Avionics & Electrical Engineer

Haast Autonomous sucht eine/n Elektroingenieur/in, die/der die Avionik-, Stromverteilungs-, Kommunikations- und elektrische Integrationsarchitektur unserer Flugzeuge verantwortet. Sie entwerfen zuverlässige elektrische Systeme für elektrische VTOL-Flugzeuge, übersetzen Systemanforderungen in Schaltpläne und Kabelbaum-Dokumentation, wählen Komponenten aus und validieren sie und unterstützen das Flugzeug durch Montage, Bodentests und Flugtests. Die Rolle kombiniert elektrisches Design, Systems Engineering, praktische Integration und schnelle Fehlersuche.

Responsibilities

• Design the aircraft’s avionics and electrical power architecture
• Develop system block diagrams, schematics, wiring diagrams, connector pinouts, and harness drawings
• Size and select wiring, connectors, fuses, contactors, power-distribution components, regulators, and protective devices
• Integrate flight controllers, propulsion systems, batteries, sensors, radios, navigation systems, actuators, payload systems, and onboard computers
• Design electrical interfaces for high-voltage propulsion and low-voltage avionics systems
• Develop grounding, shielding, isolation, and EMI/EMC strategies
• Perform voltage-drop, current, thermal, power-budget, and failure-mode analyses
• Define electrical requirements, interface-control documents, and acceptance-test procedures
• Design or oversee the development of custom PCBs, interface boards, power-distribution boards, and test equipment
• Conduct bench testing, hardware-in-the-loop testing, ground testing, and flight-test support
• Diagnose electrical, avionics, communications, and power-system failures
• Work closely with mechanical, aerospace, controls, software, manufacturing, and flight-test engineers
• Review technician-built harnesses and electrical assemblies for compliance with engineering documentation
• Manage component obsolescence, lead-time risks, design changes, and configuration control
• Build scalable electrical design, verification, and documentation processes

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, mechatronics, or a related field
• Experience designing and integrating electrical or avionics systems
• Strong understanding of power electronics, embedded systems, digital communications, and electrical protection
• Ability to create and review schematics, wiring diagrams, pinout tables, and engineering drawings
• Experience using oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers, power supplies, electronic loads, and other laboratory equipment
• Experience troubleshooting complex electrical systems at the component and system levels
• Ability to work directly with hardware and support hands-on aircraft integration
• Strong technical documentation and configuration-management habits

Nice to have

• Experience with electric aircraft, drones, robotics, automotive systems, spacecraft, or other safety-critical hardware
• Experience with high-voltage and high-current lithium battery systems
• Experience integrating motors, ESCs, battery-management systems, contactors, and power-distribution units
• Experience with CAN, DroneCAN, UART, SPI, I²C, Ethernet, RS-232, or RS-485
• Experience with PX4, ArduPilot, CubePilot, or similar autopilot ecosystems
• Experience designing PCBs in Altium, KiCad, OrCAD, or a similar platform
• Familiarity with EMI/EMC testing and aerospace grounding and shielding practices
• Familiarity with environmental qualification, electrical derating, FMEA, and fault-tolerant design
• Understanding of aviation development standards such as DO-160, DO-254, or SAE aerospace practices
• Experience taking an electrical system from prototype through low-rate production