Electrical Engineer

About the role

Everforth ECS is seeking an Electrical Engineer to join the RPL team in Chantilly, VA. The role involves working on high performance RF systems used for Radar and Flight Termination System (FTS).

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary engineering team of RF Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, and Software Engineers to derive solutions, perform verification testing, and troubleshoot any issues.
• Solve complex problems and complete hardware and firmware designs and perform hands-on testing.
• Analyze customer requirements and derive detailed system, subsystem, and component-level specifications to drive electronic designs.
• Participate in major reviews such as: Systems Requirements Review (SRR), Preliminary Design Review (PDR), and Critical Design Review (CDR), and Test Readiness Review (TRR).
• Develop Electrical Designs at various levels from component-level up to system-level to meet customer requirements and specifications.
• Develop and perform Acceptance Test Procedures (ATPs) for electronic assemblies and systems.
• Develop test scripts for automated testing.
• Create and maintain technical documentation on design, user manuals/guides, and testing procedures.
• Contribute technology innovation discussions with coworkers and stakeholders to help advance the ECS mission.
• Occasional domestic and international travel (up to 15% of the time, several times a year) to support installations, testing and other project related activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineer, or a related field, with 3-5 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering, with 1-3 years related experience.
• Experience performing Schematic Capture and PCB Layout of multi-layer PCBs.
• Experience in digital circuit designs for FPGAs, microcontrollers or processors, and Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS).
• In depth knowledge of engineering standards, theories, concepts, and techniques relevant to electrical and electronic systems.
• Proven experience with circuit design, testing, and troubleshooting for analog and digital circuits.
• Proficient in creating custom test configurations and operating test equipment, such as Signal Analyzers, Oscilloscopes, Digital Multi-Meter (DMM), Signal Generators, Network Analyzers (PNAs/VNAs), Power Meters, Frequency Counters, and Logic Analyzers, to support the testing and verification of electronic systems in various applications, including communications, radar, and computing.
• Experience developing and publishing technical content from concept to completion, including test procedures, test reports, engineering analyses, white papers, operations/user manuals, and design review materials, in collaboration with engineers, technicians, and stakeholders.
• Strong team player with the ability to work independently and collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government DoD Security Clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineer, or a related field, with 3-5 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering, with 1-3 years related experience.
• Experience performing Schematic Capture and PCB Layout of multi-layer PCBs.
• Experience in digital circuit designs for FPGAs, microcontrollers or processors, and Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS).
• In depth knowledge of engineering standards, theories, concepts, and techniques relevant to electrical and electronic systems.
• Proven experience with circuit design, testing, and troubleshooting for analog and digital circuits.
• Proficient in creating custom test configurations and operating test equipment, such as Signal Analyzers, Oscilloscopes, Digital Multi-Meter (DMM), Signal Generators, Network Analyzers (PNAs/VNAs), Power Meters, Frequency Counters, and Logic Analyzers, to support the testing and verification of electronic systems in various applications, including communications, radar, and computing.
• Experience developing and publishing technical content from concept to completion, including test procedures, test reports, engineering analyses, white papers, operations/user manuals, and design review materials, in collaboration with engineers, technicians, and stakeholders.
• Strong team player with the ability to work independently and collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government DoD Security Clearance.

Skills

• Altium or Siemens/Mentor Graphics PADSSPICE/PSPICE MATLAB Keysight Pathwave/Genesys/ADS, AWR Microwave Office or Ansys HFSS ModelSim, Vivado, Vitis or Quartus
• FPGA designs, VHDL and/or Verilog
• High-speed digital design, including signal integrity and clock domain crossing
• Radar system design and analysis Radar signal processing and simulation
• Understanding of basic RF and microwave engineering principles, including: Transmission lines and matching networks Filter design and analysis Harmonic balance and non-linear effects Cascaded noise figure and signal-to-noise analyses Radio Frequency/Electromagnetic Interference (RFI/EMI) effects and mitigation techniques Time- and frequency-domain relationships and analysis techniques

Benefits

• Occasional domestic and international travel (up to 15% of the time, several times a year) to support installations, testing and other project related activities.

Pay

Compensation is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Full-time position.