Design Certification Engineer Intern

Overview

We are seeking a full-time Intern - Design Certification Engineer at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. In this role, you will be responsible for contributing to avionics certification under the direction of a mentor or team leader.

Essential Functions

• Under guidance and mentorship of an experienced design certification engineer, produce and submit key FAA documents to ensure compliance with required avionics certification
• Participate in MPS, TSO and product improvement testing and develop reports to document testing efforts
• Assist with requirements development, trace matrix development and performing generic safety analysis
• Coordinate product development reviews
• Perform aircraft certification EMC testing and report generation
• Provide support to the DCE team through review and updates to procedure documents
• Design basic avionics electronics circuits including schematic design and PCB layout for design of digital or analog circuits with assistance and mentoring from other team members
• Complete basic certification and DO-254 documentation and partner with experienced DCE for signoff
• With guidance from mentors or team leaders, develop tests of basic FPGA circuits in accordance with the DO-254 process
• Support software verification efforts
• Accept and act on constructive criticism

Basic Qualifications

• Pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering or other related field
• Excellent academics (composite GPA ≥ 3.0) with the demonstrated ability to apply learned knowledge
• Superior organizational and analytical skills with keen attention to detail and quality
• Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills

Desired Qualifications

• Outstanding academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.5)
• Experience with CAD and relevant aviation mechanical design
• Experience with or knowledge of RTCA DO-160, DO-254, DO-178, or any FAA or Aviation related regulatory standards
• Aviation related experience