Avionics Electrical Design Engineer
Job Description
Cyient is looking for Avionics Electrical Design Engineer specializing in schematic design and PCB/board layout for airborne electronics. The engineer will be responsible for electrical design, circuit development, PCB layout, EMI/EMC considerations, simulation, testing, and compliance with aerospace standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and review electrical schematics and circuit designs for avionics systems.
- Design RF/electrical circuits, including power amplifiers, LNAs, filters, and related interfaces.
- Perform PCB layout, including high-speed PCB design, signal integrity, and power integrity considerations.
- Apply EMI/EMC design practices throughout schematic and PCB development.
- Conduct circuit analysis and simulations using MATLAB, SPICE, ADS, HFSS, or equivalent tools.
- Support design verification, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis of electrical/PCB issues.
- Perform and support environmental, RF emissions, RF susceptibility, and lightning testing.
- Ensure designs comply with relevant aerospace and airborne hardware standards, including DO-160 and DO-254.
- Work with test equipment such as network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and oscilloscopes.
- Collaborate with systems, embedded, mechanical, manufacturing, and verification teams.
- Support design reviews, documentation, qualification, and production release activities.
Must-Have Skills
Skill Area
Required Expertise
Aerospace Standards
DO-160, DO-254, FCC, ETSI, airborne hardware
RF/Microwave Engineering
RF engineering, microwave engineering, wireless communications
RF Circuit Design
Power Amplifier (PA), LNA, filters, antenna interfaces
RF Simulation
ADS, HFSS, AWR, microwave simulation
PCB & EMI/EMC
PCB layout, high-speed PCB, EMI/EMC, signal integrity
Antenna Design
3D antenna design and antenna testing
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Wireless Technologies: 5G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, wireless protocols.
- Test Equipment: Network analyzer, spectrum analyzer, oscilloscope.
- Design & Analysis: MATLAB, SPICE, circuit simulation.
- Embedded Systems: Embedded systems and firmware development.
- Sustenance Engineering: Failure analysis, root-cause analysis, obsolescence management.
Environmental Testing: Temperature testing, RF emissions, RF susceptibility, lightning testing