Sr. Electronics Engineer

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Summary

The Sr. Electronics Engineer will be responsible for the research, analysis, design, development, testing, debugging and modification of electronics equipment such as VFMDs (Variable Frequency Motor Drives) for vacuum generators and air compressors (ACIM/BLDC), AC/DC Power Converters (3-Φ), 28V DC Valve Controllers, and W W System Controllers for the commercial aerospace industry.

The Sr. Electronics Engineer will take ownership and/or support technical engineering teams and projects related to W W System Components. Using sound engineering principles, this engineer will interface with cross-functional groups (internal and external) to ensure robust, airworthy designs are attained, which meet budget, schedule, and internal requirements and goals. This leadership position will be responsible for participating in and leading improvement activities at a group and/or company level.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Analyze customer requirements and validate them by analysis/modeling/prototyping or based on previous product performance

Create and maintain hardware requirements specification and hardware interface control documents

Performs SPICE analysis of circuits using Altium/OrCAD PSPICE tools

Performs analysis and MATLAB/Simulink modeling to generate control algorithms

Analyze and designs magnetics for EMI filter, boost/buck inductors and other input/output filters

Performs component selection obsolescence management

Performs circuit design and schematic capture using Altium/OrCAD tools

Creates hardware design document that covers design analysis, notes, and specific guidelines followed

Provides inputs to PCB layout design

Performs worst case load analysis (DC Load Analysis) on the circuit designs

Performs component derating and thermal analysis

Performance design performance margin analysis

Performs PCB board bring-up per the circuit design

Creates PCB board level functional test procedures per circuit functional blocks

Creates design verification test procedure (DVTP) document

Performs electronics hardware testing to make sure that requirements are met and generate test reports (DVTR)

Independently finds or creates solutions to problems requiring research, resourcefulness and creativity

Understands, follows, and promotes, ZWWS policies and procedures

Review and process engineering changes in the development of water and waste systems and equipment

Review, process and recommend engineering changes in the development of W W equipment

Utilizes sound technical problem solving to own or support ongoing and new products

Follows sound engineering principles to ensure designs meet airworthiness standards, customer requirements and ZWWS internal standards

Perform research and/or testing for new development

Present technical findings and trade studies

Assesses and creates standard work and leads or support improvement projects (group or company level)

Independently owns, or leads a team for small/medium size projects.

Able to review, check and approve work done by peers and lower level engineers.

Provides guidance and training to lower level engineers.

Understands how various groups (engineering, industrialization, operations) work together and able to navigate through the company.

Able to interface with existing suppliers and OEM customers

May Interface with new suppliers and OEM customers

Competencies

Analysis/Modeling Skills – Ability to use electrical circuit simulation tools such as PSPICE and system level simulation tools such as PSIM/MATLAB/Simulink.

Design – Experience in analog and digital control systems and applications. Superior design skills in DC-DC converter, Active Rectifiers, Gate Drives, Voltage/Current Sensor Circuit designs, EMI filter designs.

Hands on experience – Using design/simulation tools such as Altium/OrCAD, MATLAB/Simulink, PSIM, PSPICE etc. and test equipment such as programmable power supplies, high speed digital oscilloscopes, logic analyzers etc.

Protocols – Design level understanding of communication protocols such as CAN, ARINC, SPI, RS-232 etc.,

Standards – Experience in applying aerospace regulatio…