Senior Electrical Engineer_18734

Certon Software

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Melbourne, FL, us on site Until 8/21/2026 First posted March 22, 2025 Last posted March 22, 2025
Job description

CERTON is dedicated to providing the most efficient, high quality solutions to our customers for safety critical systems certified under the guidelines of  DO- 178B Software and DO-254 Hardware Certifications. The success of CERTON is evidenced by the success of our customers currently flying with products certified to the highest standards by CERTON employees.

Member of Software V&V and/or Test Automation cross functional team in support of Flight Control Systems.

  • Significant domain knowledge of business unit products and systems.
  • Serves as a hardware architect to plan, analyze, design, test and document hardware of high complexity and may lead system integration
  • Recommends new approaches and techniques to achieve continuous improvement in hardware development processes
  • Provides direction to team and other technical disciplines in the performance of sophisticated analysis, design, and testing of complex hardware systems.
  • Decisions may have major impact on cost, schedule, and technical performance
  • Acts as a mentor to engineers in additional areas including career development
  • Leads and/or reviews proposals and participate in customer presentations
  • Estimates, tracks, and reports project costs and schedules while managing scope & risk
  • Develops technical & product roadmaps and competitive assessments in area of expertise
  • May lead cross-functional / domain teams in a Project Engineering role. 
  • MUST know data communications protocols.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication.
  • Experience building and maintaining flight control systems integrations test infrastructure.
  • Experience with VHDL design and verification
  • Knowledge of DO-178B and DO-254 standards.
  • Ability and willingness to travel (including outside the U.S.) up to 25%.

Other Terms:

ALL applicants will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for classified information.

 Physical Job Requirements:

  • Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Ability to sit and work at a computer station (including laptop) for lengthy periods of time.
  • Ability to work in a standard office work environment.

 CERTON’S Company Environment:

 CERTON offers an open environment that supports growth, development and a healthy work/life balance.  In addition to offering the following typical benefits:

  • Medical Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • Life and AD&D Insurance (Company paid)
  • 401 (k)

 CERTON also provides:

  • 20 paid days off per year
  • Flex-time work schedule
  • Industry specific specialized training
  • Recreational facilities on premise that include Ping-Pong, air hockey, basketball court, billiards and a hacker space

 *This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed.  It’s not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees.

CERTON is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

**PLEASE, NO PHONE CALLS

About this role

Summary

Designs, tests, and leads hardware systems for flight control, ensuring compliance with standards.

Job title

Senior Electrical Engineer

Experience level

senior level

Industry

aerospace

Location requirements

Melbourne, FL, US; remote work allowed

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

VHDLdata communications protocolsDO-178BDO-254hardware analysis

Preferred skills

flight control systemstest infrastructuresystem integrationmentoring

Specializations

hardware designVHDLdata communications protocolsflight control systemshardware verification
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Melbourne, FL, USA

On-site City

Melbourne, FL, USA

Remote City