Electrical Engineer

MANTECH • Hollywood, FL

19d • Onsite

About The Position

MANTECH is seeking a career- and customer-oriented Electrical Engineer for an onsite position in Hollywood, Florida. The engineer will contribute to US Navy-related acoustics systems, working with senior engineers on design reviews, troubleshooting, technical solutions, and engineering activities involving analysis, design, or testing. The position includes supporting project teams, guiding less experienced engineers and technical staff, and planning, conducting, or supervising research, development, and installation in accordance with engineering designs and customer specifications.

The role also involves deploying, configuring, and using hydrophones, sources, and portable measurement/projection systems. Hands-on work includes building, testing, debugging, and calibrating underwater acoustic systems; preparing calibration injects; measuring voltage, current, and resistance; integrating and troubleshooting systems; compiling data; and evaluating results. Applicants must be US citizens and able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Ocean Engineering, or a similar discipline.
• At least 2 years of experience with signal processing, including a thorough understanding of acoustic measurement systems, in-water measurement arrays, hardware interfacing, and software development.
• Experience with factors relevant to in-water acoustics, including distance, sound speed in water, sound velocity profiles, absorption, spreading loss, reflection, sensitivity, and hydrophone and source receive/projection patterns.
• Must be a US citizen and able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.
• Must be able to remain stationary for 50% of the time, occasionally move around an office, and lift and carry at least 50 pounds as required.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with real-time acquisition and analysis of acoustic data from ships and submarines.
• Experience with underwater acoustic tracking systems and their operation.
• IAT II certification, such as Security+.
• Experience with hydrophones, accelerometers, voltage, and interface types including IEPE, ICP, CVLD, and CCLD.
• Expertise in FPGA hardware design and IDE software using VHDL on Altera, Xilinx, Actel, or Lattice platforms.
• Hands-on experience developing printed circuit boards using Altium, KiCAD, or Eagle.
• Experience with MATLAB, NI LabView, and C language development environments such as Eclipse and NI CVI.

Responsibilities

• Work with senior engineers on design reviews, troubleshooting, and technical solutions for US Navy-related acoustics systems.
• Perform moderately complex software and/or hardware engineering activities involving analysis, design, or testing.
• Participate on project teams and provide guidance to less experienced engineers and technical staff.
• Plan, conduct, and potentially supervise research, development, or installation of products and systems in accordance with engineering designs and customer specifications.
• Deploy, configure, and use hydrophones, sources, and portable measurement/projection systems.
• Build, test, debug, and calibrate underwater acoustic systems.
• Perform calibration injects and voltage, current, and resistance measurements; integrate and troubleshoot systems; compile data; and evaluate results.

What This Job Offers

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