Description
Leidos Defense is seeking an Electrical Design Engineer to join its Huntsville team. The successful candidate will solve complex electrical problems using off-the-shelf parts and develop custom solutions.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Solve complex electrical problems using off-the-shelf parts and develop custom solutions
- Create solutions using techniques spanning various engineering disciplines, including power distribution, RF design, logic/controls, and custom analog and digital circuit design
- Use test equipment such as VNAs, spectrum analyzers, multimeters, network analyzers, and lab power supplies/loads
- Create detailed block diagrams to define top-level systems and lower-level sub-assemblies
- Document and release designs using KiCAD, SolidWorks Electrical, Visio, or similar
- Work collaboratively with project teams to formulate innovative solutions to complex problems and products across a broad range of applications
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or a STEM discipline from an ABET-accredited school with 4+ years of direct applicable experience or MS degree with 2+ years of relevant experience
- Demonstrated expertise in design work using a CAD package similar to SolidWorks and SolidWorks Electrical
- Strong understanding of electrical system-level design
- Ability to design for rapid prototyping and fabrication in a dynamic environment
- US Citizenship and possession of (and ability to maintain) a Final Secret Clearance or meet the eligibility to obtain (and maintain) a Secret Clearance
- Residency in or willingness to relocate to the Huntsville, AL area
Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong understanding of basic mechanical concepts
- Strong understanding of electrical concepts
- Electrical system design experience – power, data, and RF
- Experience with electrical schematics and cable diagrams
- Familiarity with 3-phase and split-phase power systems
- Familiarity with DC power systems
- Knowledge of fiber optics communication systems
- Experience with KiCAD, Mentor Graphics DxDesigner, Altium, OrCAD, or similar
- Familiarity with 2D and 3D CAD software such as SolidWorks, SolidWorks Electrical, AutoCAD, and Visio
- Organizational skills to document designs, assist with Technical Data Packages (TDP), and support production and test
- Active SECRET security clearance or higher
The salary range for this position is $87,100.00 - $157,450.00.