Electrical Design Engineer

Leidos; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking an Electrical Design Engineer in Huntsville, AL to solve complex electrical problems and create innovative designs. The role requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, significant design experience, and the ability to work collaboratively to tackle challenging projects. If you are ready to make an impact, share your resume today!

Qualifications

• 4+ years of direct applicable experience or less than 2 years with MS degree.
• Demonstrated expertise in CAD design work.
• Must be a US Citizen with Secret Clearance eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Solve complex electrical problems using off-the-shelf parts.
• Create designs for power distribution, RF design, logic, and controls.
• Work collaboratively to formulate innovative solutions.

Skills

Electrical design

Analog circuit design

RF design

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or STEM discipline

Tools

SolidWorks

Zuken

Visio

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At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainable. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

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Leidos’ Defense Systems Rapid Integration and Prototyping is seeking a Electrical Design Engineer to join our team.

If this sounds like the kind of environment where you can thrive, keep reading!

Leidos Defense Systems Sector provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the world’s toughest security challenges for customers with “can’t fail” missions. To explore and learn more, click here!

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Primary Responsibilities

• Solve complex electrical problems using off the shelf parts as well as the ability to develop custom solutions.
• Create designs requiring the use of techniques across a variety of areas including power distribution, RF design, logic and controls, and custom circuit design.
• Use test equipment such as VNAs, spectrum analyzers, multimeters, network analyzers, and lab power supplies/loads.
• Create block diagrams to define top level systems as well as lower level sub assemblies.
• Document and release designs using Zuken, SolidWorks Electrical, Visio, or similar.
• Work collaboratively with project team(s) to formulate innovative solutions to complex problems and products across a broad range of applications.
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• Candidate must have a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or a STEM discipline from an ABET accredited school with 4+ years of direct applicable experience or less than 2 years with MS degree.
• Position requires demonstrated expertise in design work using a CAD package similar to SolidWorks and SolidWorks Electrical.
• Strong understanding of system level design.
• Ability to design for rapid prototyping and fabrication in a dynamic environment.
• Candidate must be a US Citizen and possess (and be able to maintain) a Final Secret Clearance or meet the eligibility to obtain (and maintain) a Secret Clearance.
• Candidate must be a resident of or be willing to relocate to the Huntsville, AL area.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong understanding of basic mechanical concepts.
• Strong understanding of electrical concepts.
• Electrical system design experience – power, data, and RF.
• Experience with electrical schematics and cable diagrams.
• Familiar with 3 phase and split phase power systems.
• Familiar with DC systems power systems.
• Knowledge of fiber optics communication systems.
• Experience with Mentor Graphics DxDesigner, Altium, OrCAD, or similar.
• Familiar with 2D and 3D CAD software such as SolidWorks, SolidWorks Electrical, AutoCAD and Visio.
• Organizational skills to document designs, assist with Technical Data Packages (TDP) and support production and test.
• Active SECRET security clearance or higher.
  
  

Original Posting

June 24, 2025

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range

Pay Range $85,150.00 - $153,925.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Government Administration and IT Services and IT Consulting

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