Electrical Engineer - Hardware Design

Job Description

Electrical Engineer - Hardware Design

Location: Huntsville, AL

Work Arrangement: Full-time on-site / closed-area environment

Clearance: Active DoD Secret

Position Overview

DSI is seeking Electrical Engineers to support hardware engineering activities for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Weapon System program in Huntsville, Alabama.

The successful candidate will support electrical and hardware design activities including technical drawings, electrical/power systems, network communication systems, cable harness design, electrical load analysis, component design, and engineering trade studies. Candidates should have recent professional experience using CAD/design tools and applying electrical engineering standards and procedures in a complex engineering environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain electrical and hardware technical drawings.
• Support electrical and power system design.
• Support network communication system design.
• Develop cable harness fabrication designs.
• Perform electrical load analyses.
• Perform electrical component design and selection activities.
• Apply applicable electrical engineering standards, processes, and technical procedures.
• Conduct engineering impact assessments and technical trade studies.
• Develop and maintain engineering documentation and interface documentation.
• Work with systems, software, mechanical, test, manufacturing, and other engineering disciplines.
• Support product lifecycle and material/resource planning activities using engineering PLM and MRP systems.
• Communicate technical data and engineering results clearly and concisely.
• Support program activities in a full-time on-site, secure/closed-area environment.
• Travel up to 10% as required.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with at least 2 years of related experience; Master's degree with 0 years of related experience; or PhD with 0 years of related experience.
• At least 2 years of recent professional experience using a CAD/design package to develop technical drawings. Applicable tools may include:
• Visio
• AutoCAD
• SolidWorks
• CREO
• Siemens Capital Suites Logic/Harness
• Siemens NX
• Experience in at least two of the following:
• Electrical/power system design
• Network communication system design
• Cable harness fabrication design
• Electrical load analysis
• Understanding and application of electrical engineering technical standards and procedures.
• Electrical component design experience.
• Experience performing engineering impact assessments and/or trade studies.
• Experience with engineering Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems such as Teamcenter.
• Experience with Material Requirements Planning (MRP) systems such as SAP.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications including Excel, Word, Access, Outlook, Teams, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to communicate technical data clearly and concisely.
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 10%.
• Ability to work full-time in an on-site/closed-area environment.
• Current, active, in-scope U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at the time of application and required to start.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Experience with Missile Defense Agency (MDA) programs.
• Familiarity with MDA core standards including:
• MDA-QS-001-MAP
• MDA-QS-003-PMAP
• MDA Instruction 5000.20-INS / ETR Process
• Familiarity with applicable military, electrical, networking, and security standards, including:
• MIL-STD-1901A
• MIL-STD-882
• MIL-STD-461
• MIL-STD-464
• IEEE 802.3u
• IEEE 802.3ab
• TEMPEST 01-13
• National Electrical Code (NEC)
• Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) domain experience.
• Experience with GMD Launch Support Systems hardware.
• Experience modeling system architecture using Cameo Enterprise Architecture, Visio, or comparable architecture modeling tools.
• Experience developing or maintaining Interface Control Documents (ICDs), Interface Requirement Specifications (IRSs), and Interface Description Documents (IDDs).