Electrical Hardware Engineer

Leidos•Arlington, VA

1d•$87,100 - $157,450•Onsite

About The Position

Today, Electronic Warfare (EW) is a growing enterprise - protecting the warfighter and our national security against ever-adapting threats. Our division currently has an exciting opportunity for an Electrical Hardware Engineer to design, development, and build of radio-frequency (RF) and digital electronic hardware from prototypes through production support in Arlington, VA for the Electronic Warfare Division. Projects involve small multi-disciplinary teams of engineers working together in spiral or agile development environments to meet aggressive customer schedules aimed at near-term field demonstrations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science, or related discipline with 4+ years of relevant experience
Must have an active Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain TS/SCI
Experience in: System/subsystem design
Electrical and electronics principles and phenomena
Product development and test
Manufacturing processes and document control processes
Test plan and execution
Lab equipment, especially oscilloscopes, signal generators, arbitrary waveform generators, spectrum analyzers, and network analyzers
Proper handling and ESD control of sensitive electronic devices

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent
Active security clearance higher than the Secret level
Experience with: RF system design
RF phenomenology
EW principles, systems, and techniques
Understanding of electrical code and OSHA safety requirements
PCB design and layout

Responsibilities

Design of novel electronic systems for electronic warfare platforms
Gathering, generating, and analyzing requirements, power budgets, thermal budgets, and link budgets
Design and layout of electronic circuit boards
Development of bills of materials, including parts selection, size/weight/power
Design and assembly of prototype electronics chassis and systems
Generating test requirements and test plans from customer requirements
Conducting and coordinating tests using a variety of RF and electrical test equipment
Working with internal and external manufacturing resources to take the prototype design to a production model
Field support and debug of operating systems