Electrical Engineer

About the role

Join our growing team supporting customer missions as an Electrical Engineer in McLean, Virginia. You will support the customer's technical staff to broaden technical capabilities through 3rd party contracts and internal partnerships, draft documentation, and facilitate the contracting process. Foster communication between partners to ensure high-quality products are delivered on-time and on-budget. Develop expertise in special areas and serve as a technical Subject Matter Expert (SME) on designated topics. Secure approvals and conduct field tests of systems under development, contribute to the approval process for deployment, coordinate stakeholder engagements, and lead technical efforts supporting the operation and maintenance (O&M) of deployed systems.

Responsibilities

• Support customer's technical staff to broaden technical capabilities through 3rd party contracts and internal partnerships.
• Draft documentation and support the contracting process through SSJ, SOW, requirements, and other products.
• Foster communication between partners to ensure high-quality products are delivered on-time and on-budget.
• Develop expertise in special areas and serve as a technical SME on designated topics.
• Secure approvals and conduct field tests of systems under development.
• Contribute to the approval process for the deployment of technical systems as a technical Subject Matter Expert (SM).
• Coordinate stakeholder engagements, such as user requirements sessions.
• Lead technical efforts that support the O&M of deployed systems.

Requirements

• Engineering degree, preferably Electrical, with 7 to 20 years of experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in systems engineering supporting the end-to-end lifecycle of complex technical developments involving hardware and software.
• Demonstrated experience in drafting requirements, engaging 3rd party vendors, managing formal program reviews, generating test plans, and guiding troubleshooting.
• Demonstrated experience with identifying and championing new technical solutions.
• Demonstrated experience with technical development on both very short and intermediate timelines.
• Demonstrated experience with supporting customer contracting processes.
• Demonstrated experience with customer formal documentation systems and strong ability to draft technical documentation for different audiences.
• Demonstrated experience in hands-on technical validation and testing of technical systems, including test plan development, testing coordination, and test report documentation.
• Demonstrated experience with customer's approval processes for technical testing and system deployment.
• Engineering or technical background with a strong ability to apply technical domains of RF systems, network infrastructure, communication protocols, quality standards, and manufacturing.
• Willingness to travel both domestically and overseas to support development and deployment of technical systems (travel up to 10%).
• Active TS/SCI with Poly clearance.

Qualifications (Desired)

• Demonstrated experience with satellite communications/systems.
• Demonstrated experience with computer networking.
• Demonstrated experience with customer technical tools.

Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Paid Time Off.
• Short-Term Disability (STD), Long-Term Disability (LTD), and Life Insurance.
• Voluntary Life Insurance.
• Stipends.
• Referral Bonuses.