HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRICIAN LEADER

About the role

Pioneer the Future of Aviation GPS! Do you want to develop hardware for high-performance aviation GPS receivers and own the design process from concept to completion? Trimble is looking for a Hardware Development Engineer with an Electrical or Electronic Engineering background to join our Sunnyvale, California team!

Responsibilities

• Manage circuit card and programmable logic life cycle Development, implementation, test, and verification activities for high-performance aviation GPS receivers, comprising digital, RF, power, and mechanical subsystems of circuit card-level receivers.
• Support products from initial development to end of life, including conceptualization, proposals, development validation, new product introduction, engineering changes, sustaining engineering, manufacturing problem resolution, and quality issues.
• Lead the life cycle development of circuit card assemblies and programmable logic, taking products from initial conceptualization through to production and sustaining engineering.
• Design, implement, and test complex digital, analog, and RF systems, ensuring they meet rigorous functional and reliability requirements for aviation environments.
• Manage full-scale development activities including schematic capture, layout, board bring-up, and the creation of critical specification documentation.
• Spearhead root cause analysis and corrective actions for legacy products while driving configuration control and production transitions via Agile database management.
• Partner with certification and quality leads to ensure every deliverable meets the highest development assurance and global quality standards.

Requirements

• 10+ Years of Mixed-Signal Expertise: Deep experience in board-level circuit design, specifically for RF signals, high-speed ADCs, and FPGAs.
• Proven ability to scope FPGA resources and conduct rigorous circuit simulations.
• Systems Bring-up & BSP: Full-stack hardware bring-up skills with expertise in Board Support Package (BSP) development for CISC/RISC CPU-based systems and microcontroller subsystems.
• A track record of meticulous record-keeping and organizational precision.
• Exceptional collaboration skills with the ability to interface effectively across cross-functional teams.
• Advanced knowledge of memory and peripheral systems (200MHz+), SERDES, or equivalent high-speed interconnects.
• Experience with complex power supply control architectures and microcontroller programming.
• A strong handle on RF development and performance challenges, including isolation, crosstalk, and interference.

Qualifications

• BA in Electrical engineering, electronics Engineering or similar.
• Ability to obtain a DoD security clearance is required. Applicants must clearly indicate citizenship and any previous DoD security clearance activity.

Skills

• Mixed Signal Expertise
• FPGA Resources Scoping
• Circuit Simulations
• Board Support Package (BSP) Development
• RF Development
• Power Supply Control Architectures
• Microcontroller Programming
• Memory and Peripheral Systems Knowledge
• High-Speed Interconnects
• RF Performance Challenges

Benefits

This position offers comprehensive core benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Time off plans and retirement plans. Most of our businesses also offer tax savings plans for health, dependent care and commuter expenses as well as Paid Parental Leave and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.