Avionics Hardware Engineer, Senior/Staff for Fastwater Staffing and Recruiting

HIKINEX

  • Torrance, CA
  • 23 days ago

    Highlights

    We are hiring experienced Avionics Hardware Engineers to specialize in high-speed digital design, flight computer architecture, and advanced avionics hardware development across our avionics organization. Engineers in this role focus on flight computer architecture, high-speed digital board design, system bring-up, and hardware validation across real flight hardware.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationTorrance, CA

    Description

    We are hiring experienced Avionics Hardware Engineers to specialize in high-speed digital design, flight computer architecture, and advanced avionics hardware development across our avionics organization. This role is ideal for engineers with deep EE fundamentals and hands-on ownership experience designing complex embedded hardware for mission-critical systems.

    Engineers in this role focus on flight computer architecture, high-speed digital board design, system bring-up, and hardware validation across real flight hardware. The ideal candidate has experience owning complex board designs from architecture through integration and thrives in fast-paced hardware development environments.

    RESPONSIBILITIES

    • Design and develop advanced board-level electrical hardware including schematic capture, PCB layout oversight, component selection, and interface definition.
    • Own high-speed digital and embedded flight computer architectures including processors, memory systems, and board-level integration 
    • Perform board bring-up, validation, debugging, and root-cause analysis in the lab
    • Test reference boards and early prototypes using standard lab equipment
    • Drive signal integrity, power integrity, and hardware reliability considerations throughout the design lifecycle
    • Work with avionics, embedded software, test, and manufacturing teams to iterate designs quickly
    • Support hardware/software integration and troubleshooting across avionics platforms
    • Document designs, test results, and engineering changes clearly

    BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

    • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field
    • Strong experience with complex digital or mixed-signal hardware design
    • Experience with high-speed digital systems, embedded processors, memory interfaces, and board-level architecture
    • Experience with PCB design tools (Altium preferred)
    • Hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and power supplies
    • Strong understanding of core EE principles including digital systems, signal integrity, power distribution, and hardware debugging
    • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment

    PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

    • Experience owning flight computer, avionics, or embedded compute hardware architectures
    • Experience taking complex PCBAs from concept through bring-up, validation, and integration
    • Exposure to embedded systems, firmware, or FPGA interaction
    • Familiarity with aerospace, automotive, robotics, defense, or other high-reliability hardware environments
    • Familiarity with interfaces such as Ethernet, SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, PCIe, or DDR memory systems
    • Basic scripting or programming experience (Python, C/C++)

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