EMA Senior Design Engineer (Aviation) - Garmin International, Inc.

We are seeking a full-time Senior Design Engineer in our Olathe, KS location. In this role, you will be responsible for providing technical leadership and project planning for complex analog and digital designs for electromechanical actuator (EMA) products that are new for Garmin.

Essential Functions

• Serve in a leadership capacity for carrying out complex design and development of analog and digital designs for electromechanical actuator products that involve complicated schematic and PCB design
• Serve in a leadership capacity for defining subsystem architecture for high reliability and availability electromechanical actuator products
• May serve as a Project Engineer to oversee and manage development of new projects that involve a new design or major changes to an existing design
• Team with Production and Engineering to design the best PCB solutions accounting for thermal and space constraints and to turn on new processors along with ensuring robust designs and appropriate testability
• Collaborate and add value through participation in design reviews
• Offer process improvement suggestions, author new procedures, and provide technical input to product development plans and concept documents along with making substantial contributions toward determination of project goal/objective feasibility
• Plan and develop experimental test programs to verify compliance to all applicable regulations and quality guidelines using software tools and test equipment
• Analyze test data and reports to determine if the proposed design meets functional and performance specifications and to determine if applicable to developing other systems
• Interface with the Test Engineers and factory personnel on the testing and production of products and support production facilities in the manufacture of products and directs and coordinates manufacture of prototype
• Investigate, research and evaluate the usage of the latest components and technologies and performs cost/performance tradeoff analysis of different circuit options

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering AND a minimum of 5 years relevant experience OR an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Excellent academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 as a general rule)
• Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Demonstrated proficiency with a complicated schematic and PCB design consisting of one or more PCB’s
• Broad technical knowledge and skills in one or more areas of Electrical Engineering (e.g., analog, digital, RF, and/or DSP)

Desired Qualifications

• Outstanding academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.5)
• Extensive circuit design experience for consumer or aviation products
• Extensive experience with electromechanical actuator subsystem architectures
• Extensive experience with high reliability and availability designs
• Extensive experience with electronic motor control and position sensor technology

Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer.  Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran’s status, age or disability.

This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits