Mid Level Electrical Design Engineer

Leidos • Huntsville, AL

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About The Position

Leidos Defense is seeking an Electrical Design Engineer to join its Huntsville team. The engineer will own electrical designs from initial block diagrams through working prototypes and production-ready release. The work includes selecting off-the-shelf components, designing custom circuits, building and testing hardware, and documenting designs. Areas of work span power, RF, controls, and analog and digital design. The position supports project teams working on a broad range of products and applications.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a STEM discipline from an ABET-accredited school with at least 4 years of directly applicable experience, or a master’s degree with at least 2 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated design work in a CAD package similar to SolidWorks and SolidWorks Electrical.
• Strong understanding of electrical system-level design.
• Ability to design for rapid prototyping and fabrication in a dynamic environment.
• U.S. citizenship and a final Secret clearance, or eligibility to obtain and maintain one.
• Resident of, or willing to relocate to, the Huntsville, Alabama area.

Nice To Haves

• Side projects such as custom PCBs, RF experiments, robotics, power supplies, or test fixtures, with examples available to show.
• Comfort using a soldering iron and oscilloscope as well as working at a CAD station.
• Experience designing power, data, and RF systems, including three-phase, split-phase, and DC power.
• Ability to read and draw electrical schematics and cable diagrams, and knowledge of fiber-optic communications.
• Experience with KiCAD, Mentor DxDesigner, Altium, OrCAD, or similar, and 2D/3D CAD tools such as SolidWorks, SolidWorks Electrical, AutoCAD, or Visio.
• Understanding of basic mechanical concepts to work effectively with mechanical designers.
• Ability to document designs, assist with Technical Data Packages (TDPs), and support production and test.
• Active Secret clearance or higher.
• Portfolio, project links, or GitHub examples of work.

Responsibilities

• Own electrical designs end to end, from requirements and architecture through schematics, prototyping, testing, and release.
• Solve complex electrical problems using off-the-shelf parts or custom solutions.
• Work across power distribution, RF design, logic and controls, and custom analog and digital circuits.
• Build, bring up, and debug prototypes, iterating quickly.
• Test designs using VNAs, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, multimeters, and lab power supplies and loads.
• Create block diagrams for top-level systems and lower-level sub-assemblies.
• Document and release designs using KiCAD, SolidWorks Electrical, Visio, or similar tools.
• Collaborate with project teams on a broad range of products and applications.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level