Explore a Career with Safe Flight Instrument

                                                                    Electrical Design Engineer

About Us:

Safe Flight, a leader in aviation safety and flight performance systems, was founded in 1946. The company pioneered the development of Stall Warning and Angle of Attack, Automatic Throttle Systems, Wind Shear Warning, and many other innovations in aircraft instrumentation, flight performance, and control systems for fixed and rotary winged aircraft. With product installed on over two-thirds of the world’s aircraft, Safe Flight counts among its customers the majority of the world’s aircraft manufacturers, more than 50 airlines, hundreds of operators of corporate jet aircraft and U.S. and International Armed Services.

Safe Flight’s benefits include employer-funded health care, on-site lunch program, 401K contribution, Wellness and Education Reimbursement, paid-time off and sick time, and various other programs.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Design electronic circuits for aviation computers and supporting systems such as test equipment and harnesses 
• Create Statements of Work for contracted services such as board layout and manage the contractor throughout the project 
• Evaluate design choices to meet product functional requirements, environmental compatibility, and manufacturing lifecycle, creating reports and other documentation supporting design choices 
• Create test procedures and reports for electronic hardware 
• Provide engineering insight to Program Management and Sales and Marketing for new business proposals and customer support 
• Supporting manufacturing and repair departments for legacy products 
• Utilize standard electrical laboratory equipment to verify, debug, and rework electronic circuits 
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• 2 years plus experience with comparable responsibilities 
• Digital design in the hundreds of MHz with ARM Cortex or similar complexity microcontrollers 
• Basic analog circuit design 
• Experience with design for Electro-Magnetic Compatibility for susceptibility and emissions 

Experience in the following topics is desirable but not required:

• Schematic Capture and PCB layout with Altium Designer 
• Designing safety critical electrical systems 
• Designing to RTCA DO-160G, MIL-STD-810H, MIL-STD-704F, MIL-STD-461G, and similar qualification standards 
• Bare-metal embedded C to support software engineers in driver development 
• Python, Excel, and similar analysis tools 
• Subversion and similar version control tools 

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited school

Other duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Equal Opportunities Employer

Safe Flight provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all employment terms and conditions, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.