The Role
Supports the design, integration, documentation, and testing of electrical systems for UAVs, aircraft installations, and ground stations. Responsibilities include creating schematics, harness diagrams, power budgets, bills of materials, manufacturing instructions, and technical data packages. The role coordinates with multidisciplinary engineering, manufacturing, quality, and test teams; supports avionics integration and feature changes; and executes electrical systems testing to FAA or DoD standards.
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JOB TITLE: ELECTRICAL ENGINEER I
DEPARTMENT: ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
REPORTS TO: SENIOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
CLASSIFICATION: EXEMPT
JOB SUMMARY
Under direct supervision, the Electrical Engineer will support the design of electrical systems for aircraft installations and work on a diverse set of Aerospace projects from rapid modification of aircraft.
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assist other Senior Engineers with electrical schematics and harness diagrams of UAV and the ground station.
- Provide support 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 manufacturing and integration technical data packages, such as schematics, bill of materials, and manufacturing instructions.
- Work alongside with other electrical engineers for requested changes to the baseline design.
- Review and plan requested feature additions or changes to the electrical system, including estimating schedule, budget, and tasking.
- Coordinate with team leads from Mechanical, Aerospace, and Software departments to reach a consensus
- Coordination with mechanical and electrical technicians for integration of harnesses and new payloads, within responsibility of TDP development and post-installation test verifications.
- Coordination with quality assurance for sign-off of design and work quality.
- Planning and execution of electrical systems tests toward FAA or DoD aircraft standards.
- Propose recommendations of electrical system changes within provided technical roadmap and strategy documents.
- Other duties as assigned and/or required.
BASIC REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Computer Science, or other field with relevant electrical engineering experience
- 0-2 years of professional experience in software development for system level integration and testing
- Familiar with debugging PCBs, electrical systems.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required)
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Master’s degree in electrical or computer engineering
- 1+ years’ experience with circuit board design, testing (unit level testing)
- 1-2 years of experience with electronic components, wire harnesses, and test instrumentation e.g. oscilloscopes, power supplies
- Experience working with robotic systems, UAVs
- Professional experience working with sensors, IMUs, optical
- Experience with firmware development.
- Familiarity with 3D CAD (SolidWorks or similar)
- Experience with MATLAB, Python, LabView and National Instruments Systems
- Experience with interface such as SPI, I2C, CAN, GPIB, and USB.
- Understanding design and functional requirement of hardware in varying environment such as vibration, atmospheric temperature changes.
- Self-drive with strong documentation, organizational and communication skills.
- Ability to work in a fast paced, autonomously drive, and demanding environment.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer science, or another field with relevant electrical engineering experience
- 0-2 years of professional experience in software development for system-level integration and testing
- Familiarity with debugging PCBs and electrical systems
- Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance
- U.S. citizenship
- Master's degree in electrical or computer engineering
- At least 1 year of experience with circuit board design and unit-level testing
- 1-2 years of experience with electronic components, wire harnesses, and test instrumentation, including oscilloscopes and power supplies
- Experience with robotic systems or UAVs
- Professional experience with sensors, IMUs, or optical systems
- Experience with firmware development
- Familiarity with 3D CAD, such as SolidWorks
- Experience with MATLAB, Python, LabVIEW, and National Instruments systems
- Experience with SPI, I2C, CAN, GPIB, and USB interfaces
- Understanding of hardware design and functional requirements in variable environments, including vibration and atmospheric temperature changes
- Strong documentation, organizational, and communication skills
- Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced and demanding environment
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The Company
What We Do
Platform Aerospace specializes in manufacturing, aviation modification and prototyping, and cutting-edge aerial ISR products, namely VANILLA UNMANNED UAS. Platform is AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 certified and is a registered service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB)
