Senior Electrical Engineer (Sensor Systems)
About The Position
We are seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer specializing in Sensor Systems to join our team. This role involves the design, testing, and validation of proximity sensors for our autonomous vehicles. You will manage the complete lifecycle design from concept through production, including full cycle PCB design, schematic design, component selection, layout supervision, bring-up, testing, debugging, and system integration. You will also develop system interconnect diagrams, define wire harnesses, and collaborate with other air vehicle subsystem development teams. Vendor surveys and evaluations will be part of your responsibilities, as well as conducting design reviews and supporting lab, ground, and flight tests. Root cause analysis for field operations will also be a key function.
Requirements
- BS/MS or higher degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent, with 7+ years of experience designing, testing, and troubleshooting complex board designs.
- Strong background in circuit design, including components, and mixed-signals design.
- Experience with sensor design, build, test, and integration.
- Design experience in UAS, power electronics, converter design, or powertrain.
- Competence with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, thermal chambers, current-probes, and automation of tests.
- Familiarity with standard interfaces such as CAN, I2C, SPI, etc.
- Comfortable with a variety of electronic CAD tools (Altium preferred, Eagle and others acceptable)
- Experience in EMI testing.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
Nice To Haves
- Performed environmental testing in previous positions for military and/or commercial industry.
- Previous experience designing and testing height of burst sensors for ordnance fuzing applications.
- Previous experience designing and testing ordnance fuzing systems.
- Experience in UAS, missiles, or maritime programs.
- Experience with the DoD Weapons Safety Boards.
- Experience designing and scaling production of components at volume.
- Experience developing or testing complex electrical systems.
- Experience with MIL-STD-1316, MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-882E, MIL-STD-2105.
- Experience with JOTP-052 and JOTP-054.
- Experience with explosive operations and/or handling munitions.
Responsibilities
- Design, test, and validation of proximity sensors for our autonomous vehicles.
- Vehicle-level integrations and complete lifecycle design from concept through production.
- Full cycle PCB design including establishing or collecting requirements, schematic design, component selection, supervision or completion of layout, bring-up, test, debug and integration with the system.
- Develop system interconnect diagrams and define wire harnesses that connect electronic equipment.
- Provide support and collaborate within other air vehicle subsystem development constraints.
- Vendor surveys and evaluation to support sourcing for system components.
- Conduct peer-level and cross-discipline design reviews
- Build up and test of engine system components through lab, ground, and flight tests
- Root cause analysis in support of field operations
Benefits
- Highly competitive equity grants
- Top-tier benefits for full-time employees
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
