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Senior Principal Analog Circuit Design Engineer

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Hybrid
Austin, TX
121K-205K Annually
Senior level
Hybrid
Austin, TX
121K-205K Annually
Senior level
Design and test advanced analog circuitry for avionics in military and commercial applications, leading teams and projects for circuit design and verification.
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Job Description
At BAE Systems, we promote a strong, collaborative culture and provide our employees with the tools, skills and training they need to succeed. We are all about trust, camaraderie, and a shared mission on delivering world-class products to our commercial and military customers. We offer a flexible hybrid work environment and 9/80 work schedule. BAE Systems is ingrained in our community and determined to improve our future and protect our freedom.
The Controls and Avionics Solutions (CAS) business is experiencing unprecedented growth. Our two design centers in Endicott, New York and Austin, Texas are the home for our next generation technical solutions. Engineers will develop flight and mission-critical products for commercial and military customers. You will have the opportunity to help design and develop the next generation: Fly-By-Wire Flight Controls, Aircraft Engine Controls, Ground Vehicle Power Management Systems, Aircraft Electrification Systems, Advanced Air Mobility Systems, Autonomous Flight Systems, Flight Deck Systems, Cabin Management Systems, Weapon Control Systems, and Mission Systems for the world's most prominent aircraft and vehicle manufacturers.
When you become a member of our team, you will work across multiple disciplines and collaborate with Systems, Hardware, Software, Test, and Operations during all phases of the product development and production support lifecycles. These roles involve a combination of collaborative/in-person and independent work and will take the form of a hybrid work schedule, with time split between working onsite and remotely.
Position Summary
Join our team of Analog Circuit Design Engineers who are tasked with the architecture, design, test, and verification of high-reliability analog circuitry. In this position you will support the development and product support of advanced avionics, for both military and commercial aircraft, including engine control computers, flight control systems, aircraft propulsion systems, cabin and cockpit electronics.
As a Senior Principal Analog Circuit Design Engineer you will make impacts in the following ways:
  • Lead the design, analysis and verification of complex analog-to-digital converted interfaces such as RTDs, thermocouples, strain gauges, VDTs, synchros, resolvers and various voltage and current monitors.
  • Lead the design, analysis and verification of complex digital-to-analog converted interfaces such as solenoid and relay drivers, torque motor drivers, stepper motor drivers, voltage and current sources.
  • Collaborate with EMI/EMC Engineers and Systems Engineers to design robust and reliable analog electronics
  • Support aftermarket by leading troubleshoot and root cause corrective actions for field returns, production test failures, and product improvements.
  • Architect next generation designs, mentor and lead teams of Jr. and Sr. level circuit designers, and perform to program schedule and cost expectations.
  • Conduct research and development that improves processing capability, signal integrity, reliability while reducing size, weight, area, power and cost (SWAP-C)
  • Leverage and reuse existing designs within the CAS portfolio to reduce risk, schedule and cost of new development
  • Lead the collaboration between other functional areas such as electronic packaging, firmware, systems engineering, test equipment and operations.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills
  • BS in Electrical Engineering with 10 or more years of industry experience designing and testing analog circuitry
  • Highly Proficient with mixed-signal ADC and DACs, analog signal conditioning, passive & active filters, operational amplifiers circuits, multiplexers, motor drives, and demodulators.
  • Highly Proficient with lab equipment for hardware troubleshooting and debug
  • Highly Proficient with design analysis tools such as LTSpice, PSpice, Matlab and MathCad.
  • Experience with analog and digital loop closure, specifically in actuation control systems
  • Experience performing component level circuit stress and derating analysis
  • Experience in circuit tolerance analysis considering end of life and environmental limits
  • Experience in designing for EMI/EMC and Lightning Protection
  • Experience with PWB design, component layout and trace routing
  • Experience with digital communication and power electronics
  • Familiar with circuit card assembly (CCA) design for manufacturing techniques/limitations
  • Familiar with mitigating fault propagation and failure mode effect analysis (FMEA)

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
  • MS/MEng in Electrical Engineering with 15 or more years of aerospace industry experience designing and testing analog circuitry
  • Experience with mentoring and leading a team of circuit designers on complex high reliability electronics for aerospace
  • Experience in designing for and testing to MIL-STD-461 and DO-160 standards
  • Experience with Siemens Xpedition® EDM (engineering data management) tool suite
  • Experience with mitigating fault propagation and failure mode effect analysis (FMEA)
  • Experience in writing technical requirement specifications for avionic hardware
  • Some experience with RF Circuit Design
  • Some experience with digital signal processing (DSP)
  • Some experience with firmware and/or software development of FPGAs, DSPs or microprocessors.
  • Some experience with DO-254 DAL A hardware design
  • Some experience in Model Based Engineering

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $120874 - $205486
Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
About BAE Systems Electronic Systems
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it's what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts - defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team-making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you'll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference. Electronic Systems (ES) is the global innovator behind BAE Systems' game-changing defense and commercial electronics. Exploiting every electron, we push the limits of what is possible, giving our customers the edge and our employees opportunities to change the world. Our products and capabilities can be found everywhere - from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of space. At our core are more than 14,000 highly talented Electronic Systems employees with the brightest minds in the industry, we make an impact - for our customers and the communities we serve.
This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.

Top Skills

Analog Circuitry
Dac
Digital Communication
Emi/Emc Design
Ltspice
Mathcad
Matlab
Mixed-Signal Adc
Operational Amplifiers
Power Electronics
Pspice
Signal Conditioning

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