Electrical Engineer ( R-00085528 )

Description

The Maritime Systems Division at Leidos has an opening for a Computer / Electrical Engineer in our Sterling Va. location. We are looking for a hands-on engineer who enjoys designing, building, and testing hardware systems in a collaborative environment. The successful candidate will be joining a dedicated team that is committed to supporting our warfighters. If you are searching for challenging electrical engineering work, contact us at Leidos today!

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop COTS based electrical designs for ruggedized computer based IT products used on Navy ships.
• Develop electrical product architectures that leverage COTS products
• Conduct margin analysis of electrical systems
• Develop tests plans, conduct tests, and document results
• Manage small to medium sized engineering projects
• Provide production work instructions in the form of schematics, drawings, build books and test instructions.
• Work closely with venders to track product updates, change information or end of life / last time buy.
• Design products that are not available from COTS, or when COTS provide marginal performance. Where in-house design is impractical, provide design requirements to offload the design to other engineers.
• Write firmware and apply it to microcontrollers
• Select Embedded Computer based on requirements
• Select Computer Memory and Storage based on requirements
• Load and test computer BIOS
• Determine Video and display technology based on requirements
• Load and test Windows OS and applications
• Load and test Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS and applications
• Write scripts or programs for Windows and / or Linux to automate applications or automate testing
• Connect copper and or fiber cable as required to simulate customer requirements using switches and or media converters.
• Log into and program network switch for test environments
• Write and run networking test scripts
• Provide instruction to or take instruction from engineering team members as required

Basic Qualifications

• Must be a US citizen and ability to obtain Security Clearance
• Requires BS degree and 8 – 12 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6 – 10 years of prior relevant experience. May possess a Doctorate in technical domain.
• Proficiency with Electrical Schematic Capture and Layout CAD design tools
• Familiarity with electronics including relays, transistors, resistors, capacitors and microcontrollers
• Experience specifying and integrating COTS electronics into industrial or military environments
• Ability to develop test plans and procedures of electrical systems
• Experience writing instruction set for programmable controllers
• Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 6.x, 7.x and 8.x
• Experience with Microsoft Windows Professional versions 7, and 10
• Experience designing and building cables to meet power, data and environmental requirements
• Experience with Military Environmental Qualification Standards

Preferred Qualifications

• Computer and system design experience for Navy Shipboard applications
• Experience with PIC Microcontroller programming
• Industry recognized certifications CompTIA A+, Network+, Security +, Red Hat or Microsoft certifications
• Understanding of Mil-Std-1399 Section 300
• Understanding Mil-Std-461F
• Experience programming in C, Basic and scripting
• Experience with electrical test equipment, signal generators, power-supplies, DVM, brightness and sound meters
• Experience running environmental qualification tests
• Experience with designing for EMI