Specialist, Electrical Engineer (Design & Development)

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L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Job Title: Specialist, Electrical Engineering (Design & Development)

Job Code: 44646

Job Location: Camden, NJ (On-Site)

Schedule: 9/80 Regular (Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off)

L3Harris Technologies Power Systems is an agile defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions for the US Navy Shipbuilding programs. With capabilities in ship control systems, manufacturing and turn-key ship overhauls that meet customers’ mission-critical needs.

Job Description:

This role is a key contributor to L3Harris’ Power Systems team, focused on developing advanced electrical sub‑systems that support next‑generation U.S. Navy shipbuilding programs. The Specialist, Electrical Engineering leads and supports design efforts across the entire product lifecycle, from early concept development through testing, integration, and production. The position combines hands‑on innovation with cross‑functional collaboration to enhance reliability, performance, and mission readiness of critical power and control technologies. It also serves as a technical partner to internal teams and external customers, ensuring smooth execution of circuit operations and test activities.

Essential Functions:

• Support the design of electrical and electronic sub-system circuits for next-generation military circuit breaker and power conversion equipment, including design evaluations and qualification testing of end products for a premier defense supplier.
• Assist with, and in some cases leading, the integration, testing, packaging, and configuration of newly developed sub-system circuits into final products.
• Troubleshoot existing designs and driving innovative improvements in reliability and performance, including analyzing test data and recommending appropriate corrective actions.
• Perform hardware design and development activities throughout the full product lifecycle, from initial concept through production, including architecture, schematic design, supporting PCB development, prototyping, integration and testing, and manufacturing support.
• Design analog, digital, and power electronics circuitry in accordance with system and product requirements.
• Contribute to the electrical engineering team’s hardware development efforts, including circuit designs involving drivers, sensors, power supplies, controllers, signal processing, and monitoring and control functions.
• Develop clear and comprehensive technical documentation, and present design approaches, test plans, results, and analyses to reviewers, customers, and other stakeholders.
• Collaborate closely with PCB designers to support circuit board layout activities for both prototype and production hardware.
• Participate in test-to-specification activities, design verification, and reliability qualification testing.
• Interface with internal and external customers to support circuit operation, troubleshooting, and test-related activities.
• Support manufacturing and production efforts by providing technical guidance and resolving hardware-related issues as needed.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Secret security clearance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
• 4+ years of experience in electrical hardware design and development, including at least one of the following areas:
  • • Electronics analysis
    • Analog and digital circuit design and simulation
    • Parts selection and Bill of Material (BOM) development
    • Schematic capture
    • Support of PCB design and layout activities
    • Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) bring-up and test
    • Hardware and system integration and testing
• At least 1 year of experience working with power electronics, power switching devices, and control systems.
• At least 1 year of experience assembling and testing engineering designs and prototypes using modern lab tools and test instrumentation, including power supplies, oscilloscopes, and multimeters.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Demonstrated experience supporting full life-cycle engineering design and development activities, from concept through production.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment, with an understanding of production support and design-for-manufacturability considerations.
• Proficiency with MATLAB/Simulink for modeling, analysis, and development activities.
• Experience using PSpice or equivalent circuit simulation tools.
• Circuit design and schematic capture experience using tools such as Mentor Graphics PADS, Siemens Xpedition, or similar platforms.
• Familiarity with applicable military specifications and standards.

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role is $92,500 - $171,500. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

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