Senior Electrical Engineer – Operations

Job overview

The Senior Electrical Engineer – Operations role is onsite in Grand Rapids, MI; compensation is not specified. The engineer joins Acron Aviation’s Recorders Zero Defect team, which works across Product Quality, Manufacturing, and Test Engineering to improve product robustness and create safer skies. The role investigates recurring electrical design defects, validates root causes, and partners with Design Engineering and Operations on corrective actions. By preventing repeat failures across the production lifecycle, the engineer contributes to product quality, yield, delivery, and cost performance.

What you'll do

• Lead technical investigations of recurring defects with suspected electrical or electronic design causes
• analyze schematics, PCB and circuit-card assembly layouts, component specifications, circuit behavior, interfaces, tolerances, and test data
• identify failure mechanisms and design-margin, derating, signal-integrity, thermal, layout-sensitivity, and test-access issues
• support defect analysis across suppliers, incoming material, manufacturing, integration, calibration, test, and final acceptance
• contribute electrical expertise to A3, RCCA, 5-Why, Fishbone, and PDCA problem-solving
• partner with Design Engineering on corrective actions and validate effectiveness through testing and production data
• collaborate with quality, manufacturing, test, supply chain, operations, and program teams.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior electrical engineer

operations

grand rapids mi

acron aviation

recorders zero defect

electrical design

circuit card assemblies

root cause analysis

corrective actions

product quality

manufacturing

test engineering

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Requires a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline and 4+ years of relevant experience. Hands-on electronic assembly troubleshooting and structured root-cause analysis experience are required; avionics and CCA design experience are preferred.

About the employer

Acron Aviation is hiring for this role. Industry: Engineering Services. Sector: 54.