Avionics Engineer - #143202

The Hill avionics and electrical team is responsible for building key in-house avionics systems for the HX/HC50 helicopter, including the cockpit displays system, engine controllers, power management units, flight control computer, landing gear controllers and more. Become part of this fast-moving development team, work with motivated engineers to advance the general aviation industry.

• Take ownership of key in-house avionics hardware and embedded software development and testing across the product life cycle.


• Drive electrical architecture, specification, component selection, circuit board design, implementation, verification, board building and development.


• Work closely with mechanical teams for interface requirements, housing and placement considerations.


• Design test setups and hardware validation through benchtop and environmental testing.


• Perform testing on avionics systems and determine root cause of off-nominal behaviour.


• Design and justify avionics system architecture to rigorous internal and certification standards.


• Manage parallel development threads using third-party contractors and manufacturing.


• Identify opportunities for risk reduction and removal of complexity in systems.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in electrical, computer engineering or related discipline.


• At least 1 year of experience in electronics hardware design.


• At least 1 year of experience with electrical test equipment and processes.


• At least 1 year of embedded software development experience.

• Strong understanding of computers and programming languages (Python, C/C++)


• Familiarity with aviation certification standards (DO-254, DO-178, DO-160, etc.)


• Experience with PCB design software such as Altium


• Experience managing hardware development projects from concept to end-product. 


• Ability to design and test analogue, digital and mixed-signal circuits.


• Knowledge of model-based software development and experience utilizing model-based methods for embedded system development.


• Practical experience with digital communications interfaces including RS232, RS485, SPI, I2C, CAN, ARINC 429, Ethernet.


• Knowledge of sensors and instrumentation methods for temperature, pressure, vibration, frequency, etc.


• Knowledge of common circuit blocks including filters, power supplies and microcontrollers.


• Familiarity with various microcontrollers including but not limited to: STM32 Family, TI C2000, NXP-iMX8, etc.


• Familiarity managing tasks and projects from start to finish.


• Self-motivated with strong multi-tasking, organisation, communication and documentation skills.


• Software testing experience using static analysis and code coverage tools, worst case execution time analysis, and requirements compliance.


• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-performance environment.

• Passion for advancing the general aviation industry.


• General knowledge of the aviation industry and principles of flight: helicopter flight operations.

* This is not a remote position. This is an on-site role that requires daily attendance at our Production Centre One facility in Stafford, UK.