Lead Electrical Engineer

About the role

Textron Systems is seeking engineers to join its Sea Systems business area to develop solutions in support of unmanned surface vehicle programs. Current focal areas include autonomous control, advanced payload integration, vision systems, and other emerging technologies to enhance unmanned surface vehicle platforms' capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Perform detailed design of integrated electrical and communications systems on vehicles.
• Perform analysis, integration, and testing.
• Contribute to concept development as part of internal cross-functional design teams, including prototyping and production support.
• Prepare high-quality formal engineering documentation such as drawings, presentations, specifications, and design presentations to customers.
• Support proposal activity, providing input to cost estimates and risk assessments.
• May lead a design team.
• Will produce technical white papers, and brief management/customers on planning and progress.
• Prepare and/or manage design change documentation via Engineering Change Notices/Engineering Change Proposals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s and/or master’s degree in electrical engineering, electro-mechanical engineering, or a related field with 9+ years of experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including preparation of design documentation.
• Effective presentation skills.
• Solid working knowledge of Microsoft Office products (i.e., Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Visio).
• Design and integration experience in military and/or commercial systems, control systems, EMI/EMC, power and safety.
• Prominent track record of innovation and problem solving in cross functional teams.
• Familiarity with Systems Engineering, and Hardware-in-the-Loop simulation & test is required.
• Design and integration experience in some or all of the products and practices below:
  • Cable design
  • Hardware Safety and Risk analysis
  • RF link budgets
  • Hardware Environmental and Electromagnetic qualification to military standards
  • HALT and ESS testing
  • GPS and RF communication systems integration
  • AC and DC power and motors, motor controllers, and brakes
  • Ethernet and networking, RS232/422, CAN bus
  • Batteries (Lithium)
  • Power converters
  • Fault tree development and criticality analysis
  • Programming and algorithm development
  • Grounding and environmental control
  • Power test equipment such as electronic load banks
• Hands-on experience troubleshooting electrical cabling and digital communication.
• Wired Ethernet and Network configuration experience is a plus.

How We Care

• We promote an inclusive environment where we value individuality, differences, and unique perspectives.
• We are dedicated to offering employees opportunities to grow and develop.
• Our benefits and compensation packages are designed to help our talented employees excel and achieve their goals, so they can make a difference every day in and outside of the workplace.