Electrical Hardware Engineer

Today Electronic Warfare (EW) is a growing enterprise - protecting the warfighter and our national security against ever-adapting threats. Our division currently has an exciting opportunity for an Electrical Hardware Engineer to design development and build of radio-frequency (RF) and digital electronic hardware from prototypes through production support in Arlington VA for the Electronic Warfare Division

Projects involve small multi-disciplinary teams of engineers working together in spiral or agile development environments to meet aggressive customer schedules aimed at near-term field demonstrations.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Design of novel electronic systems for electronic warfare platforms

• Gathering generating and analyzing requirements power budgets thermal budgets and link budgets

• Design and layout of electronic circuit boards

• Development of bills of materials including parts selection size/weight/power

• Design and assembly of prototype electronics chassis and systems

• Generating test requirements and test plans from customer requirements

• Conducting and coordinating tests using a variety of RF and electrical test equipment

• Working with internal and external manufacturing resources to take the prototype design to a production model

• Field support and debug of operating systems

At Leidos we offer competitive benefits including 4 or more weeks Paid Time Off 11 paid Holidays 401K with a 6% company match and immediate vesting Flexible Schedules Discounted Stock Purchase Plans Technical Upskilling Education and Training Support Parental Paid Leave and much more. Join us and make a difference in Electronic Warfare Technology!

The successful candidate will have the following basic education/experience:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering or Computer Science or related discipline with 4 years of relevant experience

• Must have an active Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain TS/SCI

• Experience in:

  • System/subsystem design

  • Electrical and electronics principles and phenomena

  • Product development and test

  • Manufacturing processes and document control processes

  • Test plan and execution

  • Lab equipment especially oscilloscopes signal generators arbitrary waveform generators spectrum analyzers and network analyzers

  • Proper handling and ESD control of sensitive electronic devices

Bonus education/experience:

• Masters Degree in Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering Computer Science or equivalent

• Active security clearance higher than the Secret level

• Experience with:

  • RF system design

  • RF phenomenology

  • EW principles systems and techniques

  • Understanding of electrical code and OSHA safety requirements

  • PCB design and layout

Travel:

Occasional travel about 10-20% to CONUS locations for 1-5 days at a time

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Electronic Warfare

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