Lead Engineer – PWB Layout, Electronic Design Engineer

GE Aerospace

Lead Engineer for PWB layout and electronic design at GE Aerospace, focusing on complex printed circuit boards and avionics products. Collaborate with various engineering disciplines to deliver high-quality designs and components.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timeGrand Rapids • Florida, Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $95,000 - $127,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Flash

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Perform component placement and routing of highly complex printed circuit boards for avionics products
Perform electronic design activities supporting the design and development of circuit card assemblies for avionics electronic equipment
Collaborate with design team members including Circuit Design Engineers, Material Scientists, Manufacturing Engineers and our printed wiring board (PWB) Suppliers
Execute the design of high density/high speed PWBs using complex CAD tools
Create PWB stack-ups and via structures that meet design needs and are within PWB suppliers’ capabilities
Create PWB board parts, develop and enter layout constraints, conduct parts placement, complete routing and create PWB fabrication drawings and manufacturing data packages
Maintain, improve and execute Design for Manufacturing & Design rule checks
Select components and perform circuit design and schematic capture using CAD tools
Conduct electronic testing in a lab environment such as board bring up testing, integration testing of multiple circuit cards, and pre-qualification testing
Perform requirements development and reviews of requirements
Perform design analysis for circuit performance using tools such as LTSPICE and perform stress and derating analysis of components as used in circuit designs

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or equivalent experience
Minimum of 5 years of combined professional experience in PWB layout and circuit design using high end CAD tools
Knowledge of PWB design and fabrication process
Ability to break down complex problems and apply critical thinking
Strong professional technical writing and technical communication
Experience with Gigahertz microprocessors, FPGA, CPLD, DDR3 or DDR4 memory, flash memory, Gigabit Ethernet, and PCIe
Experience with mixed signal board design; analog to digital converters, digital to analog converters, signal conditioning/filtering and various analog I/O circuits
Experience in High Density Interconnect (HDI) technologies (micro vias, buried / blind vias, back drilling) for IPC Class 3 board
Experience in PWB design of 5+ Gbps serial links (10GBASE-KR, PCIe Gen3, Fiber Optics)
Experience in board conducting simulations including Power Integrity (PI) and Signal Integrity (SI)
Familiarity with the Mentor Graphics Expedition Enterprise and Hyperlinx PI/SI
Familiarity with OrCAD PSPICE or LT Spice, Mathcad, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visio
Experience with VPX, CAN, MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429 and ARINC 664 and other MIL/AERO/Avionics standards
U.S. citizenship status required

Benefits

Comp & perks

Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
Access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace
Employee Assistance Program, which provides 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling, and referral services
GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan
401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions
Access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants
Tuition assistance
Adoption assistance
Paid parental leave
Disability insurance
Life insurance
Paid time-off for vacation or illness

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Hard Skills & Tools

PWB layoutcircuit designhigh end CAD toolscircuit performance analysisdesign for manufacturingcircuit testingmixed signal board designhigh density interconnect (HDI)Power Integrity (PI)Signal Integrity (SI)

Soft Skills

critical thinkingtechnical writingtechnical communication