# Lead Electrical Engineer

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Huntsville, AL
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $107,900.00 - $195,050.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are seeking a talented Lead Electrical Engineer to join our Defence Electrical Systems Department in Huntsville, AL. The successful candidate will lead a team of engineers throughout all phases of the product lifecycle, from conceptual development to post-delivery support.

The role involves:

- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to transition low-rate initial production LRUs to full-scale production

- Serving as IPT Lead, coordinating between System IPT and Production IPT

- Leading and providing technical direction to a team of engineers

- Translating low-level engineering tasks into program Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) deliverables

- Ensuring engineering tasks are completed on time to support production and manufacturing requirements

- Reviewing designs and test data and providing direction/feedback to other engineers

- Overseeing the development and integration of Special Test Equipment (STE) into a production environment

- Contributing to proposals by providing estimates and written artifacts

- Managing obsolescence of electrical components throughout product life cycle

- Supporting validation & verification testing and assembling compliance artifacts

- Facilitating the closure of test failures and non-conformances with engineering staff and manufacturing

- Resolving defects and errors identified during manufacturing processes

- Supporting test and troubleshooting of RF, digital, and power electronics

- Leading Failure Review and Corrective Action committees for critical component failures

- Presenting to program leadership and customers in weekly meetings, quarterly IPRs, and CDRs

- Integrating LRUs into larger systems by collaborating with system design teams on design updates

- Coordinating with line management and program management to identify staffing opportunities and accelerate schedules

The successful candidate will have:

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

- At least eight (8) years of experience in the design and test of electronics or six (6) years with MS degree

- Demonstrated experience in the design, test, and manufacture of analog/mixed-signal PCBs or integrated RF/microwave assemblies

- Demonstrated experience leading engineering teams through production transitions from LRIP to full-rate production

- Proficiency in engineering leadership and team management

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

- Ability to obtain and maintain secret security clearance

Preferred qualifications include:

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

- Experience and/or working knowledge of RF electronics design and high-speed digital design, Radar/Comms Experience, IPT Lead experience in defense or aerospace programs, PCB fabrication & assembly processes, MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461 testing, Windchill PLM, MATLAB

The salary range for this role is $107,900.00 - $195,050.00.

## Skills

### Required
- Electrical Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- analog/mixed-signal PCBs
- RF/microwave assemblies
- engineering leadership
- team management
- instrumentation
- test equipment
- debug/test methods

### Nice to have
- RF electronics design
- high-speed digital design
- Radar/Comms Experience
- IPT Lead experience
- PCB fabrication & assembly processes
- MIL-STD-810
- MIL-STD-461 testing
- Windchill PLM
- MATLAB

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