Staff Electrical Engineer (Engineer Electrical 4) - 26612

HII's Mission Technologies division•Alexandria, VA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Mission Technologies, a division of HII, is seeking to hire a highly motivated and talented Staff Electrical Engineer to support operations at our Alexandria, VA location. At Mission Technologies, we develop customized mission-enabling solutions that seamlessly blend technology and tradecraft. We value collaboration, imagination and hands-on creativity and our employees come from diverse backgrounds, bringing a broad spectrum of technical experience to our team. We expect that you will apply your skills and shape this position based on your strengths and interests. By joining Mission Technologies, your talents will build on the industry leading reputation we've earned over more than five decades. Beyond competitive salary and benefits, you will earn a sense of accomplishment by making meaningful contributions to our nation’s top security priorities. HII offers access to all the resources of our parent company HII while maintaining a small company feel across our operations concentrated in Northern Virginia with some of the most comprehensive secure rapid prototyping facilities in the mid-Atlantic region including a full in-house machine shop, composite fabrication, finishing, electronics assembly and testing capabilities. Electronic solutions include communications, sensors, motion platforms, and antennas in unique packaging and form factors. Software solutions include motion and systems control, recognition and classification AI/ML, graphical user interfaces, data encryption, and communication protocols. The results of your ideas, designs, and skills are realized as they quickly become finished products deployed worldwide. The Staff Electrical Engineer candidate will bolster a talented team of electrical engineers tasked to deliver specialized hardware devices and systems. The project work involves embedded systems development to the board level on projects that span motion control and robotics applications, sensor integration, power modules, special communications systems, and size, weight, and power optimization. A successful candidate will have the hardware experience necessary to immediately contribute to project activities such as system diagrams, power budgets, component selection, schematics, board layouts, and troubleshooting. They will display technical credibility during interactions with both the internal team and external customers and be capable of deriving solutions from limited requirement sets. The candidate shall also possess a shared sense of responsibility and commitment for finishing products with teammates.

Requirements

9 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 7 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; or 4 years relevant experience with PhD or Juris Doctorate in related field.
US Citizen with ability to obtain a Secret or higher security clearance
Experience with the following:
Printed circuit board (PCB) and cable harness design
Mixed digital and analog circuit design
Board level component selection including, but not limited to – microcontrollers, FPGAs, DC-DC converters, ADCs, accelerometers, etc.
Various communications protocols including USB, SPI, I2C, and UART
Schematic capture and layout using Altium or equivalent SW tools
PCB bring-up and debugging, test plan documentation, requirements verification
Hands-on assembly of and modifications to custom and COTS electronics systems
Use of standard electrical test equipment including, but not limited to – DMM, oscilloscope, power supplies, electronic loads
Creation of complete technical data packages
Requirements tracking through design processes

Nice To Haves

Active TS or TS/SCI security clearance
Experience with the following design elements:
Circuit layout within tight and unusual mechanical constraints
Low SWAP
Multi-board systems
High speed layout
High power layout
Controlled impedance
RF, antennas, and communication systems integration
Expert troubleshooting and system debugging of hardware, firmware, and cabling
Design process oriented and milestone driven
Ability to mentor/lead more junior engineers and technicians
Experience interfacing directly with customers for requirements development and progress reporting
Experience contributing to technical proposal writing, cost estimating and technical risk assessments

Responsibilities

Researches, develops, designs, and tests electrical components, equipment, systems, and networks.
Designs electrical equipment, facilities, components, products, and systems for commercial, industrial, and domestic purposes