Lead, Electrical Engineer (Power)

About L3Harris Technologies:

L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across air land sea space and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue 48000 employees and customers in more than 100 countries.

Job Tile: Lead Electrical Engineering Power Hardware

Job Code: 41871

Job Location: Palm Bay FL

Schedule: 9/80 (Employees work 80 hours over 9 days and have every other Friday off)

Work Arrangement: On-Site

Job Description

L3Harris is seeking a Lead Electrical Engineer Power Hardware to join our team in Palm Bay this role you will support the design and development of advanced space-qualified power hardware for mission-critical applications. This is an opportunity to contribute to innovative spacecraft and payload power solutions in a fast-paced engineering environment where concepts move into production reality.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in spacecraft electrical power subsystem design including power architecture development circuit simulation detailed analysis hardware verification and cross-functional collaboration. This position will play a key role in supporting current and future programs internal research and development efforts and strategic growth initiatives.

Essential Functions:

• Lead the design and development of advanced power hardware using sound electrical engineering principles and best practices.
• Support all phases of hardware development including requirements analysis architecture definition detailed design schematic capture simulation documentation manufacturing integration and verification.
• Translate customer and system-level requirements into detailed electrical specifications and power architectures while balancing technical cost and schedule constraints.
• Design and analyze isolated and non-isolated power conversion topologies including:
• AC/DC converters
• DC/DC converters
• Battery chargers
• Power management and distribution circuits
• Perform detailed analysis of power circuits for:
• Voltage regulation and voltage ripple analysis
• Custom magnetics design
• Mitigation of Single Event Transients due to particle strikes
• Total dose radiation (given parametric degradations)
• Neutron fluence (given parametric degradations)
• Efficiency
• Thermal performance
• Control-loop stability
• EMI/EMC
• Transient response
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to power engineers.
• Troubleshoot and resolve hardware issues at the component board module payload and system levels.
• Use laboratory instruments such as oscilloscopes source meters electronic loads signal generators multimeters and DC power supplies to validate designs and investigate issues.
• Conduct trade studies and develop conceptual power solutions in support of proposals IRAD and new business opportunities.
• Collaborate with program leadership manufacturing systems engineering and other cross-functional teams to deliver reliable high-quality hardware solutions.
• Evaluate component tolerances and environmental impacts to ensure robust design margins for high-reliability applications in harsh operating environments.
• Support risk reduction and mitigation activities related to obsolescence cost producibility and long-lead materials.
• Experience with Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) and Failure Review Boards (FRB)

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree and a minimum of 9 years of prior relevant experience in Electrical Engineering Physics Mathematics Computer Science or another relevant STEM field or Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience
• Experience interpreting high-level requirements and developing power architectures
• Strong experience in electronic power design including:
• Power devices
• Control loop theory
• Thermal management
• Custom magnetics design
• Printed wiring board layout
• EMI filtering
• Technical knowledge of spacecraft power subsystems including:
• Ability to model spacecraft mission orbital average power energy balance and solar arrays
• Batteries
• Power topologies and charging systems
• Power control and switching
• Regulation
• Distribution
• Power quality

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to obtain a TS/SCI security clearance
• Proposal generation with technical architecture/cost/schedule
• Experience performing detailed analysis of power circuit custom magnetics
• Experience with mission definition concept generation trade studies preliminary and final design component selection integration test support materials selection and design documentation
• Experience developing qualified deliverable power hardware for space aerospace defense medical or other mission-critical applications

• Experience working with manufacturing and production teams in a program environment
• Experience with Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) and Failure Review Boards (FRB)
• Experience generating and presenting technical material to program leadership customers and review boards
• Strong written verbal and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to collaborate effectively across technical teams and leadership levels
• Experience serving as a subcontract technical representative including supplier evaluation statement of work development and technical oversight of external deliverables
• Experience with ECAD and analysis tools such including:
  • LTSpice
  • PSpice
  • Cadence
  • Siemens Xpedition
• Experience integrating firmware/software with hardware in lab and system environments
• Mathcad MATLAB Python or similar programming experience for modeling analysis and automation
• Experience modeling spacecraft mission orbital average power and energy balance
  

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Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. addition applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race color religion age national origin ancestry ethnicity gender (including pregnancy childbirth breastfeeding or other related medical conditions) gender identity gender expression sexual orientation marital status veteran status disability genetic information citizenship status characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks where permitted by law.