Digital Electronics Architecture Lead
San Diego
Our client who are an innovative Space & Defense client are looking for a Digital Electronics Architecture Lead to oversee digital architecture, design, manufacturing and test for a broad portfolio of defense and space systems products.
Responsibilities:
- Provide technical leadership and product development subject matter expertise in digital architecture, design, manufacturing, integration and test.
- Evaluate existing designs, perform product gap assessments, and make recommendations for future product designs, features, capabilities, and upgrades.
- Support project planning, including the development of cost, schedule, and technical baselines for product development activities.
- Support the development of product requirements, specifications, and identification of applicable standards.
- Provide support for production, delivery, and post-delivery customer operations.
- Apply DfX principles, including design for manufacturability, reliability, test, and cost to improve product offerings.
- Develop clear solutions, provide in-depth technical assessments, and proactively identify, address, and resolve issues and risks to drive risk-informed decision-making and product lifecycle sustainability.
- Assists with technology readiness assessments; identifies risks and issues with proposed technologies while collaborating with other teams (i.e., Test & Evaluation, Integrated Logistics Support, etc.).
- Perform engineering analysis on organizational technical processes; suggests process improvements that increase efficiency and/or effectiveness of operations as required.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, mathematics, physics, computer science, or equivalent technical discipline.
- 15+ years of experience working in the aerospace and defense industry.
- 10+ years of experience in product design, development and/or manufacturing.
- Solid analytical and problem-solving skills; able to sort through complex issues and develop clear solutions, provide in-depth technical assessments and identify, address, and resolve issues and risks.
- Expertise in PCB/PCBA, FPGA, microcontroller, embedded software design, development, integration and testing.
- Knowledgeable in industry standards such as IPC-2200, IPC-6010, IPC-610, and the NASA-STD-8739 series, as well as other critical aerospace and defense requirements.
- Experience in requirements development and analysis, and the development of systems engineering-related documents including requirements/specifications, interface control documents, and validation & verification plans.
Preferences:
- Demonstrated product development process improvement experience.
- Relevant experience engaging government and commercial customers to advance projects and initiatives at varying degrees of complexity through engineering management.
- Proficiency in various enterprise tools, including enterprise resource planning, product data management, product lifecycle management, quality management, manufacturing resource planning, and engineering design and analysis