Senior Electrical Design & Integration Engineer
About The Position
The Small Airborne Effectors Division within Leidos’ Kinetic Effects Business Area designs, develops, tests, and produces small to medium airborne missiles, unmanned vehicles, and payload effectors for defense customers. The Senior Electrical Design & Integration Engineer works at Leidos’ Huntsville, Alabama campus, supporting 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 leads a multidisciplinary development and integration team of engineers and technicians and supports advanced technology programs throughout the product lifecycle, from research and development through full production. The work encompasses electrical and software architecture, hardware and firmware design and integration, testing and troubleshooting, systems engineering, and transition of prototype hardware into deliverable products.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering from an ABET-accredited institution and at least 8 years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering from an ABET-accredited institution and at least 6 years of relevant experience.
- Demonstrated capability in electrical system design, electrical circuit design and simulation, hardware and software interface design and integration, software or firmware development, and hardware/software troubleshooting and debugging 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 surface-mount technology manufacturing.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to collaborate constructively within and among multidisciplinary teams.
- Availability to travel to support 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 hardware description language 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 to address 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 systems involving 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, and 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 multidisciplinary engineering team.
- Collaborate with project teams to develop innovative solutions to complex problems and products across a broad range of applications.
- Coordinate with the purchasing department 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.
- Travel to support testing and other events, averaging 10%.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
