Electrical Engineer, High-Power Directed Energy Systems

Electro Optic Systems; Australia; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

EOS is expanding its Directed Energy group to design, build and test high-energy electrical systems for laser weapon platforms. This role owns the electrical architecture from prime power to laser loads, applying energy storage, control electronics and safety across containerised and vehicle-mounted systems.

You will design, build, commission and validate these systems in the field, collaborating across power electronics, harnessing, protection and EMI/EMC disciplines.

Qualifications

• Degree in electrical or electronic engineering.
• Minimum 4 years designing power electronics or electrical systems for industrial, defence, transport or energy applications.
• Demonstrated experience with high current DC systems, power conversion and protection coordination.
• Practical experience integrating battery energy storage, battery management systems and their associated safety requirements.
• Schematic capture and PCB design experience in Altium Designer or an equivalent package.
• Working knowledge of AS/NZS wiring and electrical safety standards, and of electromagnetic compatibility design practice.
• Hands-on commissioning and fault-finding capability with oscilloscopes, current probes, power analysers and similar equipment.
• Willingness to travel to the test range and trial sites regularly, including periods of out-of-hours work around demonstration campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Design the electrical power architecture for containerised and vehicle mounted laser systems, covering prime power, energy storage, conversion, distribution and protection.
• Size and specify high current DC distribution, protection devices, contactors, bus bars and cabling for high transient loads.
• Design and integrate battery energy storage systems, including battery management selection, safety interlocks, charge management and thermal monitoring.
• Design control and instrumentation electronics, including PCB design in Altium Designer, for interlocks, sensing and subsystem control.
• Produce schematics, wiring diagrams, harness drawings and load schedules to AS 1102 and AS 1100, and manage their configuration under engineering change control.
• Lead electrical safety, earthing and bonding design in accordance with AS/NZS 3000 and related standards, and support electromagnetic compatibility design and testing.
• Support integration, commissioning, fault-finding and trials, including on-site work at the test range and at customer locations.
• Produce and maintain electrical design documentation, analysis and test evidence within the EOS systems engineering framework.

Skills

Electrical design

Energy storage

EMC design

PCB design

Schematic capture

Field commissioning

Education

Electrical/Electronic Eng. degree

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

EOS is expanding its Directed Energy group to design, build and test high-energy electrical systems for laser weapon platforms. This role owns the electrical architecture from prime power to laser loads, applying energy storage, control electronics and safety across containerised and vehicle-mounted systems.

You will design, build, commission and validate these systems in the field, collaborating across power electronics, harnessing, protection and EMI/EMC disciplines.