Senior Electrical Engineer – Digital Hardware Design

Senior Electrical Engineer – Digital Hardware Design & Avionics Innovation

Dallas, TX

The Company

If you're an experienced Electrical Engineer looking to move beyond bureaucracy and into a role where your technical expertise truly shapes the product, this is the opportunity you've been waiting for.

Our client is an established aviation technology leader that develops advanced avionics, cabin electronics, and integrated aircraft systems used worldwide. Here, you'll own sophisticated digital hardware designs from concept through production while working alongside manufacturing, giving you the rare opportunity to see your designs become finished products without the delays and disconnect common at larger organizations.

Why This Company Stands Out

For nearly four decades, our client has been a trusted innovator in aviation electronics, designing advanced hardware that powers next-generation aircraft systems for commercial and business aviation customers worldwide.

Why engineers enjoy working here:

• 39+ years of engineering excellence and continued profitability

• Market leader serving high-end commercial and business aviation customers

• Strong backlog of business providing exceptional long-term stability

• Engineering and manufacturing operate under one roof for rapid prototyping and faster product development

• Flat organizational structure where ideas move quickly and engineers have direct influence

• Approximately 260 employees, including more than 100 professionals in the Dallas engineering center

• Collaborative leadership team committed to innovation, mentorship, and continuous technical growth

They Value and Appreciate Their Employees

Our client believes talented engineers perform at their best when they're trusted with meaningful work and given the freedom to innovate. Employees enjoy a collaborative environment where technical ideas are encouraged, decisions happen quickly, and professional growth is supported.

Benefits include:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage

• Company-sponsored life and disability insurance

• 401(k) retirement savings program

• Paid vacation and company holidays

• Professional development and technical training opportunities

• Stable leadership with long employee tenure

• Collaborative engineering culture with significant technical ownership

• Opportunity to work on advanced aviation technologies from concept through production

Your Role with the Company

As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you'll lead the development of sophisticated digital hardware platforms supporting advanced avionics and aircraft electronics. You'll drive projects from architecture and schematic capture through prototype bring-up, verification, manufacturing release, and sustaining improvements.

Working closely with FPGA, software, mechanical, manufacturing, and systems engineering teams, you'll develop high-performance digital and mixed-signal circuit designs while mentoring junior engineers and helping shape future product architectures. This position offers significant technical autonomy, allowing you to influence engineering decisions, evaluate emerging technologies, and solve complex hardware challenges throughout the entire product lifecycle.

Community Information

Located in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, this opportunity offers access to one of the nation's strongest engineering and aerospace markets. The region features outstanding schools and universities, a relatively affordable cost of living compared to other major technology hubs, excellent healthcare, professional sports, world-class dining, vibrant entertainment districts, and abundant outdoor recreation. Dallas continues to attract top engineering talent thanks to its thriving technology economy and exceptional quality of life.

Background Profile

Must Have

• BS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience

• Expertise in digital hardware design, schematic capture, and PCB development

• Senior-level experience designing digital and mixed-signal electronic systems

• Strong knowledge of microprocessor, microcontroller, DSP, and embedded hardware architectures

• Experience with schematic capture and component library development using OrCAD, Allegro, Altium, or similar ECAD platforms

• Strong understanding of communication interfaces including Ethernet, SPI, I²C, UART, and related protocols

• Hands-on experience with hardware bring-up, debugging, validation, and troubleshooting using laboratory equipment

• Experience researching datasheets, component specifications, and technical documentation to develop robust hardware solutions

• Ability to independently manage multiple hardware development projects from concept through manufacturing

• Strong cross-functional collaboration with mechanical, FPGA, software, and manufacturing engineering teams

Desired

• Embedded software development experience using C, Assembly, or similar languages

• Experience with circuit simulation tools including LTspice, PSpice, or equivalent

• Knowledge of RTCA DO-160G or other aerospace environmental qualification standards

• Experience with FPGA or ASIC-based hardware development, including familiarity with Xilinx devices and toolchains

• Experience designing products for aerospace, avionics, defense, or other high-reliability industries

• Previous mentoring or technical leadership experience

• Experience supporting products from prototype through production manufacturing

• Strong understanding of Design for Manufacturability (DFM), verification, validation, and sustaining engineering practices

Additional Job Details

• Salary Range: $150,000 - $170,000

• Location: Dallas, TX

• Type of Role: Full-time, Direct Hire

• Travel Required: Minimal

• Visa Sponsorship: U.S. Citizen or Green Card