Lead, Electrical Engineer (Power) (PALM BAY)

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L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across air, land, sea, space and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue, 48,000 employees and customers in more than 100 countries. L3Harris.com

Job Tile: Lead , Electrical Engineering – Power Hardware

Job Code: 41871

Job Location: Palm Bay, FL

Schedule: 9/80 (Employees work 80 hours over 9 days and have every other Friday off)

Work Arrangement: On-Site

Job Description

L3Harris is seeking a Lead, Electrical Engineer – Power Hardware to join our team in Palm Bay, FL. In this role, you will support the design and development of advanced space-qualified power hardware for mission-critical applications. This is an opportunity to contribute to innovative spacecraft and payload power solutions in a fast-paced engineering environment where concepts move into production reality.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in spacecraft electrical power subsystem design, including power architecture development, circuit simulation, detailed analysis, hardware verification, and cross-functional collaboration. This position will play a key role in supporting current and future programs, internal research and development efforts, and strategic growth initiatives.

Essential Functions:

• Lead the design and development of advanced power hardware using sound electrical engineering principles and best practices.
• Support all phases of hardware development, including requirements analysis, architecture definition, detailed design, schematic capture, simulation, documentation, manufacturing, integration, and verification.
• Translate customer and system-level requirements into detailed electrical specifications and power architectures while balancing technical, cost, and schedule constraints.
• Design and analyze isolated and non-isolated power conversion topologies, including:
• AC/DC converters
• DC/DC converters
• Battery chargers
• Power management and distribution circuits
• Perform detailed analysis of power circuits for:
• Voltage regulation and voltage ripple analysis
• Custom magnetics design
• Mitigation of Single Event Transients due to particle strikes