Senior Electrical Design Engineer Telemetry

Job Summary

• Work with GA-EMS Engineering staff and chief engineers in the concept development and prototype design, integration, and test of Avionics electronics, telemetry systems, and telemetry ground stations.  
• Contribute to instrumentation interface circuitry design, networking, & telemetry (data) system requirements development, architecture design, testing, & operation for short and longer range missions.
• Working knowledge of circuit, flight/test harness design, data acquisition systems, TM encoders/decoders, including familiarity with and the creation of electrical drawings, wire selection, shielding, military connectors, circuit theory, signal processing, and embedded systems.
• Demonstrate prior experience in the improvement of legacy systems and development of new systems.
• Generate electrical architecture solutions for new project needs, perform electrical engineering analyses for systems and circuits, schematic design, PCB design, firmware design, test procedure creation, failure analysis, communicate results to engineering and program management staff, give technical presentations, and manage technical effort schedules.
• Grasp, understand, correlate, and apply concepts in electrical engineering to pieces in a complex system.
• Plan and execute technical efforts quickly and strategically with general directions and minimal supervision.
• May represent the organization as the prime technical contact on projects.
• Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Job Qualifications

• Typically requires a bachelors degree, masters degree or PhD in engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution and progressive engineering experience as follows; fifteen or more years of experience with a bachelors degree, thirteen or more years of experience with a masters degree, or ten or more years with a PhD.  May substitute equivalent engineering experience in lieu of education.  
• Required Experience: Analog and digital schematic design utilizing Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA), Multi-Processor System-on-Chip (MPSoC), Microcontrollers, and Microprocessors; wiring harness development for flight and test cables; analysis, design, and implementation of hardware systems. Experience with integrating data acquisition instrumentation from distributed systems with mission control software. Knowledgeable with RF components such as TM transmitters, receivers, encoders/decoders, or similar; knowledge of telemetry MIL standards (IRIG 106 and similar). Experience with Type 1 and Type 2 encryption systems.
• Desirable Experience: Avionics design for aerospace defense applications; guiding a design from start (requirements) to finish (acceptance testing) and possibly into production; familiarity with formal technical review processes (at a minimum, SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR); familiarity with IPC and J-STD-001 standards; firmware and/or PCB design; WOSA compliance.
• Desired Skills (ranked high to low): Experience with Altium Schematic/PCB Design Software or similar ECAD tool, SPICE circuit simulation tools, VHDL, Xilinx Vivado Design Suite, HyperLynx Signal/Power Integrity tools, ANSYS Signal Integrity tools, Solidworks Electrical.
• Demonstrates detailed and extensive technical expertise and application of engineering principles, concepts, theory, and practice as well as project and/or program leadership including organizing, planning, scheduling, and coordinating workloads to meet established project deadlines or milestones.
• Must possess the ability to contribute to the development of new concepts and principles; resolve unusually complex technical problems; serve as spokesperson on projects and/or programs; and be a technical expert in one or more areas of engineering.
• Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills are required enabling an effective leadership interface with other departments, all levels of management, professional and support staff, customers, potential customers, and government representatives.
• Customer-focused and able to formulate plans based on the development of innovative new designs in resolving advanced technical engineering problems.
• Must be able to work on a self-initiated basis or in a team environment and able to work extended hours and travel as required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Security Clearance is required.

• Internal Title: Engineer VII
• Experience Level: Senior (8+ years)
• Full-Time/Part-Time: Full-Time Salary
• Workstyle: Onsite
• Pay Range Low: 130,500
• Pay Range High: 228,375
• Job Category: Engineering
• Travel Percentage Required: 0% - 25%
• Relocation Assistance Provided?: Yes
• Clearance Required?: Yes
• US Citizenship Required?: Yes
• Clearance Level: Secret
• Employee Referral Bonus Amount: 1000.00