# Electrical System Design Engineer

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Huntsville, AL
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $87,100.00 - $157,450.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Leidos' Defense Systems, Electrical Systems Department is seeking an Electrical System Design Engineer to join a multidisciplinary team in Huntsville, AL. The ideal candidate will thrive in a learning environment that encourages leadership and technical growth.

The Electrical Systems Department is a design-focused group of engineers specializing in advanced hardware-based solutions. As a technical contributor, the individual will support various programs to develop electronic assemblies integrated into aerospace and military systems, including manned/unmanned ground/air vehicles, missiles, defensive radars, and space systems.

**Primary Responsibilities:**

- System-level electrical architecture and design

- Creation of block diagrams, electrical system requirements, cable specifications, and cable drawings

- Component selection and derating activities

- New hardware design verification testing

- Support system-level integration activities

**Basic Qualifications:**

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent from an ABET-accredited institution

- 4+ years of experience in hardware system design and test from architecture through implementation

- Experience with technical problem-solving and root cause analysis

- Ability to perform in a collaborative engineering environment working closely with multi-disciplinary teams

- Demonstrated experience effectively communicating within a team environment

- Ability to interpret schematics, wiring diagrams, and system block diagrams

- Cable design experience

- Proven understanding of fundamental circuits and circuit components

- Hands-on laboratory experience with instrumentation, test equipment, and debug/test methods

- Self-starter with the ability to work independently

- Resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to Huntsville - North Alabama, AL area

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Experience with leading small to mid-sized technical teams

- Familiarity with IPC/WHMA-A-620 class 3 and IPC J-STD-001 Standards

- Electrical design for military hardware or aerospace systems

- Experience supporting cable production

- Experience with high power applications

- Familiarity with AS50881 NASA Derating Standard

- Cable design experience using SolidWorks Electrical, Creo Schematic, Draftsight, or Microsoft Visio

- Experience with special test equipment design/architecture to facilitate production testing of MIL-rated components

- Experience designing high-power AC electrical distribution systems, including generators, UPS systems, transformers, circuit protection, and custom control panels

The pay range for this job is $87,100.00 - $157,450.00.

## Skills

### Required
- Electrical Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- hardware system design
- technical problem-solving
- root cause analysis
- cable design
- circuit components
- instrumentation
- test equipment

### Nice to have
- IPC/WHMA-A-620 class 3
- IPC J-STD-001 Standards
- electrical design for military hardware
- aerospace systems
- high power applications
- AS50881 NASA Derating Standard
- SolidWorks Electrical
- Creo Schematic
- Draftsight
- Microsoft Visio

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