Principal Engineer – Electronics (REQ 320)

Job Functions and Responsibilities

• Design, integration, troubleshooting, production, and sustainment of complex electrical and electro-mechanical ocean systems.
• Design, procurement, and testing of high complexity mixed-signal PCBs with advanced processors, high speed peripherals, and data acquisition circuitry that is low-power and low-noise
• Manage electronics or multidiscipline integrated product team (IPT) supporting one or more large DoD programs.
• Lead and/or participate in significant proposal capture teams providing innovative technical concepts to complex problems.
• Provide support for a broad range of engineering design reviews including system architectures, electronic schematics/layouts, safety, and system deployment/employment
• Travel to support exercises
• Support recruiting initiatives and mentoring of junior staff

Required Skills and Attributes

• S.E.E. degree with 12+ years of relevant experience, M.S.E.E. degree with 9+ years’ experience, or Ph.D. E.E. degree with 6+ years’ experience with a concentration in microelectronics and circuit design
• Extensive experience designing complex, multi-layer, high-density PCBs is essential
• Extensive designing with analog sensors, ADCs, and embedded processors
• Extensive experience with, or oversight of, electronic layout, bill-of-materials, and assembly process
• Experience as an IPT leader and/or managing projects of significant complexity
• Experience with offshore field testing
• Strong understanding of digital signal processing techniques and processes
• Extensive experience with low noise and low power electronics design
• Extensive experience or familiarity with electronics assembly, wiring, crimping, and soldering
• Proficiency with electronic laboratory test equipment including digital multi-meter, oscilloscope, function generator, digital voltage and current measurement probes.
• Extensive experience troubleshooting printed circuit boards and electronics assemblies including cables, sensors, grounding, and noise.
• Ability to grasp, organize, and communicate complex concepts both electrical and organizational and interface with multi-disciplinary team.
• Basic proficiency interfacing with Linux based systems
• Basic competence with Matlab data analysis

Preferred Skills and Attributes

• S. or PhD in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in microelectronics and circuit design
• Prior experience designing electronics for underwater maritime systems
• Prior experience creating technical content for new products, ideas, or other business development pursuits
• Experience working in an R&D environment and working in small multidisciplinary teams
• Experience mentoring junior EE staff on electronics design, PCB implementation, and board troubleshooting
• Experience briefing customers
• Experience with C/C++ coding for microcontrollers (or similar e.g. Python)