Electrical Engineers needed, US Citizens only, Defense industry is highly desired

A New Beginning-Genesis 2 is a USA Defense Company seeking Electrical Engineers with a strong background in the Defense industry. The role involves designing and conducting engineering experiments, collaborating across multifunctional teams, and supporting military communication products throughout their lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

• Ability to design and conduct engineering experiments and act upon test results
• Ability to select alternate electronic components and know what testing is required to qualify them
• Ability to use typical lab equipment: Oscilloscope, DMM, Spectrum & Network analyzers, logic analyzers and signal generators
• Ability to work autonomously and with others to resolve technical issues
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment interfacing with multiple teams across the organization
• Ability to work independently and within a team setting
• Able to analyze designs and communicate technical information to support staff
• Basic understanding of Radio Frequency circuits and Software Defined Radio architectures
• Build cables, repairing radio and ancillary hardware
• Build customer intimacy through job assignments related system/product acceptance testing or hands-on user training
• Collaborate across multifunctional teams to diagnose problems to component level, determine solutions via experimentation and simulation and implement corrective actions
• Collaboration with other scientists, engineers, and management to analyze test data, generate visualizations, and create reports
• Communicates within and outside of own function to gain cooperation on operational processes, practices, and procedures
• Consult with electrical engineers and other engineering staff to evaluate measurement techniques and corresponding measurement data as they relate to operational performance requirements of new products
• Continuous improvement of measurement algorithms, techniques and reporting to improve quality and reduce overall test time
• Contributes to achievement of departmental goals and operating plans with direct impact on the departmental results
• Coordinate project integration with other radio subsystems / Disciplines including Mechanical, Digital, RF, FPGA, DSP, embedded firmware, etc
• Create and maintain project schedules
• Design and analysis of circuits and components utilizing various simulation tools
• Design, develop, and debug software applications for control/automation of test and measurement equipment using NI LabVIEW and Test Stand
• Determining design, process, and test improvements to increase test yields and product quality
• Develop plans and schedules for short-term work activities
• Dismantles, adjusts, repairs, calibrates, aligns, assembles and operates equipment according to layout plans, blueprints, operating or repair manuals, rough sketches or drawings
• Electrical / Hardware background with experience managing New Product Development
• Electrical engineering support to technicians and junior engineers
• Electrical New Product Development
• Electrical rough order of magnitude (ROM) and basis of estimate (BOE) creation
• Experience in DFX analysis and implementation for volume manufacturing
• Experience managing/maintaining calibration or electronics laboratory areas
• Experience purchasing parts or equipment in support of engineering (P-Card responsibility preferred)
• Experience reading schematics and datasheets, probing circuits and understanding proper circuit operation
• Experience requirements management Software and tools (e.g. DOORS)
• Experience with Configuration Management software (Agile preferred)
• Experience with Configuration Management software and tools (E.g. Agile)
• Experience with new product development across electrical and other disciplines (electrical, software, systems, printed wiring boards, testing, etc.)
• Experience with RF Communications systems (ASICs, PLLs, DACs, Amplifiers, and/or Power Supply circuitry preferred)
• Experience with RS-232, Ethernet, USB, TCP/IP
• Experience with tactical radios is a plus
• Experience writing failure analysis reports, test data summaries, or process documentation
• Experienced in leading small technical design or troubleshooting team, providing direction and prioritizing tasks to meet target yields and shipments
• Experienced with managing people and large multi-dimensional projects, to join an engineering organization that designs and delivers leading edge communications products
• Familiar with the principles and techniques of electrical engineering
• Familiarity with common test equipment such as Spectrum Analyzers, Logic Analyzers, and Signal Analyzers
• Familiarity with complex schedules and Earned Value Management (EVM)
• Familiarity with Linux-based operating systems
• Familiarity with Python, C#.NET, XML, HTML/CSS/JS
• Familiarity with software management tools (e.g. SVN/GIT, JIRA)
• Familiarity with the INCOSE V product development model
• Financial reporting and responsibility for respective project budgets
• Hardware troubleshooting ability to component level for analog and digital circuits
• Identify, track and repair assigned hardware defects
• Interface across engineering, assisting with root cause analysis, troubleshooting of prototypes and ensuring a successful launch into full-rate production
• Interface with engineering teams and elevate significant problems to appropriate management
• Investigating a variety of problems related to Analog, Digital, and RF
• LabVIEW Programming experience
• Laison to the Chief Engineering (CE) for respective products
• Lead investigations, coordinate tasks, and direct junior staff as required
• Make moderate to substantial improvements to systems and processes
• Making design decisions and assessing technical risks based on schedule and budget constraints
• Manages complex projects or processes with general oversight
• Minimum 2 years of experience with assembly and repair methods for surface mount technology (0402 scale)
• Minimum 2 years of experience working with common test equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and voltmeters is required
• Mitigating component shortages through selecting and qualifying alternatives or redesigning circuits and sub-assemblies
• Monitoring daily factory yields, investigating failures, and determining corrective actions
• Networking and Radio communication system experience
• No required but preferred software experience, such as LabVIEW but open to any software
