Project Engineer, Electrical

Description: Swift Engineering is looking for a highly talented Project Engineer, Electrical. You will be responsible for updating, maintaining and sustaining the Avionics and RF subsystems of an electric aircraft from product manufacturing to product end-of-life.

FLSA Status: Exempt
Reports to: Director of Engineering
Salary: $110,000 to $150,000 annually
Purpose: The Project Engineer, Electrical will provide updates, maintenance and sustainment of current and future product logs providing the value necessary to output high quality products and generate key revenue.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Update, maintain, and sustain avionics and RF engineering drawings
• Update, maintain, and sustain aircraft subcomponent inventory
• Update, maintain, and sustain avionics and RF wiring harnesses and subsystems
• Ability to design analog and digital communication systems
• Ability to design power management systems for low power systems
• Design, development, fabrication, assembly, testing, and delivery of electronic products, including engineering drawings
• Design and implement circuit boards
• Implement incremental avionics design improvements
• Aid anomaly investigations and determine required avionics or RF repairs
• Support avionics and RF production activities
• Update, maintain, and sustain avionics engineering documentation
• Interface with distributors regarding product issues
• Track and remedy field avionics issues
• Manage returned and/or repaired subcomponent inventory
• Support and maintain engineering processes
• Track electronic component obsolescence activities
• Lead electronic BOM cost-out activities

Qualifications:

• 5-10 years in Electrical Engineering, Aeronautical engineering, physics or other related discipline with equivalent experience
• Experience with full production lifecycle, New Product Introduction (NPI), and sustaining engineering activities, including sustaining an electronic/RF product after launch
• Good understanding of board design and component placement/layout of mixed digital, analog, and RF electronics and antennas to prevent EM interference and susceptibility.  
• Experience creating, tracking, and updating product Bill of Materials (BOMs) and Engineering Drawings
• Ability to create and review REV controlled electrical engineering drawings that helps to define and illustrate specific requirements, processes, and designs.
• High degree of comfort with using hardware and software test tools (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, Spectrum analyzers, Multimeters, RF power meters, vector scopes, antennae pattern analysis)
• Coordinates manufacturing, construction, installation, maintenance, support, documentation and testing activities to ensure compliance with specifications, codes and design requirements
• Inspects completed installations and observes operations to ensure conformance to design and equipment specifications and compliance with operational & safety standards
• Troubleshoots complex systems such as avionics, embedded systems and Radio Frequency (RF) links, sometimes supporting Flight Test operations
• Performs design and analysis tasks under general supervision and may be involved in developing budgets, estimating labor, material and construction costs. Demonstrates familiarity with HDL programming, C/C , PCB design process and UAV subsystems along with associated software
• Assesses root cause to critical issues and contributes to sustainability and reliability of products. Consistent in demonstrating ability to research and re-engineer to propose alternate solutions to issues. Demonstrates full understanding & knowledge of engineering principles within the specific technical discipline.
• Hands-on experience in integrating electro-mechanical systems
• Candidates must be US Person for compliance with ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations)

Working Conditions: 

Primarily in an office environment, and shop environment. Periodic weekend or evening work is expected. Travel is expected.

Swift Engineering Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Employment with Swift Engineering Inc is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

A review of this position has excluded the marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties. All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent(s) will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities.

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship.

• Health Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Life Insurance
• 401k
• 9/80 Schedule

Salary : $110,000 - $150,000