Principal Electrical Engineer, Automatic Test Equipment (ATE)

Paragon Cyber Solutions•Oxnard, CA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Paragon Cyber Solutions has an immediate opening for those ready for an exciting and dynamic career as a Principal Electrical Engineer to support the Vertical Launch System (VLS) Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) Engineering Branch at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD). The position will consist of serving as a member of the Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) Team and providing test equipment and simulator design and development for the MK41 and MK57 Vertical Launching System (VLS) Programs. Test equipment efforts include the design, programming, building, testing, delivery, maintenance, documentation, and training.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in STEM
10 + years of experience in electronics hardware and software design
Solid electronics background and experience in digital and analog hardware design at the system level.
In depth knowledge of DC and AC measurement techniques in a bench and ATE environment.
In depth understanding of ATE architecture.
Excellent electronics debugging skills are required.
PCB design experience required encompassing the proper application of design rules to maximize signal integrity and optimize low noise power distribution.
Fluency in system programming languages such as C++, C#, Visual Basic, etc.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with National Instruments PXI and PXIe hardware and LabView software is a plus.
FPGA programming experience utilizing Verilog and/or VHDL hardware design languages is a plus.

Responsibilities

Mentor and coach both government and contractor junior engineers and technicians.
Design new ATE systems and assorted other VLS test equipment.
Provide oversight to control software used in the new system designs. This entails either designing the software and/or working closely with a software engineer to ensure a robust and error free product.
Provide engineering support for: acceptance; installation and checkout; troubleshooting and repair of prototype and production test systems.
Provide engineering support to conduct test system indoctrination, maintenance, and technician and operator training.
Provide appropriate schematics, diagrams and write specifications to clarify design details of prototype/experimental electronics units.
Supervise the fabrication and assembly of prototype and production electrical and electronic systems.
Redline technical data packages (manuals, procedures, drawings, etc.) to reflect changes and errors in design or implementation.
Provide engineering support for All-Up Round (AUR) Built-In-Test (BIT) systems and other launcher and canister test equipment. This support includes but is not limited to test set layout; hardware and test set configurations; test set to AUR interface support; installation and checkout.