Secret-Cleared Analog Circuit Design Engineer

PGS Worldwide is seeking aSecret-Cleared Analog Circuit Design Engineer inKing of Prussia, PA for an approximately three-month contract-to-hire role supporting a leading aerospace & defense company. This position will focus on the analysis, redesign, and optimization of complex linear regulator circuits used in mission-critical space and nuclear applications. The ideal candidate will bring extensive hands-on expertise in high-reliability analog circuit design, radiation-hardened components, and complex circuit troubleshooting.

Required Skills

• 9+ years of hands-on experience with worst-case circuit analysis (WCCA), radiation testing, and electrical parts stress analysis, demonstrated on the resume.

• Active Secret security clearance required.

• Extensive professional experience in analog circuit design, with demonstrated expertise in complex linear regulator circuits.

• Proven experience designing and redesigning high-reliability analog circuits using discrete semiconductor components.

• Direct experience with radiation-hardened components and MIL-SPEC parts for space, nuclear, aerospace, or similarly demanding applications.

• Strong understanding of linear regulator architectures, feedback and control loops, loop stability, compensation, transient response, precision references, and protection circuitry.

• Ability to analyze complex legacy circuit designs, identify root causes of technical issues, and develop practical redesign solutions.

• Ability to work independently, make sound engineering decisions, and contribute immediately to complex technical projects.

• Strong technical communication skills, including documenting design rationale, explaining tradeoffs, and presenting recommendations to engineering teams and leadership.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with radiation effects and component selection for radiation-hardened electronics, including total ionizing dose (TID) and single-event effects (SEE).

• Experience supporting spaceflight, strategic defense, nuclear-hardened, or other mission-critical electronic hardware programs.

• Experience performing detailed worst-case circuit analysis, tolerance analysis, and design verification for high-reliability analog electronics.

• Familiarity with military and aerospace component specifications, qualification requirements, and environmental design constraints.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the analysis, redesign, and optimization of complex linear regulator circuits for mission-critical space and nuclear applications.

• Serve as a technical subject matter expert in analog circuit design, particularly discrete-component linear regulators and precision voltage regulation.

• Perform detailed circuit analysis using radiation-hardened, MIL-SPEC discrete semiconductors and other high-reliability electronic components.

• Evaluate existing circuit designs to identify technical limitations, performance risks, and opportunities for improvement.

• Develop robust redesign solutions that meet electrical, environmental, reliability, and radiation requirements.

• Conduct worst-case circuit analysis, tolerance analysis, stability analysis, and electrical performance assessments.

• Troubleshoot complex analog circuitry, including feedback loops, compensation networks, transient response, and protection circuits.

• Collaborate with electrical engineers and multidisciplinary teams to resolve challenging technical issues.

• Provide technical leadership and design recommendations for circuitry operating in demanding radiation, temperature, and reliability environments.

• Independently assess existing designs, establish technical priorities, and implement practical engineering solutions.

Pay

$180.00 per hour.

Job ID: 23089

Military veterans and transitioning military members are encouraged to apply to all PGS Worldwide positions. All of our jobs are military-friendly, and we work with leaders in Aerospace who rely on your military expertise to support mission-critical programs nationwide. As a Veteran Founded company, we know that the military has given you the skills and training you need to succeed in positions like this, and we want to support your success in the civilian sector however we can. We thank you for your service and humbly offer our own in return by helping you take your career to the next level.