Senior Electrical/Avionics Engineer

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Job Description:

Airbus Helicopters is looking for an SR. Electrical/ Avionics Engineer to join our Engineering department based in Columbus, Mississippi. In this role, you will design, modify and integrate custom avionics and electrical packages for new AHI aircraft and/or retrofit.  You will also create engineering drawings and reports, connect with partners in certification, production and flight test, support fleet sustainment activities and support STC projects.

Meet the team:

Our Engineers have the privilege of working on complex, highly engineered machines and are involved at all stages of the aircraft life cycle, from product development to manufacturing and direct support to our airline customers. If you’re interested in designing, creating, and testing the present and future of Airbus products across the globe, join our mission to connect the world.

Your Working Environment:

On the eastern border of Mississippi you’ll find Columbus, home to our Helicopter manufacturing and assembly lines and Center of Excellence for the entire North America region. It’s here that we produce the UH-72A Lakota Helicopters for the U.S. Army in addition to the H-125 aircraft for civil and commercial customers.

How we care for you:

• Financial Rewards: Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”)
• Work/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.
• Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages. 
• Individual Development: Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University, including unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop your employability, certifications, career path as well as the opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes and both national and international mobility.

Your challenges:

• Design wiring diagrams, harness drawings and system architecture.

• Review and facilitate engineering package release.

• Can lead groups of engineers to complete projects along with representing the group at management meetings

• Works independently with minimal direction from Engineering Management

• Work is reviewed upon completion for adequacy in meeting company objectives

Your boarding pass:

• Posses a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Aeronautical Engineering from an accredited college/university or have equivalent applicable work experience (4 years).

• Six (6) or more years' of directly applicable engineering experience in an aviation/aerospace manufacturing or completions environment.

• AutoCad (familiarity with CATIA V5 and SAP programs preferred)

• Be a US Person under ITAR definition (U.S. Citizen, green card holder or person covered under our existing ITAR license)

Physical Requirements:

• Onsite or remote:  95%
• Vision: able to see and read computer screens and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings.   Dai