Senior Electrical Engineer

deciBel Research has an immediate opening for a Senior Electrical Engineer in Huntsville, AL.

Position Description:

deciBel Research seeks a senior Electrical Engineer to support the GMD Weapon System (GWS) Hardware Engineering team's design efforts working within an Agile environment. Your core tasks will entail developing and maintaining Electrical drawings for multiple Ground Systems (GS) IPT hardware systems and their interfaces with facilities. Responsibilities include performing analyses IAW industry and military standards, developing rack/system level drawings, maintaining drawings PLM system, evaluating hardware design efforts, scheduling, and planning required tasks, leading small teams, and writing reports to support milestone reviews. Accountability and active participation in team meetings and internal/external demos, and documenting progress on team dashboards is expected.

Responsibilities Include:

• Responsible for overseeing and coordinating electrical systems design


• Evaluating electrical systems, products, components, and applications by reviewing designs


• Ensures product quality by reviewing electrical designs and validating that current standards are applied


• Supports the delivery of Electrical Systems design Technical Data Packages, as-built TDPs, PDPs, interface models, and additional design artifacts


• Supporting structured trade studies to evaluate alternative design solutions to resolve technical issues


• Developing and presenting design change requests, coordinating with impacted internal and external stakeholders, and ensuring configuration control of the technical baseline


• Identifying risks and opportunities associated with or driven by design factors and executing handling/mitigation/capture actions to reduce risk or realize opportunities


• Developing and maturing System designs that meet Weapon System requirements, MIL-STD, and other applicable codes and regulations


• Developing system level block diagram, intraconnect/interconnect design and cable harness design


• Support reviews of System Performance Specification, PIDS, HRS, and other artifacts via DOORS in a controlled classified area

Education Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and five years' experience.

Experience Requirements:

• 2 years of recent professional experience using a CAD Package such as Visio, AutoCAD, SolidWorks, CREO, Siemens Capital Suites (Logic/Harness), or NX to develop technical drawings


• Experience in two or more of the following areas: electrical/power system design, network communication system design, cable harness fabrication design, and perform electrical load analysis


• Experience reviewing engineering specifications, electrical schematics and/or drawings with the ability to translate customer driven requirements into specifications


• Understanding and application of industry and company electrical engineering technical standards and procedures; demonstrated electrical component design experience and impact assessment / trade studies development


• Experience evaluating commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) and military parts for compliance to meet requirements


• Proficiency with Microsoft applications such as Excel, Word, Access, Outlook, Teams, and PowerPoint

Special Skills Desired:

• Self-starter, team player, able to multi-task, able to generate quality work products independently, able to make excellent judgments and demonstrate interpersonal skills


• Ability to communicate data in a clear and concise manner


• Prior experience with engineering PLM systems such as Teamcenter and MRP system such as SAP


• Must be able to work independently, function in a dynamic environment, and be flexible to changing direction


• Excellent interpersonal, written communication, and presentation skills, including the ability to clearly and succinctly communicate complex concepts


• Recent experience leading a small project, including task and schedule planning, to meet major project milestone objectives


• Mentoring and cross-training junior engineers in analysis work, reviews, and approving their analysis results to meet customer requirements


• Recent experience generating engineering documentation including technical drawings, specifications, technical reports, test procedures, program procedures, and CDRLS


• Experience in one or more of the following system engineering knowledge areas: technical planning, requirements derivation, functional analysis, timeline analysis, trade studies, cost and risk analysis, interface definition, system design, system integration, verification and validation, supportability, and effectiveness analyses for total systems


• Experience in Visio or Siemens Capital Suites (Logic/Harness)


• Experience with mission critical and safety critical systems, components, etc.


• Familiarity with Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Core Standards: MDA-QS-001-MAP, MDA-QS-003-PMAP, MDA Instruction 5000.20-INS (ETR Process)


• Familiarity with the GMD domain and GMD Launch Support Systems hardware


• Hands-on mentality and a passion for fast-paced environments


• Experience using DOORS and/or CAMEO


• Certification in IPC-620 Workmanship Standards


• Experience with circuit card assembly design and schematic design tools


• Experience with lab test equipment such as function generator, oscilloscope, multi-meter, spectrum analyzers, etc.


• Security Certification


• Familiarity with MIL-STD-1901A, MIL-STD-882, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-464, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab, TEMPEST 01-13, NEC


• Familiarity with circuit card, controls systems, and/or component design


• Experience in short circuit analysis, bent pin analysis, and sneak circuit analysis


• Experience with wireless point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, and multipoint communication devices and systems

Applicant selected must have an active Secret security clearance. Must be a U.S. Citizen.