Principal Electrical Engineer

  • Chenega Corporation
  • Huntsville, Alabama
  • Full Time
Overview

Principal Electrical Engineer

Redstone Arsenal, AL

Are you ready to enhance your skills and build your career in a rapidly evolving business climate? Are you looking for a career where professional development is embedded in your employers core culture? If so, Chenega Military, Intelligence & Operations Support (MIOS) could be the place for you! Join our team of professionals who support large-scale government operations by leveraging cutting-edge technology and take your career to the next level!

Our Strength Is Our People

We believe taking care of our employees will deliver the best support to our customers and our community. Our success is attributable to our employees. We recruit and retain civic-minded people who fit our family-oriented small business culture.

Valued people deliver the highest level of professionalism and support to our customers. We provide our employees with a positive work environment and social activities that reinforce teamwork.

Venturi, LLC, A Chenega Company, has an exciting career opportunity for a Principal Electrical Engineer who will support the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Targets and Countermeasures Chief Engineer's office. This Engineer will apply expertise across multiple programs, developing the next generation of reentry vehicles, rocket motors, and countermeasures in support of creating realistic test environments for the nations missile defense systems.

Responsibilities
  • Support the TC Engineering team in all aspects of target design, analysis, and test, including requirements development and assessment, modeling and simulation, test analysis, and reporting.
  • Technical focus areas include creation and maintenance of Interface Control Documents, expert analysis of target reentry and launch vehicle system design, and ensuring engineering rigor is applied to failure review boards.
  • Collaborate with a dynamic team of experts across multiple technical areas to develop engineering analysis and recommendations to senior leadership.
  • Review the proposed designs of electrical systems and components for target missile systems, including circuit design, PCB layout, and system integrations.
  • Innovate and implement solutions to complex engineering challenges.
  • Conduct thorough testing and validation of electrical systems to ensure compliance with design specifications and performance standards.
  • Develop and execute test plans, analyzing test results to identify and resolve issues.
  • Collaborate with software engineers, mechanical engineers, and other team members to integrate electrical systems with other components in the target missile system.
  • Prepare detailed technical documentation, including design specifications, test plans, and reports.
  • Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring all deliverables are met on time.
  • Communicate effectively with project stakeholders, providing regular updates on project status and addressing any concerns.
  • Stay current with advancements in electrical engineering and target missile systems.
  • Identify opportunities for process improvements and implement best practices to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of target missile system design and performance.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications

Required:

  • Masters degree in STEM field with a strong preference for Electrical Engineering
  • 12+ years of relevant experience working on missile defense-related or another DoD program/project
  • Active DoD Secret security clearance

Desired:

  • Strong oral and written communication skills
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
  • Familiarity with MDA and/or DoD programs and processes
  • Experience supporting MDA Flight Test, analysis, and review
  • Experience with the development of rocket motors, ground support launch equipment, and reentry vehicles
  • Strong attention to detail and ability to efficiently perform multiple tasks
  • Ability to communicate detailed technical information to technical and non-technical personnel

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Familiarity with MDA and/or DoD programs and processes
  • Ability to apply Engineering rigor to solve engineering/scientific problems
  • Experience writing, presenting, and coordinating product and engineering plans, policies, and procedures
  • Understanding system interface requirements and requirements management
  • Ability to clearly communicate complex ideas and produce and present clear, concise, well-organized, and audience-relevant presentations and documents.
  • Reviewing system engineering documentation to ensure specifications meet system needs and are accurate
  • Works independently, as a team member, or leading teams/tasks
  • Experience working in a configuration-controlled environment and ensuring proper levels of handling are applied to items

How youll grow

At Chenega MIOS, our professional development plan focuses on helping our team members at every level of their careers to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe theres always room to learn.

We offer opportunities to help sharpen skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their careers.

Benefits

At Chenega MIOS, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our team members and offer them a broad range of benefits.

Learn more about what working at Chenega MIOS can mean for you.

Chenega MIOSs culture

Our positive and supportive culture encourages our team members to do their best work every day. We celebrate individuals by recognizing their uniqueness and offering them the flexibility to make daily choices that can help them be healthy, centered, confident, and aware. We offer well-being programs and continuously look for new ways to maintain a culture where we excel and lead healthy, happy lives.

Corporate citizenship

Chenega MIOS is led by a purpose to make an impact that matters. This purpose defines who we are and extends to relationships with our clients, our team members, and our communities. We believe that business has the power to inspire and transform. We focus on education, giving, skill-based volunteerism, and leadership to help drive positive social impact in our communities.

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Job ID: 484896757
Originally Posted on: 7/11/2025

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