
Posted 7 days ago
Senior Electrical Engineer-Operations
Grand RapidsOn-site
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Senior Electrical Engineer for the Displays Zero Defect team at Acron Aviation, specializing in electrical design defect resolution for safety-critical avionics cockpit displays.
About this role
Acron Aviation designs, engineers, and manufactures certified avionics systems that support safety-critical flight operations across commercial and military aviation. Within Avionics, the Displays product line develops and sustains advanced cockpit display systems that provide pilots with the critical information needed to navigate, monitor aircraft systems, and make informed decisions in complex operating environments. Our portfolio includes primary flight displays, multi-function displays, engine indication and crew alerting systems (EICAS), mission displays, and integrated cockpit visualization solutions deployed across commercial, military, and rotorcraft platforms. This work is performed in highly regulated environments and demands deep expertise in avionics systems, hardware and software development, human factors engineering, certification, and safety-critical product design.
At Acron, our ambition is to relentlessly reimagine and reshape the value chains through which we deliver results to our customers, suppliers, and stakeholder communities, all in pursuit of innovations that create safer skies. Across the Avionics Business Unit, our employees strive to achieve world-class results by putting customers first, owning outcomes, moving fast, and speaking candidly.
We are seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to join the Displays Zero Defect team at our Grand Rapids, Michigan facility. This engineer will be the team’s electrical design subject matter expert, working alongside Product Quality, Manufacturing, and Test Engineering to identify and permanently resolve defects across the production lifecycle, including supplier, factory, integration, calibration, and test-related issues.
The role is centered on electrical design defect resolution. You will apply hands-on electronics and Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) expertise to determine whether recurring defects are driven by schematic design, component selection, circuit behavior, PCB layout, design margin, environmental sensitivity, manufacturability, or testability. You will collaborate with Design Engineering and Operations to validate root causes, implement corrective actions, and strengthen product robustness, yield, quality, and cost performance.
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5-Why8DA3 Problem SolvingAS9100AvionicsCircuit Card Assembly (CCA)Component DeratingDFMDFTFailure AnalysisFishboneIPC Class 3PCB LayoutPDCARCCASchematic AnalysisSignal IntegrityThermal Analysis
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