Lead Electrical Engineer

About the role

The Leidos Defense Electrical Systems Department in Huntsville, AL is seeking a Lead Electrical Engineer to join an experienced, multidisciplinary team focused on advanced hardware products. The engineer works across project engineering, design engineering and production, supporting hardware integrated into aerospace and military systems such as manned and unmanned vehicles, missiles, radars and space systems. The role covers the full hardware life cycle, from conceptual design and detailed design through manufacturing, qualification testing and post-delivery support.

Key responsibilities

• Work with cross-functional teams to move low-rate initial production LRUs to full-scale production
• Serve as IPT Lead, coordinating between System IPT and Production IPT
• Lead and give technical direction to a team of engineers through all phases of the product lifecycle
• Translate engineering tasks into program Integrated Master Schedule deliverables and keep them on schedule
• Review designs and test data and provide feedback to other engineers
• Oversee the development and integration of Special Test Equipment (STE) into production
• Contribute to proposals with estimates and written artifacts, and manage obsolescence of electrical components
• Support validation and verification testing, assemble compliance artifacts and help close test failures and non-conformances
• Resolve manufacturing defects, support RF, digital and power electronics troubleshooting, and lead Failure Review and Corrective Action committees
• Present to program leadership and customers in weekly meetings, quarterly IPRs and CDRs, and integrate LRUs into larger systems
• Coordinate with line and program management on staffing and schedule acceleration

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or equivalent from an ABET-accredited institution
• At least 12 years of experience designing and testing electronics, or 10 years with an MS degree
• Experience leading engineering teams through production transitions from LRIP to full-rate production
• Hands-on laboratory experience with instrumentation, test equipment and debug methods (network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, signal generators)
• Ability to communicate effectively in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary engineering environment
• Resident of North Alabama or willing to relocate to the Huntsville area
• Ability to obtain and maintain a secret security clearance preferred

Required skills

• Analog/mixed-signal PCB design and integrated RF/microwave assemblies
• Engineering leadership and team management
• Preferred: master's degree, RF and high-speed digital design, radar/comms, IPT Lead experience, PCB fabrication and assembly, MIL-STD-810 and MIL-STD-461 testing, Windchill PLM, MATLAB, project planning and resource management

Pay range: $131,300 - $237,350.