Principal Engineer HW Electronics

As the HW Lead -IFE at Thales, your primary responsibilities will include: - Guiding, developing, and coaching a HW group of electrical, mechanical, PCB, and test engineers. - Leading design development and qualification of IFE LRU products as well as HW re-design projects in all aspects of embedded HW development. - Taking responsibility for HW project risk management, ensuring deployment of HW development processes, and maintaining regular formal communication via team meetings. - Collaborating with various internal and external stakeholders including IFE HW engineering management, project engineering, program management, SW engineering, IVVQ engineering, industrial OPS, purchasing, and procurement teams. Key Areas of Responsibility: - Leading new development projects and sustaining engineering investigations in collaboration with global HW development team and manufacturing partners. - Conducting comprehensive design reviews to confirm design parameters, cost, and manufacturability requirements. - Ensuring timely and cost-effective completion of engineering aspects of projects and integrating efforts from various functional groups. - Participating in design, development, and test activities of embedded digital and analog high-speed mixed signal communication circuits. - Identifying required skills, skill gaps, and required training for team members, scheduling, coordinating, and monitoring tasks implementation. - Setting goals, facilitating progress, work, and performance for team members, and writing technical specifications documents. Requirements: Technical skills: - Bachelors degree in electrical engineering. - 12 years of previous experience in embedded hardware design for high-speed digital and analog avionics communications systems. - Hands-on experience in AC/DC and DC/DC power supply and analog circuit design for avionics. - Proficiency in design principles of switch-mode AC/DC and DC/DC power conversion, analog and digital control regulation, power factor correction, feedback loops, stability and compensation, rejection efficiency, load balancing. - Strong experience in debugging and solving power and EMI issues. - Experience in schematic capture and layout viewer, thermal and airflow analysis, electrical component stress analysis, PCB layout, test/debug, documentation, and product release. - Design knowledge using high-performance ARM processors, Ethernet communications and protocols, USB interfaces, and basic Linux OS. - Experience using digital test equipment such as Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzer, Spectrum Analyzer, Emulators, Debuggers, etc. - Minimum 5 years of previous experience in planning, implementing, and administering engineering programs and projects. Preferred Education & Qualifications: - Masters degree in electrical engineering. - Experience in avionics electrical design development, DO-160-line fit qualification, and documentation. - Hands-on design experience with FPGA/CPLD. - DO-160 FAA and FCC/CE certification experience. - Advanced knowledge of Linux OS and scripting language. Personal skills: - Ability to multitask, work independently, and take ownership of assigned tasks. - Ability to track and follow-up on open issues and action items. - Ability to work collaboratively, prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, drive for results, and continuously improve. - Self-starter with the ability to work through ambiguity and evolving requirements. - Excellent written and communication skills, effectively managing projects, and working with global cross-functional teams. At Thales, you will be part of a team reimagining technology to create solutions that make a difference for a safer, greener, and more inclusive world. Join us in a workplace where respect, trust, collaboration, and passion drive everything we do. As the HW Lead -IFE at Thales, your primary responsibilities will include: - Guiding, developing, and coaching a HW group of electrical, mechanical, PCB, and test engineers. - Leading design development and qualification of IFE LRU products as well as HW re-design projects in all aspects of embedded HW development. - Taking responsibility for HW project risk management, ensuring deployment of HW development processes, and maintaining regular formal communication via team meetings. - Collaborating with various internal and external stakeholders including IFE HW engineering management, project engineering, program management, SW engineering, IVVQ engineering, industrial OPS, purchasing, and procurement teams. Key Areas of Responsibility: - Leading new development projects and sustaining engineering investigations in collaboration with global HW development team and manufacturing partners. - Conducting comprehensive design reviews to confirm design parameters, cost, and manufacturability requirements. - Ensuring timely and cost-effective completion of engineering aspects of projects and integrating efforts from various functional groups. - Participating in design, develo