Lead Avionics Engineer

Team: Avionics Hardware

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Commitment: Full-time

Workplace Type: onsite

About The Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead Avionics Engineer to join our dynamic team and contribute to the development of the next generation of hypersonic vehicles. As a Lead Avionics Engineer at Hermeus, you will play a pivotal role in leading the design, analysis, and testing of electrical systems for our hypersonic vehicles. You will collaborate closely with a multidisciplinary team of engineers to ensure the safe and efficient operation of our electrical systems. This position offers a unique opportunity to work on groundbreaking technology in a fast-paced and collaborative environment. 

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across the organization, manage related risk and change across the program, drive new technology introduction, and provide mentoring for less senior engineers. 
• Drive system trades, requirements capture, component selection, analysis, schematic capture, prototyping, bring-up, debugging, documentation, manufacturing, and test. 
• Create development and qualification testing campaigns and exercise designs to their limits. 
• Support hardware through production, integration, and flight. 
• Work with experts from other teams and departments to drive changes that make the system more efficient, manufacturable, and reliable. Challenge assumptions and build strong professional relationships.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering 
• 5+ years of experience in multiple of the following areas: electrical hardware design, control systems, instrumentation and signal conditioning, digital communication busses, analog design and simulation, power electronics, harness design 
• 1+ years leading a technical engineering team.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Breadth of experience across various electrical technical fields including RF, digital, analog, and video systems
• Demonstrated project experience with embedded design, device integration, V&V, environmental qualification and/or flight testing 
• Hands-on experience designing, building, and/or servicing electrical power distribution systems and/or networks 
• Familiarity with test and simulation tools (DMM, Oscilloscope, power supplies, SPICE, Ansys) 
• Experience with electrical and mechanical design and version control software (Altium Designer, Siemens NX, Teamcenter, Capital Harness, Git, Teamcenter) 
• Experience with avionics devices and protocols (RS-485, ARINC-685, FPGAs, GPS, INS, D38999 style connectors, etc.) 
• Strong analysis and troubleshooting skills 
• Familiarity with aerospace industry standards (IPC-620, MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-704, MIL-HDBK-516C, MIL-STD-464D, DO-160G)
• Experience working with DC power systems (Batteries, Motors, Generators, etc.) 
• Self-motivated with strong organizational, written, and oral communication skills 
• Writing software in Python or similar for analysis or data review 
• A bias towards action, and a willingness to work hands-on to make it happen 
• Ability to travel on short notice to support test campaigns