• Organize, analyze, and interpret large data sets from varying sources using automation where feasible. Develop reports from this data to represent and communicate product performance
• Participate in product and process cost reduction and product improvement efforts
• Perform subsystem and system level verification and validation testing
• Performs electrical or mechanical troubleshooting to determine problems in equipment. May work with complex machines or computer systems
• Performs engineering tests, detailed experimental testing or operational test and fault isolation on systems and equipment
• Positive attitude, openness to new ideas, willingness to learn new tools
• Proficiency with Object-Oriented Programming and Design (OOP/OOD)
• Proven and effective communications skills, interpersonal skills and customer focus are a must
• Provide leadership, coaching, and mentoring to other engineers on the HDV team
• Resource and planning management responsibility
• Responsibilities will include design and automation of RF test and measurement systems for testing and characterization of complex military communication/networking equipment
• Responsibility for leading the engineering team in many aspects of electrical design, integration, testing, operations, and customer support
• Responsible for electrical hardware management of one or more products in the multi-channel radio portfolio as well as the engineers who support them
• Responsible for supporting military communication products throughout their lifecycle
• Responsible for supporting the design, documentation, requirements management, integration, troubleshooting and/or testing analysis of electronic, mechanical and/or software devices, products and systems
• RF and baseband test and measurement experience. Familiarity with test equipment such as: Spectrum/Network analyzers, Power Meters, DMMs, Oscilloscopes, Audio analyzers
• RF based testing skills, RF test familiarity
• Senior professional with strong knowledge of job area and broad knowledge of project management
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Support and recommend resolutions and understand and apply applicable engineering processes
• Support digital and related analog hardware designs
• Support operations with the goal of improved product cost, quality, yield, and throughput
• Support the introduction of new products into operations
• Supports entry of items into Division CM System (Agile)
• Supports field test and other testing-related needs
• Test and Measurement experience
• Tracking and estimating project requirements and budgets
• Tracks radio and other development assets
• Utilizes the company's order entry system to order cables, attenuators, and other ancillary items
• Work with Quality and Supply Chain to address material discrepancies
• Working knowledge of IPC-610, IPC-620, and IPC-7711/7721 (certifications preferred)
• Working knowledge of LabVIEW and Jira a plus

Requirements:

• US Citizens only
• Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – & have every other Friday off
• Minimum Education - Bachelor's Degree
• Eligible to obtain a US Security Clearance
• Extensive Defense industry background experience
• Experience in an Aerospace/Defense/Space setting
• Ability to pass a background check
• Ability of obtain a US Secret Security Clearance
• A driven person that wants to learn and is a proven problem solver
• Ability to design and conduct engineering experiments and act upon test results
• Ability to select alternate electronic components and know what testing is required to qualify them
• Ability to use typical lab equipment: Oscilloscope, DMM, Spectrum & Network analyzers, logic analyzers and signal generators
• Ability to work autonomously and with others to resolve technical issues
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment interfacing with multiple teams across the organization
• Ability to work independently and within a team setting
• Able to analyze designs and communicate technical information to support staff
• Basic understanding of Radio Frequency circuits and Software Defined Radio architectures
• Build cables, repairing radio and ancillary hardware
• Build customer intimacy through job assignments related system/product acceptance testing or hands-on user training
• Collaborate across multifunctional teams to diagnose problems to component level, determine solutions via experimentation and simulation and implement corrective actions
• Collaboration with other scientists, engineers, and management to analyze test data, generate visualizations, and create reports
• Communicates within and outside of own function to gain cooperation on operational processes, practices, and procedures
• Consult with electrical engineers and other engineering staff to evaluate measurement techniques and corresponding measurement data as they relate to operational performance requirements of new products
• Continuous improvement of measurement algorithms, techniques and reporting to improve quality and reduce overall test time
• Contributes to achievement of departmental goals and operating plans with direct impact on the departmental results
• Coordinate project integration with other radio subsystems / Disciplines including Mechanical, Digital, RF, FPGA, DSP, embedded firmware, etc
• Create and maintain project schedules
• Design and analysis of circuits and components utilizing various simulation tools
• Design, develop, and debug software applications for control/automation of test and measurement equipment using NI LabVIEW and Test Stand
• Determining design, process, and test improvements to increase test yields and product quality
• Develop plans and schedules for short-term work activities
• Dismantles, adjusts, repairs, calibrates, aligns, assembles and operates equipment according to layout plans, blueprints, operating or repair manuals, rough sketches or drawings
• Electrical / Hardware background with experience managing New Product Development
• Electrical engineering support to technicians and junior engineers
• Electrical New Product Development
• Electrical rough order of magnitude (ROM) and basis of estimate (BOE) creation
• Experience in DFX analysis and implementation for volume manufacturing
• Experience managing/maintaining calibration or electronics laboratory areas
• Experience reading schematics and datasheets, probing circuits and understanding proper circuit operation
• Experience requirements management Software and tools (e.g. DOORS)
• Experience with Configuration Management software (Agile preferred)
• Experience with new product development across electrical and other disciplines (electrical, software, systems, printed wiring boards, testing, etc.)
