Senior Electrical Engineer

Job Description

Moog is a performance culture that empowers people to achieve great things. Our people enjoy solving interesting technical challenges in a culture where everyone trusts each other to do the right thing. For you, working with us can mean deeper job satisfaction, better rewards, and a great quality of life inside and outside of work.
Job Title
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Senior Electrical Engineer
Reporting To:
Engineer, Sr. Staff
Work Schedule:
Onsite - Buffalo, NY
Moog Military Aircraft Group
in East Aurora, NY is looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer to support the design, integration, and test of automatic flight control systems for optionally piloted and unmanned aircraft. This role will also contribute to rapid prototyping efforts for other flight-critical systems across autonomy, avionics, sensing, actuation, power distribution, and embedded electrical interfaces. The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer who can operate across electrical architecture, hardware integration, lab validation, and flight test support in a highly collaborative aerospace development environment. This position plays a key role in advancing flight-critical systems from concept through prototype maturation and system-level integration.
Responsibilities
Lead electrical design and integration activities for automatic flight control system hardware and related subsystems
Develop electrical architectures, wiring diagrams, harnessing concepts, and interface control documents
Define, review, and verify electrical interface requirements across hardware, software, and system boundaries
Support selection and integration of avionics, sensors, actuators, compute platforms, and power systems
Build, troubleshoot, and validate prototype electrical assemblies and flight-critical hardware
Support lab planning, bench testing, integration testing, and flight test preparation
Diagnose electrical faults, perform root-cause analysis, and drive corrective actions
Collaborate with systems, software, mechanical, manufacturing, and flight test teams to resolve integration issues
Support requirements development, technical trade studies, risk assessments, and formal design reviews
Contribute to configuration management, documentation, and design assurance for flight-critical systems
Evaluate redundancy, reliability, failure modes, and safety impacts of electrical architectures
Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership on electrical integration and prototype development
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related discipline
5+ years of experience in electrical design, integration, and test
Experience with avionics, embedded systems, or other high-reliability hardware development
Strong understanding of electrical interfaces, power distribution, signal integrity, and wiring practices
Hands-on experience debugging complex hardware systems in lab and integration environments
Ability to read and produce schematics, wiring diagrams, interface documents, and technical specifications
Experience working in cross-functional teams supporting aircraft or other safety-critical systems
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Our Benefits
Financial Rewards: great compensation package, bonus opportunities
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matching 401k, and the ability to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan (select locations), Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
Work/Life Balance: Flexible paid time off, holidays and parental leave program, relocation assistance
Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan ("EAP") and other supplemental benefit coverages
Professional Skills Development: Tuition Assistance, mentorship and coaching opportunities, leadership development and other personal growth programs.
Culture: Warm, respectful, family-like environment driven by our 12 core values. Multiple Employee Resource Groups led by our employees, open and welcoming to all
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Salary Range Transparency:
Buffalo, NY $100,000.00-$140,000.00 Annually
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