D489 MAIN PROPULSION CONTROL SYSTEM (MPC) – SYSTEMS ENGINEER (ELECTRICAL) (ENGINEER I/II)

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and oversee MPC supplier design and redesign efforts (software and hardware)
• Verify control system design compliance with specifications and system requirements
• Troubleshoot test data/findings for MPCs at the IPS CTF and supplier facility
• Implement short-term and long-term solutions to software bugs
• Interface with subject matter experts (SMEs) and senior technical personnel at Electric Boat
• Interface with technical and management personnel at NAVSEA, NNL, NSWC, BPMI, and vendors
• Interface with Operations and Trades at Electric Boat manufacturing and testing facilities
• Support lifecycle management activities such as spares and obsolescence management

Requirements

• BS or MS engineering degree with technical background (Electrical, Systems, Mechatronics, etc.)
• 0 - 4 years of post-graduate engineering experience
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance
• Experience using Microsoft products
• Occasional travel to remote facilities within the United States (Philadelphia, PA; Milwaukee, WI; Washington, D.C., etc.)

Qualifications

• Preferred: MS engineering degree with technical background (Electrical, Systems, Mechatronics, etc.)
• Experience in control systems and digital signal processing theory and development
• Experience with motor control and power electronics
• Multi-disciplinary systems engineering experience in complex systems-based products
• Experience using MATLAB and/or Simulink
• Experience working with government customers
• Ability to understand macro level objectives and priorities while driving detailed level actions
• Effective communicator
• Highly driven personality
• Self-starting mentality
• Strong leadership skills
• Strong problem solver, exceptionally well organized, and detail oriented
• Strong technical writer