• Experience with RF Communications systems (ASICs, PLLs, DACs, Amplifiers, and/or Power Supply circuitry)
• Experience with RS-232, Ethernet, USB, TCP/IP
• Experience with tactical radios
• Experience writing failure analysis reports, test data summaries, or process documentation
• Experienced in leading small technical design or troubleshooting team, providing direction and prioritizing tasks to meet target yields and shipments
• Experienced with managing people and large multi-dimensional projects
• Familiar with the principles and techniques of electrical engineering
• Familiarity with common test equipment such as Spectrum Analyzers, Logic Analyzers, and Signal Analyzers
• Familiarity with complex schedules and Earned Value Management (EVM)
• Familiarity with Linux-based operating systems
• Familiarity with Python, C#.NET, XML, HTML/CSS/JS
• Familiarity with software management tools (e.g. SVN/GIT, JIRA)
• Familiarity with the INCOSE V product development model
• Financial reporting and responsibility for respective project budgets
• Hardware troubleshooting ability to component level for analog and digital circuits
• Identify, track and repair assigned hardware defects
• Interface across engineering, assisting with root cause analysis, troubleshooting of prototypes and ensuring a successful launch into full-rate production
• Interface with engineering teams and elevate significant problems to appropriate management
• Investigating a variety of problems related to Analog, Digital, and RF
• LabVIEW Programming experience
• Laison to the Chief Engineering (CE) for respective products
• Lead investigations, coordinate tasks, and direct junior staff as required
• Make moderate to substantial improvements to systems and processes
• Making design decisions and assessing technical risks based on schedule and budget constraints
• Manages complex projects or processes with general oversight
• Minimum 2 years of experience with assembly and repair methods for surface mount technology (0402 scale)
• Minimum 2 years of experience working with common test equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and voltmeters
• Mitigating component shortages through selecting and qualifying alternatives or redesigning circuits and sub-assemblies
• Monitoring daily factory yields, investigating failures, and determining corrective actions
• Networking and Radio communication system experience
• Organize, analyze, and interpret large data sets from varying sources using automation where feasible
• Participate in product and process cost reduction and product improvement efforts
• Perform subsystem and system level verification and validation testing
• Performs electrical or mechanical troubleshooting to determine problems in equipment
• Performs engineering tests, detailed experimental testing or operational test and fault isolation on systems and equipment
• Positive attitude, openness to new ideas, willingness to learn new tools
• Proficiency with Object-Oriented Programming and Design (OOP/OOD)
• Proven and effective communications skills, interpersonal skills and customer focus
• Provide leadership, coaching, and mentoring to other engineers on the HDV team
• Resource and planning management responsibility
• Responsibilities will include design and automation of RF test and measurement systems for testing and characterization of complex military communication/networking equipment
• Responsibility for leading the engineering team in many aspects of electrical design, integration, testing, operations, and customer support
• Responsible for electrical hardware management of one or more products in the multi-channel radio portfolio as well as the engineers who support them
• Responsible for supporting military communication products throughout their lifecycle
• Responsible for supporting the design, documentation, requirements management, integration, troubleshooting and/or testing analysis of electronic, mechanical and/or software devices, products and systems
• RF and baseband test and measurement experience
• RF based testing skills, RF test familiarity
• Senior professional with strong knowledge of job area and broad knowledge of project management
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Support and recommend resolutions and understand and apply applicable engineering processes
• Support digital and related analog hardware designs
• Support operations with the goal of improved product cost, quality, yield, and throughput
• Support the introduction of new products into operations
• Supports entry of items into Division CM System (Agile)
• Supports field test and other testing-related needs
• Test and Measurement experience
• Tracking and estimating project requirements and budgets
• Tracks radio and other development assets
• Utilizes the company's order entry system to order cables, attenuators, and other ancillary items
• Work with Quality and Supply Chain to address material discrepancies
• Working knowledge of IPC-610, IPC-620, and IPC-7711/7721
• Experience purchasing parts or equipment in support of engineering (P-Card responsibility preferred)
• No required but preferred software experience, such as LabVIEW but open to any software
• Working knowledge of LabVIEW and Jira a plus