San Juan, Puerto Rico

Senior Electronics Design Engineer - Avionics

 Job Description:

***Positions posted by El Comeback are done on behalf of companies that we support in their search for candidates.***

Our partner, a global leader in the Aerospace sector is seeking a Senior Electronics Engineer.

The Senior Electronics Engineer is responsibility for understanding current technology trends and state of the art processor, System on Chip and FPGA components. The role influences avionics hardware architectures and supports new bid/proposals. In this role you will be conducting and mentoring experienced design engineers in board level circuit design, integration, verification and documentation of leading-edge aerospace processor and/or FPGA assemblies. This is both a leadership and hands on role. You will be expected to be able to contribute at all levels of the design cycle. In this role you will work within defined parameters to make decisions, apply concepts to complex issues, and resolve through immediate action or short-term planning.

Role & Responsibilities

  • Responsible for architecting moderately complex avionic computer hardware systems that include both digital and analog components.
  • Maintain specialized knowledge in semiconductor processors, System-on-Chip, and FPGA component architectures.
  • Have in-depth knowledge of hardware design best practices and integration with electronics manufacturing; have working knowledge of competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market.
  • Participation in hardware design architectural trade studies, reviews and
    proposals
  • Uses judgment to make decisions or solve moderately complex tasks or
    problems in hardware design, manufacturing or technology
  • Takes new perspective on existing solutions
  • Uses technical experience and expertise for data analysis to support
    recommendations
  • Uses multiple internal and limited external sources outside of own function to arrive at decisions
  • Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience
  • May lead small projects with moderate risks and resource requirements
  • Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus
  • Developing persuasion skills required to influence others on topics within the field

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree from an accredited university/college in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 8+ years of professional experiences in design

Desired Qualifications

  • Masters degree in Electronic Engineering with 15+ years of professional
    experience in digital design
  • Proven history of architecting complex digital hardware
  • Knowledge of board level digital design process from schematic capture,
    implementation, integration and verification
  • Experience designing with Gigahertz microprocessors, FPGA, CPLD, DDR4
    memory, flash memory
  • Experience with large pin count devices, 1000+ pins with 0.8mm device pitch or smaller
  • Experience in High Density Interconnect (HDI) technologies (micro vias,
    buried/blind vias, back drilling) for IPC Class 3 board
  • Experience in design of 5+ Gbps serial links (10GBASE-KR, PCle Gen3, FiberOptics)
  • Experience designing with CAN, MIL-STE-1553, ARINC 429, ARINC 664, TSN
  • Experience with Open VPX and PIC-SIG standards
  • Experience in the Mill/Aero/Avionics, DO-254 and Civil FFA Certification
  • Strong professional technical writing and technical communication proficiency
  • Ability to break down complex problems and apply critical thinking
  • Familiarity with the Mentor Graphics Expedition Enterprise and Hyperlinx PI/SI
  • Familiarity with OrCAD PSPICE or LT Spice, Mathcad, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visio


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  Required Skills:

Drilling Analysis Search Computer Hardware Graphics Visio Art Mentoring Participation Reviews History Components Electronics Manufacturing Writing Integration Critical Thinking Data Analysis Documentation Planning Design Engineering Microsoft Office Leadership Communication