Avionics Power Systems Engineer

At AALTO, we take pride in building and offering an exceptional work environment that values your well-being and rewards your dedication. We believe in recognising your hard work and commitment, which is why we provide a fantastic bonus scheme that rewards your contributions. Additionally, we understand the importance of financial security and support your future with a competitive pension plan. When you join us, you become part of a workplace that not only encourages your professional growth but also cares about your personal fulfilment and financial stability.


AALTO is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity.

Ready to take your career stratospheric?

AALTO is a global leader in the stratosphere. We design, manufacture and offer Earth observation and connectivity services using our record-breaking Zephyr High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) solar-electric unmanned aircraft, capable of staying in the stratosphere for days, weeks, and months at a time.

Powered entirely by the sun, Zephyr operates above 60,000 feet, high above conventional air traffic. As a new layer in Earth observation and connectivity ecosystems, Zephyr is positioned between satellites and more conventional terrestrial assets – filling in the operational gap between the two layers, while remaining a complementary solution capable of working in a system of systems.

Services delivered with Zephyr can empower government and commercial customers with capabilities to see and sense or connect from the stratosphere – making a meaningful impact on the ground, from the skies.

Join #TeamAALTO as we create this new, up-and-coming frontier, and be a part of a highly-skilled, innovative and passionate group of people working together to make sure “the future is stratospheric.”

Job purpose: 

We are looking for a electronics design engineer to work with us at our design and production site in Farnborough. Here you would be working in a small team developing avionics sub-systems utilised on our high-altitude Zephyr aircraft.

Responsibilities:

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• Executing full lifecycle analogue and digital circuit design for harsh thermal and radiation environments
  
• Managing and supporting the design and development of the aircraft’s power sub-systems, including battery chargers, load management system and payload power supply
  
• Coordinating unit testing of Avionics systems
  
• Managing non-conformances throughout the design lifecycle
  
• Capturing lessons learnt and identifying improvements to designs and processes
  
• Tracking design changes through a formal change process
  

Experience and Qualifications:

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• Experience of analogue and digital electronic circuit design principles
  
• Experience of power electronics, power supplies, battery management systems
  
• Ability to take a unit design from requirements through detailed design and system trade-offs to prototyping and batch production, testing and system integration
  
• Use of electronic CAD packages (schematic capture, PCB layout, simulation etc.)
  
• Experience of electronic component selection in accordance with requirements
  

Desirable

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• Experience working in the aerospace and/or UAS industry
  
• Working knowledge of aerospace hardware certification standards DO-160 and DO-254 or equivalent defence standards
  
• Working knowledge of aerospace certification standards ARP4754, ARP4761
  
• Experience of working with PLM and or ERP tools
  

At AALTO, we take pride in building and offering an exceptional work environment that values your well-being and rewards your dedication. We believe in recognising your hard work and commitment, which is why we provide a fantastic bonus scheme that rewards your contributions. Additionally, we understand the importance of financial security and support your future with a competitive pension plan. When you join us, you become part of a workplace that not only encourages your professional growth but also cares about your personal fulfilment and financial stability.

AALTO is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity.