Senior Associate, Electrical Engineer 1

Job Title: Senior Associate, Electrical Engineer  

Job Req: 43860

Job Location: Plano, TX

Job Schedule: 9/80 Work Schedule – (Every other Friday is a non-workday.)

Job Description:

• Design and develop electrical systems for the integration of electronic equipment on military/commercial aircraft and ground stations. The design includes creating system wiring diagrams using the Capital Harness System tool as well as circuit breaker panels, control panels and other items using Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools. Engineer will be responsible for research, systems integration, preparation of engineering drawings, and coordination of design activities with Systems Engineering, Manufacturing, and Production to ensure that designs meet requirements at minimum cost.  Designs can include development of Avionics Systems, RF, LAN, Data Processing, Sensor Systems, Power Distribution Systems, Electrical Loads analysis, Load shedding scheme to name a few, along with the opportunity to support testing and integration of systems on the aircraft. Electrical design engineers have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of tasks and aircraft systems on various aircraft platforms.

Essential Functions:

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Create and review system wiring diagrams, circuit breaker panels, control panels and other items using CAD (Computer Aided Design) tools, such as Capital Harness or NX.
• Research and preparation of engineering drawings, and coordination of design activities with Systems Engineering, Manufacturing, and Production to ensure that designs meet requirements at minimum cost
• Learn and become familiar with L3Harris Technical Process Specifications and related design practices and methodologies

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 2 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 0-2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience 
• Must be able to travel to and from flight line and work in aircraft hangar environments (some positions will require the ability to board/exit aircraft)
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance which require U.S. Citizenship

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Previous experience in the defense aerospace industry
• Experience interpreting SOW, requirements and Systems Defintion
• Knowledge of with CAD and PLM software, including NX and Teamcenter
• Knowledge of Siemens Capital software
• Understanding of basic aircraft systems
• Systems integration experience
• Leadership experience
• Experience with Bombardier Global aircraft
• Active secret security clearance or higher