Lead, Electrical Engineering - CCA and Analog Circuit Design Engineer

**Job Summary

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As the Lead, Electrical Engineer – CCA and Analog Circuit Design Engineer is responsible for the technical integrity, quality and on-time delivery of the assigned products within our portfolio. This role is responsible for leading development of Circuit Card Assemblies and design of analog and power supply circuits for system and subsystem architectures, analyzing designs to ensure they meet customer specifications, generating block diagrams and selecting components for the electronics associated with advanced laser systems.

This position requires a deep knowledge of electrical engineering practices and must possess the ability to design new CCA’s and analog power supply circuits that minimize power consumption and thermal emissions by leveraging state-of-the-art components and layout technologies. This role must be able to support product development, verification, and transitioning designs into manufacturing by working with design and development engineers and production technicians.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

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• Electrical systems development to include sub-systems architecture requirements, decomposition and flow down, specification development, design trade-off optimization and design approach determination, component selection, detailed design, design analysis with documentation, gate reviews and verification.

• Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) design including component selection, schematic capture, PCB stackup, design constraints, PBD layout and routing, signal integrity analysis, familiarity with design for EMC compliance, power consumption estimation, component derating analysis, system wiring diagrams, verification plan generation, lab test plan development and execution.

• Analog and power supply circuit design, including circuit architecture, schematic capture, SPICE circuit simulation / worst case circuit analysis, lab verification, and debug.

• Familiarity with serial and parallel digital interfaces

• Operation of lab equipment including oscilloscopes, power supplies, multi-meters, and function generators

• Ability to develop and make technical presentations.

• Guide and direct design certification tests and document results.

• Troubleshoot electronics failures and root cause failures in system application.

• Responsible for ensuring that specified quality standards are met for all tasks completed.

• Collaborate with other engineers in the development of work products.

• Occasional travel to customer and supplier sites and other IMS locations as needed.

• Demonstrates ethical and professional behavior in accordance with company values.

• Perform job duties in a manner that maintains compliance with the environmental, health and safety regulations, policies and procedures.

• All other assignments as required.

** REQUIRED CAPABILITIES

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• U.S. Citizenship required due to government contract requirements.

• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance.

• Excellent organizational and time management skills

• Strong project management skills and willingness to take on project ownership and accountability.

• Ability to work in fast paced, small team environment.

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work well within and outside of the organization with customers, vendors and leadership with minimal oversight.

• Familiarity with Military Specifications / Standards

• LabVIEW, LabWindows or other GUI development a plus

• Ability to effectively communicate and transfer electrical and design knowledge with other disciplines including software and hardware engineering, manufacturing, program management, suppliers and customers.

• Able to provide technical leadership, mentorship and guidance to junior engineers supporting engineering analysis, architecture, trade studies and continuous improvement.

• Action and result oriented.

• Ability to work efficiently under pressure and to tight deadlines.

• Ability to work weekends and evenings as required to meet company objectives and customer requirements.

**EDUCATION/ EXPERIENCE

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• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a minimum of 9 years or Graduate Degree and minimum of 7 years of prior relevant experience

• 9+ years of electrical design experience

• 8+ years of analog and power supply circuit design

• 7+ years of experience developing electronics and budgeting EE and software design and development programs.

• 5+ years leading EE design and development teams in a DoD environment.

• Familiarity with design for EMC compliance

Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.