UAS Project Engineer, Electrical

Swift Engineering Inc, www.swiftengineering.com , is uniquely positioned in the marketplace to provide both Product Development and Manufacturing products and services, specializing in advanced composites, unmanned systems, robotics and associated technologies.

Description: Project Engineer, Electrical is responsible for providing design, development, fabrication, assembly, testing, and delivery of products, including documentation and acceptance test procedures (ATPs), providing the value necessary to output high-quality products and generate key revenue.

Swift Engineering is looking for a highly talented Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Electrical Engineer. The ideal candidate would have interest and/or experience with unmanned systems, power systems, batteries, electrical motors, thermal integration, system engineering, electrical hardware, prototyping/product development, and have a vision for the future of these systems. Project Engineer, Electrical will work in a multidisciplinary environment with electrical, mechanical, GNC (Guidance, Navigation, and Control) and software engineers. This position involves development from concept through implementation and testing, including flight testing (entire lifecycle). Project Engineer, Electrical will be responsible for updating, maintaining, and sustaining the Avionics and RF subsystems of aircraft from design to fabrication to product manufacturing to product end-of-life.

FLSA Status: Exempt

Salary: $110,000 - $150,000 Annually

Purpose: Project Engineer, Electrical will be at the forefront of R&D for current and future products to advance our technologies' positive impact on a global scale. Project Engineer, Electrical will also provide updates, maintenance, and sustainment of current and future product logs.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design analog and digital communication systems
• Design power management systems for low power systems
• Design, development, fabrication, assembly, testing, and delivery of electronic products, including engineering drawings
• Design and implement circuit boards
• Implement avionics design improvements
• Aid anomaly investigations and determine required avionics or RF repairs
• Support avionics and RF production activities
• Track and remedy field avionics issues
• Troubleshoot complex systems such as avionics, embedded systems, and Radio Frequency (RF) links, supporting Flight Test operations
• Assess root cause to critical issues and contribute to sustainability and reliability of products
• Design, update, and troubleshoot EMI/EMC to minimize noise in the system
• Generate hardware requirements, design documents, validation testing plans, and schedules
• Inspect completed installations and observe operations to ensure conformance to design and equipment specifications and compliance with operational & safety standards
• Update, maintain, and sustain subcomponent inventory
• Update, maintain, and sustain avionics and RF wiring harnesses and subsystems, including engineering drawings/documentation
• Track electronic component obsolescence activities
• Lead electronic BOM cost-out activities

Qualifications:

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or other degrees and experiences that are deemed equivalent
• 6+ years in Electrical Engineering or other related discipline with equivalent experience
• Experience designing, developing, and testing commercial and/or military UAS.
• Experience in digital communication languages such as CAN, UART, I2C, RS232 & Ethernet.
• Experience designing, testing, and troubleshooting complex embedded systems and products
• Electronics and Mechanical Background: Wire harness design/fab, electronics prototyping, soldering, analog and digital circuitry, high-speed and low-speed CAN, etc.
• Broad understanding of Radio Frequency (RF), PCB Design, Power Systems, and Batteries with an area of expertise in one or more of these topics
• Hands-on experience in debugging and root cause corrective action testing
• Hands-on experience in integrating electro-mechanical systems
• Candidates with spacecraft/satellite, UAV aircraft, robotics development experience and/or hobby drone experience will be given special consideration
• Candidates must be US Person for compliance with ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations)

Skills Required:

• Good understanding of board design and component placement/layout of mixed digital, analog, and RF electronics and antennas to prevent EM interference and susceptibility.
• Ability to create and review revision controlled electrical engineering drawings that helps to define and illustrate specific requirements, processes, and designs.
• High degree of comfort with using hardware and software test tools (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, Spectrum analyzers, Multimeters, RF power meters, vector scopes, antennae pattern analysis)
• Knowledge of and experience with Altium Designer for schematic capture and PCB layout
• Knowledge of and experience with troubleshooting complex systems
• Knowledge of general engineering principles, mathematics, and physics
• Proficient with office software (Excel, Word, Outlook, MS Project, etc.)

Working Conditions: 

Primarily in an office environment, and shop environment. Periodic weekend or evening work is expected. Travel is expected.

Swift Engineering Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Employment with Swift Engineering Inc is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

A review of this position has excluded the marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties. All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent(s) will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities.

• 9/80 Schedule
• Health Insurance - 100% covered for Employees
• Vision Insurance - 100% covered for Employees
• Dental Insurance - 100% covered for Employees
• Life Insurance - 100% covered by Swift, plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents.
• 401k with company match
• Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a holiday hiatus in December, and highly competitive PTO plans.
• 16 weeks of paid Caregiver & Wellness Leave to care for a family member, bond with your baby, or tend to your own medical condition.
• Family Planning & Parenting Support: Fertility (eg, IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carrier coverage with additional benefits and resources to provide support from planning to parenting.