAD applications a plus, i.e., SolidWorks, AutoCAD, etc.
- Software / Firmware / PLD experience is a plus
- RF experience is a plus
- Familiarity with qualification testing requiring compliance with specifications such as MIL-STD-704, MIL-STD-461, RTCA DO-160 is a plus
Other Attributes
- Possess excellent interpersonal and organizational skills, work effectively at all levels of the organization and in team environments - communicate clearly.
- Possess familiarity with high reliability electrical, printed circuit board, and wiring harness assessment standards.
- Develop products through creative design, analysis, fabrication, and test
- Ownership of design projects from conceptualization through production release
- Works independently with minimal supervision
