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Leidos Holding

Electrical Engineer

Leidos Holding, Huntsville, AL


Description
The Rapid Integration and Prototyping Department within the Leidos Defense Sector is seeking a talented Electrical Engineer. The selected candidate will work with a group of design engineers to support design, development and deployment of advanced sensor systems. The position will require the ability to solving complex electrical system problems involving COTS and custom cabling, PCBAs, and power systems. The designer will then document (SolidWorks Electrical, AutoCAD, and Visio), oversee production, and field these solutions.

Primary Responsibilities
  • The ideal candidate will bring familiarity solving complex electrical problems using off the shelf parts as well as the ability to develop custom solutions.
  • Practice sound design techniques across a variety of areas including power distribution, RF design, logic and controls, and custom circuit design.
  • Experience using test equipment such as VNAs, spectrum analyzers, multimeters, network analyzers, and lab power supplies/loads.
  • Create block diagrams to define top level systems as well as lower level sub assemblies. Document and release designs using SolidWorks Electrical, Visio, or similar.
  • Work collaboratively with project team(s) to formulate innovative solutions to complex problems and products across a broad range of applications.


Basic Qualifications
  • Candidate must have a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or a STEM discipline from an ABET accredited school with 8+ years of direct applicable experience or 6+ years with MS degree.
  • Position requires demonstrated expertise in design work using a CAD package similar to SolidWorks and SolidWorks Electrical.
  • Strong understanding of system level design.
  • Ability to design for rapid prototyping and fabrication in a dynamic environment.
  • Candidate must be a US Citizen and possess (and be able to maintain) a Final Secret Clearance or meet the eligibility to obtain (and maintain) a Secret Clearance
  • Candidate must be a resident of or be willing to relocate to the Huntsville, AL area


Preferred Qualifications

The following skills/abilities are desired:
  • 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.
  • Familiar with 3 phase and split phase power systems.
  • Familiar with DC systems.
  • Knowledge of fiber optics communication systems.
  • Experience with Mentor Graphics DxDesigner, Altium, OrCAD, or similar.
  • Familiar 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.


Original Posting Date: 2024-10-08While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range: Pay Range $101,400.00 - $183,300.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
About Leidos Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. The company's global workforce of 47,000 collaborates to create smarter technology solutions for customers in heavily regulated industries. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $15.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com .
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