Electrical Engineer - AC/DC

Electrical Engineer - AC/DC

Our client, a leading federal defense contractor is seeking a Mid-Level Electrical Engineer with 5+ years of technical experience to become an integral member of the engineering team dedicated to the development of military-grade electronics the Common Weapon Launcher (CWL) system.

Duties and Responsibilities

- Analyze and design AC-DC and DC-DC power systems and power control

- Integrate, test, troubleshoot, and verify electrical hardware

- Develop test criteria and assist in the design of test systems

- Perform component and architecture trade studies to determine optimal system solutions to design hardware and electronics based on commercial and industry components and technologies

- Design cable assemblies

- Develop new electronics in the form of PCB designs and corresponding tests

- Develop technical presentations, recommendations, and written communications to explain technical issues to program management and the Navy customer

- Generate design and interface documentation

Required Skills

- Must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance (Active Secret is preferred)

- Requires a Bachelor's degree in STEM field and 5 years of job-related experience or a Master's degree and 3 years.

- Experience with the engineering development life cycle, including concept, requirements, design, implementation, and test phases

- Experience with MIL-STD-1399 and MIL-STD-461 design and qualification

- Experience with design and debug of switch mode DC-DC converters including knowledge of control loop stability analysis

- Experience with design and debug of 3-phase AC-DC conversion including transformer design

- Working knowledge of common communication interfaces such as RS-422, RS-485, and LVDS

- Experience in analog and digital circuit design

- Experience with lab equipment including signal generators, high speed oscilloscopes, power analyzers

- Proficiency in all phases of PCB design, including: creation of high-level functional diagrams, SPICE analysis, power analysis, component selection, schematic entry, and working with the PCB layout team to optimize placement, signal integrity, fitment, etc.

- Strong documentation and communication skills

- OrCAD Capture experience a plus

- Experience with firmware or microcontrollers a plus

- Experience with VHDL/Verilog a plus