Engineer Electrical

About the Role

This opportunity resides with Uncrewed Systems (UxS), a business group within HII’s Mission Technologies division. Uncrewed Systems comprises unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) and autonomy software. HII creates advanced unmanned solutions for defense, marine research and commercial applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Researches, develops, designs, and tests electrical components, equipment, software systems, and networks.
• Designs electrical equipment, facilities, components, products, and systems for commercial, industrial, and domestic purposes.
• Participates in product life cycle analysis.
• Develops and manages technical data packages on new and existing designs.
• Works within a cross-functional design team, bringing designs through first article release, test, integration, delivery to manufacturing, and manufacturing support and improvements.
• Supports the design and documentation of electrical system wiring diagrams and cable assemblies for new development, production, and sustaining efforts.
• Supports the manufacturing team on production issues relating to hardware, wiring, cabling, drawings, or other design aspects.
• Supports PC board layout and electrical hardware design implementation.
• Works as part of a multi-discipline team, communicating designs and issues to corresponding departments.
• Assists in the design of electrical & electronics systems, firmware coding, and circuit simulation.
• Assists in the design and fabrication of test fixtures and prototype designs.
• Develops electrical test procedures for new circuit boards and various types of assemblies and subassemblies.
• Maintains accurate bills of materials, updates design documents, process sheets, and incorporates Engineering Changes.
• Assists in electrical and electronics equivalent components research to resolve manufacturer or material shortages.
• Assists in the development of engineering estimates and proposals.
• Performs project management duties as assigned.
• Travels to offsite and possibly overseas locations, as required.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• OrCAD
• Cross-functional design team collaboration
• Electrical system wiring diagrams
• Cable assembly drawings
• Electrical hardware design
• Firmware coding
• Circuit simulation
• Test fixture design
• Prototype design
• Electrical test procedures
• Bills of materials management
• Design document updates
• Process sheet updates
• Engineering Change incorporation
• Component research
• Engineering estimates
• Proposal development
• Project management

Qualifications

Multiple experience levels are being hired for this requisition. Final placement will be determined by the selected applicant’s qualifications, experience, and skill sets.

Level 1

• 0 years experience with Bachelors in related field.

Level 2

• 2 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; or
• 0 years experience with Masters in related field.

Level 3

• 5 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field;
• 3 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; or
• 0 years experience with PhD or Juris Doctorate in related field.

Level 4

• 9 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field;
• 7 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; or
• 4 years relevant experience with PhD or Juris Doctorate in related field.

Required

• Ability to obtain and maintain a government clearance.
• Marine electrical system and power distribution design experience.
• Experience with development of electrical system design documentation including block diagrams, wiring diagrams, electrical cable assembly/wiring harness drawings.

Bonus Points for

• Experience with OrCAD for electrical designs.
• Experience with Programmable Logic Controllers, Siemens a plus.
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary product development teams, including technical leadership of small projects.
• Experience architecting platform electrical and power systems.
• Experience working with cybersecurity products.
• Familiarity with marine systems that include hardware and software components developed and produced for DoD use.
• Demonstrates attention to detail and develops and maintains accurate documentation.

Physical Requirements

May require working in an office, industrial, shipboard, or laboratory environment. Capable of climbing ladders and tolerating confined spaces and extreme temperature variances.