Senior Electrical Engineer - Hardware Design (Onsite)

Avionics Engineer

This is an onsite position in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

What You Will Do:

• Review and maintain awareness of obsolete parts on assigned products. Provide appropriate resolution to obsolete parts.
• Design and analyze analog and RF circuits using schematic capture tools and performance simulation tools.
• Characterize analog and RF signals using oscilloscopes, network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and signal generators.
• Design and analyze digital circuits including computer hardware components (e.g., processors, memory, interfaces), and their performance characteristics (e.g., throughput, processing architecture, timing, capacity).
• Provide supervision and technical guidance for PCB layout.
• Perform hands-on troubleshooting using engineering lab equipment.
• Perform validation and verification activities to ensure products meet design specifications.
• Contribute to engineering estimates for limited to moderate scope of electrical design problems.
• Review LRU defects trends, identify systemic root causes and process improvements and recommend new approaches, tools, techniques that drive continuous improvements in the development processes.

What You Will Learn:

• Deeper knowledge in electrical hardware simulation, analysis and design (digital, mixed signal, power, RF).
• Collins development engineering processes and practices.
• Aircraft/avionics certification processes.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience
• 3+ years of experience designing and analyzing analog and RF circuits using schematic capture tools and performance simulation tools.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex hardware issues
• Excellent written and verbal communication for technical documentation and collaboration.

What We Offer:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
• Adoption Assistance
• Autism Benefit
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
• And more!