Staff Electrical Engineer, Avionics

Alameda, CA

$180,000–$220,000 Per Year
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6 days ago

Job Description

Position Title: Staff Electrical Engineer, Avionics

Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting direct hire Staff Electrical Engineer, Avionics opportunity.

Job Responsibilities:

Architecture and design:
- Own the electrical architecture for gun systems and test vehicles: HV pulsed-power ignition, control and sequencing, instrumentation, interlocks and abort chains, power distribution and grounding.
- Derive and document engineering requirements, specifications and interface definition drawings for electrical assemblies.
- Define and control interfaces with mechanical, software, test and facilities teams.
- Define requirements for, and guide the design and implementation of, FPGAs, microcontrollers and embedded electronics for control and test systems.
- Plan CCA, chassis, rack and harness implementations, and oversee build and delivery to users and stakeholders.
- Review design analyses for accuracy and completeness and coordinate engineers into an integrated design.
- Make build/buy calls and own the electrical portion of the BOM, schedule and budget.
Team leadership:
- Lead, mentor and hire electrical engineers and technicians.
- Set design standards, review practices and documentation expectations, and delegate effectively.
- Lead team communication on technical issues and drive problem resolution and root cause on electrical anomalies.
Test, verification and documentation:
- Develop test and verification plans from requirements.
- Plan and execute qualification and acceptance testing of electrical hardware.
- Produce comprehensive documentation: test procedures, results, training guides and issue reports.
Safety and reviews:
- Drive design for safety in high-energy systems: energy storage, safe/arm, fault tolerance, isolation, discharge and lockout/tagout.
- Act as electrical authority on hazard analyses.
- Act as electrical authority at design reviews (PDR/CDR/TRR), and write and defend the electrical sections of design, interface and safety documentation.
- Participate in development of contract technical documentation for government-funded programs.
- Provide technical insight and oversight of subcontracts and key suppliers.

Job Qualifications:

BS in Electrical Engineering with 6+ years of related work experience, MS in a similar discipline with 4+ years, or PhD with 3+ years
Strong background in design and/or analysis of analog, digital and power circuits, in one or more of pulsed power / high-voltage systems, ignition or initiation systems, test-stand control and instrumentation, or flight avionics and power
Experience across the full design cycle from requirements through schematic, layout review, harness, build, test and field support
Command of high-energy safety practice: energy storage hazards, interlocks, grounding and shielding, EMI in noisy high-current environments
Proven ability as a team leader to deliver project results and manage performance standards, budgets and schedules
Flexible and accountable: meets commitments and produces quality products within budget through effective prioritization
Experience with configuration management tools (e.g., Git, Jira)
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Exceptional interpersonal skills, working effectively with internal and external program leadership and with every level of the team, from technicians to customers
Comfort writing for review boards and customers, making a design decision legible to someone who was not in the room
Desire to be hands-on, on-site and at the test stand

Preferred Job Qualifications:

Capacitor-bank, high-current switch or exploding-bridge wire experience
FPGA-based embedded electronics or firmware-hardware co-design
Power electronics and power-bus interfaces (battery, capacitor bank, high-current DC)
High-speed DAQ: piezoelectric pressure, strain, accelerometers, high-speed video triggering; NI, Dewesoft or similar
Familiarity with flight or defense hardware design flow, EEE parts control, and packaging/cabling requirements
Experience supporting hardware integration and test, engineering and qualification units, and delivery into system-level test campaigns
Aerospace or defense program experience; familiarity with MIL-STD-461/464/1576 or range safety requirements
Hazardous-test or energetic-materials environment experience
Prior experience as a technical lead or subject-matter expert
Comfort working in a fast-paced, mission-focused environment and managing multiple priorities across diverse engineering teams

Job Details:

Job Type: Full-time, Direct-Hire
Salary Range: $180K-$220K
Location: Alameda, CA (Onsite).s
Required US Citizenship -May be required to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance at the appropriate level.

About Protingent: Protingent is a niche provider of top Engineering and IT talent to Software, Electronics, Medical Device, Telecom, and Aerospace companies nationwide. Protingent exists to make a positive impact and contribution to the lives of others as well as our community by providing relevant, rewarding, and exciting work opportunities for our candidates.

Numbers & Facts

Location	Alameda, CA
Salary	$180,000–$220,000 Per Year

Skills

Acceptance Testingunmatched
Aerospace and Defenseunmatched
Analysis Skillsunmatched
Atlassian JIRAunmatched
Avionicsunmatched
Bill of Materials (BOM)unmatched
Budget Managementunmatched
Budgetingunmatched
Campaignsunmatched
Computer Firmwareunmatched
Configuration Managementunmatched
Contract Creationunmatched
Digital Circuitsunmatched
Documentationunmatched
Electrical Designunmatched
Electrical Engineeringunmatched
Electricityunmatched
Electronicsunmatched
Embedded Systemsunmatched
Establish Prioritiesunmatched
FPGAunmatched
Field Trialsunmatched
Gitunmatched
Government Fundingunmatched
Hardware Administrationunmatched
Hardware Designunmatched
Hardware Quality Assuranceunmatched
Hazard Analysisunmatched
High Voltage (HV)unmatched
Information Technology Softwareunmatched
Instrumentationunmatched
Integration Testingunmatched
Interpersonal Skillsunmatched
Leadershipunmatched
MIL-STD-461unmatched
Maintenance - Electricalunmatched
Medical Equipmentunmatched
Mentoringunmatched
Microcontrollerunmatched
Multitaskingunmatched
On Site Supportunmatched
Performance Managementunmatched
Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
Requirements Managementunmatched
Requirements Validation/Verificationunmatched
Safety Trainingunmatched
Schematicsunmatched
Security Clearanceunmatched
System Architectureunmatched
System Testunmatched
Team Lead/Managerunmatched
Technical Leadershipunmatched
Technical Writingunmatched
Telecommunications Industryunmatched
Test Plan/Scheduleunmatched
Test Readiness Review (TRR)unmatched
Testingunmatched
United States Citizenunmatched
Verification Plansunmatched

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