Acron Aviation · 15 hours ago
Senior Electrical Engineer
Grand Rapids, MI
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
6+ years expAcron Aviation is a global leader in commercial aviation solutions, and they are seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to join their Engineering team in Grand Rapids, MI. The role involves responsibilities across a broad range of electrical engineering disciplines, including design, testing, and integration of various avionics products.
AerospaceManufacturing
Responsibilities
Experience with Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) design duties from concept to design implementation, verification, integration, sustainment, upgrades, and obsolescence management
Focus on cost reduction and continuous improvement of the product and testing methodology. Design for Cost and Design for Manufacturing
Experience with analog, digital, power, and high-speed circuit design
Create all necessary documentation to provide design descriptions, trades, requirement traceability, bill of materials, PCB design, etc., for a complete data package
Extensive experience with schematic capture tools – Altium or similar. Experience porting DX Designer to Altium is desired
Oversee layout activities for a range of simple to complex PCBs
Devise and drive new approaches to technical problems
Communicate needs/requirements/status to management, other engineering disciplines, and parties external to the organization (e.g., customers, vendors, etc.)
Conduct peer reviews, PDRs, CDRs, and other required design reviews
Interface with software, mechanical, FPGA firmware, RF, test, certification, project management, and program management teams
Identify high-risk circuit functions, then plan and drive early prototyping/simulation for risk mitigation
Develop board-level test plans and procedures for electrical subsystems and all relevant documentation for design description and requirements
Experience with scheduling, costing, and technical responsibility at the board or primary subsystem level
Performing evaluation, simulation, bread-boarding, testing, and troubleshooting of electrical circuits and functions
Support resolution of issues and part shortage/obsolescence efforts for production
Conduct Root Cause Failure Investigations
Support/perform electro-magnetic and environmental qualification testing at the line replaceable unit level
Mentor junior engineers
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and a minimum of 6 years of prior relevant experience, or a Graduate degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience
Experience with Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) design duties from concept to design implementation, verification, integration, sustainment, upgrades, and obsolescence management
Focus on cost reduction and continuous improvement of the product and testing methodology. Design for Cost and Design for Manufacturing
Experience with analog, digital, power, and high-speed circuit design
Create all necessary documentation to provide design descriptions, trades, requirement traceability, bill of materials, PCB design, etc., for a complete data package
Extensive experience with schematic capture tools – Altium or similar. Experience porting DX Designer to Altium is desired
Oversee layout activities for a range of simple to complex PCBs
Devise and drive new approaches to technical problems
Communicate needs/requirements/status to management, other engineering disciplines, and parties external to the organization (e.g., customers, vendors, etc.)
Conduct peer reviews, PDRs, CDRs, and other required design reviews
Interface with software, mechanical, FPGA firmware, RF, test, certification, project management, and program management teams
Identify high-risk circuit functions, then plan and drive early prototyping/simulation for risk mitigation
Develop board-level test plans and procedures for electrical subsystems and all relevant documentation for design description and requirements
Experience with scheduling, costing, and technical responsibility at the board or primary subsystem level
Performing evaluation, simulation, bread-boarding, testing, and troubleshooting of electrical circuits and functions
Support resolution of issues and part shortage/obsolescence efforts for production
Conduct Root Cause Failure Investigations
Support/perform electro-magnetic and environmental qualification testing at the line replaceable unit level
Mentor junior engineers
Other duties as assigned
Preferred
Outstanding communication skills (written, verbal, & presentation)
Excellent people skills, with experience leading and collaborating in a multi-disciplinary, diverse, and dynamic team environment
Experience working in a Continuous Improvement Culture
Experience designing and troubleshooting high-reliability electronics
Ability to support geographically dispersed teams, including through travel
Experience with RTCA DO-254 Design Assurance Guidance for Airborne Electronic Hardware
Knowledge of engineering design standards for the commercial aviation industry
Experience in proposal development and preparing a defendable Basis of Estimates
Experience with product, system-level, and environmental certification testing
Experience with setting up layout constraints and simulation tools like HyperLynx
Company
Acron Aviation
Acron Aviation provides innovative pilot training, simulation, avionics, and flight data intelligence solutions to the aviation sector.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2023-11-27Acquired
Recent News
2025-10-16
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