EWIS Design Engineer

The role

This engineer will design and develop aircraft electrical systems including power distribution, wire harness routing, and load analysis. They will work with mechanical teams to integrate avionics and support flight test anomaly investigations.

What you will do

• Design and develop aircraft electrical systems including power distribution, wire harness routing, connector selection, and load analysis
• Work with the mechanical team to integrate avionics devices and cabling into the airframe
• Define avionics interface requirements and integration approach for avionics routed systems
• Develop and maintain electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and ICDs
• Collaborate with structures, mechanical, and systems engineering teams to meet electrical routing, grounding, shielding, and EMI/EMC requirements
• Support flight test anomaly investigation and drive root cause analysis on avionics and electrical faults
• Contribute to airworthiness documentation and flight authorization packages

Required qualifications

• 3+ years of avionics or aircraft electrical engineering experience on aerospace, defense, or UAS platforms
• Hands-on experience with aircraft electrical system design including power distribution, wire harness design, and load analysis
• Strong familiarity with aerospace connector families, cable families, and aerospace wiring practices
• Proficiency with wiring harness design tools such as Zuken, Capital, Artifact, or equivalent
• Proficiency with cable routing tools such as Solidworks/Catia Electrical, NX Electrical, CreoParametric, or equivalent
• Experience taking avionics or electrical systems from design through hardware integration and flight test
• Comfortable working across hardware, software, and test disciplines in a fast-moving environment
• US person status required

Nice to have

• Experience specifically on UAS or unmanned aircraft programs
• Experience scripting the interface between electrical wiring schematic and mechanical CAD routing tool with Python or other languages
• Background in MIL-STD-461 testing, EMI/EMC analysis and mitigation on flight vehicles
• Familiarity with DO160 electrical sections, MIL-STD-704, AS50881, and related standards
• Familiarity with IPC/WHMA-A-620 harness acceptance standards
• Exposure to defense programs or military airworthiness processes
• Sheet-metal or composites design experience (professional or hobby)
• PCB design or embedded electronics background (professional or hobby)
• Scripting experience
• active security clearance

Benefits

• Meaningful equity in a high-growth defense technology company
• Competitive base salary commensurate with experience
• Medical, dental, vision, and 401k
• PTO and paid sick leave
• Monthly wellness stipend
• Daily catered lunch (office)
• Paid parental leave

Before you apply

• US person status required
• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtai

About the company

Swarm Aero is building autonomous UAV swarms that operate in contested environments. The team has created and exited multiple startups and has aerospace experience from Scaled Composites, Airbus, Archer Aviation, Blue Origin, and Boom Supersonic.