Senior Electrical Design Engineer

Senior Electrical Design Engineer

We are seeking a senior electrical design engineer to work on the design, production support and test of electrical/electronic systems for lighter-than-air vehicles and their ground support facilities. The successful candidate will have at least a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and at least 8 years of electrical design experience, preferably for the aviation industry.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• The individual will be responsible for electrical design tasks including, but not limited to, instrumentation and control, power distribution, communications, programmable logic controllers, variable frequency drives and hydraulic power control.
• Experience in any or all of these areas is desirable.
• Experience working with schematic capturing tools, particularly Solidworks Electrical, is desirable.
• The individual will be responsible for task management of multiple budgets and personnel to complete tasks within schedule and costs.
• Candidate should have experience in managing high-level projects, to include tracking via EVMS or equivalent cost/task tracking.
• Knowledge designing power systems is a plus.
• The position requires a candidate with a strong work ethic and the ability to work independently and in multi-disciplinary groups.
• A broad range of knowledge and the willingness to develop skills in new areas is an advantage.
• Occasional travel to our North Carolina facility may be required.
• The candidate must possess a strong base of practical skills to enable following all aspects of the design from concept through fabrication and test.
• The position will require the candidate to conduct Design Reviews to show electrical design meets customer requirements.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering
• Minimum of 8 years demonstrated electrical design experience working with electrical and electronic assemblies, preferably for the aviation industry.
• Experience with creating production level engineering documentation for a manufacturing environment
• Experience with integration and testing support in manufacturing environment for 1st article builds
• Experience with project management and/or IPT lead to monitor design effort of interdisciplinary design team.
• Excellent oral, written and presentation skills for interfacing with senior management and customers as well as mentoring of other engineers.
• US Citizen
• Existing secret security clearance preferred.

Why is This a Great Opportunity:

We are seeking a senior electrical design engineer to work on the design, production support and test of electrical/electronic systems for lighter-than-air vehicles and their ground support facilities.