Senior Electrical Engineer

Radiance Technologies•Huntsville, AL

17d

About The Position

Radiance Technologies is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to design, develop, integrate, and qualify missile electronics, power architectures, and electrical interconnect systems. The role covers onboard avionics, power distribution, sensor and seeker interfaces, Control Actuation System (CAS) drive electronics, flight telemetry systems, and inertial sensor integration. The engineer owns hardware through its full lifecycle, from concept design and schematic capture through circuit simulation, PCB layout, prototype bring-up, environmental testing, and flight-test support. The position also involves subsystem integration, MIL-spec cable harness and interconnect design, electrical interface documentation, EMI/EMC and signal-integrity work, environmental qualification, laboratory and Hardware-in-the-Loop testing, troubleshooting, and support for remote test-range campaigns and flight-data analysis.

Requirements

B.S. in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering and 5+ years of experience, or an M.S. and 3+ years of experience in aerospace, defense, or high-reliability electronics design.
Hands-on experience integrating tactical- or strategic-grade IMUs, such as RLG, FOG, or high-performance MEMS IMUs.
In-depth understanding of IMU electrical interfaces, clocking and synchronization protocols, dynamic-range constraints, and noise sensitivity.
Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout using Altium Designer, Cadence Allegro, or Mentor Graphics/Siemens EDA.
Hands-on experience in mixed-signal, analog, high-speed digital, and DC-DC power-conversion design.
Experience implementing communication buses and interfaces including MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429, Ethernet/UDP, CAN, RS-422/485, SPI, and I2C.
Working knowledge of MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-810, and MIL-STD-704.
Active US DoD Secret security clearance and eligibility for Top Secret/SCI.

Nice To Haves

Experience designing drive electronics for BLDC motors or actuators.
Background in ordnance-safety design or electronic-fuzing ESAD/ESAF circuits per MIL-STD-1901A.
Familiarity with RF interfaces, antennas, or telemetry transmitters.
Basic FPGA development using VHDL or Verilog, or microcontroller firmware integration experience.

Responsibilities

Design, analyze, and test ruggedized, high-reliability PCB assemblies for flight processing, signal conditioning, power conversion, and motor control.
Develop power-supply electronics and power-conditioning circuits for missile environments, including thermal batteries, linear and switching regulators, and protection networks.
Design motor-drive electronics and high-current power stages for electromechanical actuators, CAS, and thrust-vector-control systems.
Integrate GNC sensors, including IMUs, GPS, and altimeters, and seeker payloads with flight-computer interfaces.
Design MIL-spec cable harnesses and interconnect systems to withstand acceleration, vibration, shock, and thermal loads.
Develop and maintain Electrical Interface Control Documents, schematic diagrams, and system wiring topologies.
Implement EMI, EMC, and shielding techniques in accordance with military standards.
Perform circuit simulations, signal-integrity analysis, and thermal-electrical derating evaluations for critical avionics components.
Support and execute environmental qualification testing under thermal vacuum, vibration, pyroshock, and thermal-shock conditions.
Design and build EGSE, test fixtures, and breakout boxes for laboratory integration and HWIL testing.
Troubleshoot hardware, perform failure analysis, and investigate root causes of anomalies during bench tests, HWIL runs, and field operations.
Support remote test-range campaigns, including pre-flight checkouts and post-flight telemetry and data analysis.