Senior Electrical Design & Integration Engineer

Leidos • Huntsville, AL

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Small Airborne Effectors Division within Leidos’ Kinetic Effects Business Area designs, develops, tests, and produces small- to medium-sized airborne missiles, unmanned vehicles, and payload effectors for defense customers. The Senior Electrical Design & Integration Engineer will work at the Huntsville, Alabama campus on design, integration, and test programs related to missile systems and unmanned aircraft. The role includes hands-on work across avionics, integration, test, mission support, and field operations in development, prototype, and production environments.

The engineer will lead a development and integration team of multidisciplinary engineers and technicians and help advance technology programs throughout the product lifecycle, from research and development through full production. The work involves designing, integrating, and testing hardware, firmware, and software for mission-critical systems, collaborating with customers and project teams, and supporting the transition of prototype hardware into deliverable products. Travel to support testing and other events averages 10%.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering from an ABET-accredited institution and 8 or more years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering from an ABET-accredited institution and 6 or more years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated capability in electrical system design.
• Demonstrated capability in electrical circuit design and simulation.
• Demonstrated capability in hardware and software interface design and integration.
• Demonstrated capability in software or firmware development.
• Demonstrated capability in troubleshooting and debugging hardware and software in a laboratory and/or field environment.
• Experience with parts selection, electrical schematic capture, and wiring harness design.
• Understanding of printed circuit board layout design and SMT manufacturing.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate constructively within and across multidisciplinary teams.
• Availability to travel for testing and other events, averaging 10%.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Active SECRET security clearance or ability to obtain one.

Nice To Haves

• RF and/or switching power supply design experience.
• FPGA and HDL design experience.
• Field testing and debugging experience.
• Sensor instrumentation experience, including acceleration, velocity, position, or pressure.
• Experience developing and testing flight hardware.
• Experience with radio communication links and GPS/INS systems.
• Rapid prototyping, integration, and test experience.
• Requirements-based design and test planning experience.
• Technical leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, fabricate, analyze, and integrate hardware, firmware, and software solutions for customer challenges.
• Test and troubleshoot hardware, firmware, and software in laboratory and field environments.
• Design electrical and/or software architectures and integrated systems for real-time, mission-critical applications, including flight systems, sensors, ground vehicles, and ground control systems.
• Collaborate and communicate with project managers, customers, and team members to determine and develop hardware and software requirements.
• Contribute to hardware and software architecture decisions based on customer performance requirements, schedule, and cost constraints, including build-versus-buy tradeoffs.
• Support electrical system and avionics design, payload integration, analog/digital/RF printed circuit board hardware design, FPGA and hardware description language development, hardware-in-the-loop simulation, system debugging, and systems engineering.
• Work independently as part of a broader multidisciplinary engineering team.
• Collaborate with project teams to develop innovative solutions to complex problems and products across a broad range of applications.
• Coordinate with purchasing and outside board and cable shops to procure hardware.
• Test and integrate hardware in a laboratory environment.
• Work with manufacturing teams to transition prototype hardware into a deliverable product.
• Lead a development and integration team of multidisciplinary engineers and technicians and support programs through the product lifecycle.
• Travel to support testing and other events, averaging 10%.

What This Job Offers

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