Electric Propulsion and Power Systems Engineers

About the role

This role is fully on‑site in State College, PA, with periodic travel to remote locations. You will join the Electrical Power and Control Systems (EPCS) Department within the Undersea Systems Office (USO) at the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State, leading multidisciplinary engineering teams in the development of cutting‑edge electric and hybrid electric propulsion and power systems for undersea vehicles. ARL’s mission is to research and develop innovative solutions to challenging scientific, engineering, and technology problems in support of the Navy, the Intelligence Community, and other federal government customers.

Responsibilities

• Provide project management leadership for one or more projects
• Lead full project life cycle design and development to deliver advanced, efficient and reliable electric and hybrid electric propulsion systems and power sub‑systems
• Guide system requirements identification, flow‑down, and functional allocation
• Manage detailed design stages including early design and development processes (market surveys, analysis of alternatives, interface control documents, functional design documents, and test plans/reports) followed by design reviews, design acceptance and documentation packages
• Ensure that detail designs satisfy the identified requirements and expectations during large scale system integration exercises and requirement verification stages
• Manage testing of EPPS designs including advanced hardware‑in‑the‑loop (HIL) test methods to support integration with larger systems of systems
• Support laboratory and field testing of prototype EPPS systems to demonstrate final design
• Serve as a technical leader on multiple projects (for Senior Professional and higher‑level positions)
• Manage multiple and/or large projects (for Senior Professional and higher‑level positions)
• Create opportunities to enhance technical methodology (for Senior Professional and higher‑level positions)
• Mentor and train assigned employees in the development of technical, project and business development skills (for Senior Professional and higher‑level positions)

Qualifications