Electrical Engineer

Prescient Edge; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus opportunities

Comprehensive healthcare

Retirement plan

Career development

Positive work environment

Job summary

Prescient Edge seeks an Electrical Engineer to support U.S. Navy MUSV programs, focusing on electrical and electronic details that ensure subsystem function. You will work hands-on with cabling, power distribution, sensors, and interfaces to verify configurations and troubleshoot faults before vessel readiness.

The role requires 3+ years in electrical engineering, strong CAD skills, and the ability to coordinate with government engineers, OEMs, and maintenance teams. Travel is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum of 3 years of professional electrical/electronics engineering experience.
• Experience with electrical/electronic systems, cabling, wiring, power distribution, sensors, and controls.
• Working knowledge of AC/DC theory, grounding, bonding, circuit protection, energy storage, and electrical safety.
• Ability to read and modify schematics, wiring diagrams, pinouts, and layouts using CAD tools (e.g., AutoCAD).
• Experience performing electrical troubleshooting, fault isolation, inspection, integration, testing, or acceptance activities with test equipment.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with engineers, technicians, and stakeholders.
• Ability to meet SECRET clearance, safety, site-access, and physical requirements.

Responsibilities

• Electrical installation, cabling, and component integration for vessel systems.
• Review cable routing, terminations, pinouts, connector configurations, wiring diagrams, and layouts against documentation.
• Integrate electrical/electronic equipment with vessel subsystems and verify power, signal, grounding, and interfaces.
• Identify deficiencies and coordinate corrective actions with engineering or maintenance teams.
• Troubleshoot faults with multimeters, oscilloscopes, and diagnostic tools.
• Support test, acceptance, and readiness events in lab, waterfront, or shipboard environments.
• Document findings, discrepancies, and corrective actions; support retest of affected components.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Cabling

Wiring diagrams

Power distribution

Sensors

Diagnostics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

CAD tools

Job description

Prescient Edge is seeking aElectrical Engineerto support a Federal Government client.

At Prescient Edge, we believe that acting with integrity and serving our employees is the key to everyone's success. To that end, we provide employees with a best-in-class benefits package that includes:

• A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and orthodontia coverage.
• A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule. Career development opportunities, including on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking.
• A positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged.

Position Overview

Prescient Edge is seeking an Electrical Engineer to support U.S. Navy Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MUSV) acceptance, integration, test, modernization, and lifecycle engineering activities. This is the component-level, micro engineering role within the MUSV acceptance team, focused on the electrical and electronic details that make individual vessel subsystems function correctly. The engineer will work hands-on with cabling, connectors, power distribution, sensors, controls, electrical interfaces, and installed equipment to verify configuration, troubleshoot faults, support alterations and repairs, and ensure subsystem-level issues are resolved before they affect overall vessel readiness.

Key Responsibilities

Electrical Installation, Cabling & Component Integration

• Support installation, inspection, modification, and verification of vessel electrical and electronic components, including cabling, connectors, junctions, panels, sensors, controllers, power supplies, and related hardware.
• Review and validate cable routing, terminations, pinouts, connector configurations, wiring diagrams, schematics, panel layouts, and equipment installation details against approved technical documentation.
• Support integration of electrical/electronic equipment with vessel mechanical, control, communications, payload, navigation, and autonomy-related subsystems while verifying required power, signal, grounding, and interface connections.
• Identify installation deficiencies, workmanship issues, configuration mismatches, damaged components, or interface problems and coordinate corrective actions with the appropriate engineering or maintenance personnel.

Electrical Power, Troubleshooting & Technical Support

• Troubleshoot component- and subsystem-level electrical faults using multimeters, oscilloscopes, insulation testers, network analyzers, manufacturer diagnostic tools, and other appropriate test equipment.
• Evaluate alternating current/direct current (AC/DC) power generation, conversion, distribution, storage, circuit protection, grounding, bonding, shielding, and electrical-safety issues affecting installed vessel equipment.
• Perform technical analysis and fault isolation for sensors, actuators, motors, control circuits, communications interfaces, instrumentation, and other electrical/electronic equipment supporting MUSV operations.
• Coordinate with Marine Systems Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Government engineers, operators, vendors, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and maintenance personnel to resolve subsystem-level electrical deficiencies.

Test, Acceptance & Verification

• Support electrical inspections, system checkout, integration, operational test, acceptance, and readiness events in laboratory, waterfront, shipboard, and field environments.
• Execute or support test procedures; capture objective evidence; document discrepancies; verify continuity, power, signal integrity, equipment operation, and corrective actions; and support retest of affected components or subsystems.
• Assess test results and technical data to determine whether electrical installations, interfaces, and equipment meet applicable requirements, drawings, standards, and acceptance criteria.
• Provide clear technical findings, deficiency descriptions, recommended corrective actions, and status updates to engineering, program, and operational stakeholders.

Documentation & Team Integration

• Develop and maintain electrical engineering documentation, redlines, schematics, wiring information, configuration records, discrepancy reports, test results, technical reports, and recommendations for decision support.
• Support watercraft lifecycle engineering, engineering change implementation, craft alteration and repair activities, material/component identification, and configuration verification for affected electrical and electronic systems.
• Communicate electrical issues early, work effectively within an integrated Government-contractor team, and help drive component- and subsystem-level technical actions through resolution.

Job Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's-level degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering.
• Experience: Minimum three (3) years of professional electrical/electronics engineering experience.
• Demonstrated experience with electrical/electronic systems, cabling, connectors, wiring, power distribution, sensors, controls, instrumentation, or comparable component-level engineering work.
• Working knowledge of AC/DC electrical theory, grounding, bonding, circuit protection, power conversion, batteries or energy-storage systems, and electrical safety.
• Ability to read, develop, review, or modify electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, cable-routing drawings, pinouts, panel layouts, and related engineering documentation using AutoCAD or similar CAD tools.
• Experience performing electrical troubleshooting, fault isolation, inspection, integration, test and evaluation, or acceptance activities using standard electrical test equipment and diagnostic tools.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work hands-on with engineers, technicians, operators, vendors, and Government stakeholders in dynamic test environments.
• Ability to meet applicable SECRET clearance, safety, security, site-access, and physical requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting unmanned surface vehicles, autonomous systems, military boats/craft, maritime electronics, or comparable complex mobile platforms.
• Experience with marine electrical systems, shipboard or small-craft power distribution, navigation equipment, communications, radar, sensors, remote command-and-control, or data-acquisition systems.
• Experience with electrical installation, craft alteration, repair, cable fabrication or routing, connector termination, component replacement, and waterfront troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), embedded controllers, motor controllers, vessel-monitoring systems, serial/Ethernet communications, or control-system interfaces.
• Knowledge of marine electrical standards, American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC) requirements, C4ISR interface considerations, cybersecurity constraints affecting installed systems, electromagnetic compatibility/interference (EMC/EMI), shielding, or electrical-noise mitigation.
• Master's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline.
• Approximately 25–50% travel is expected, depending on test schedules, operational requirements, and mission needs. Travel may include multi-day or extended support at customer, waterfront, shipboard, remote, and operational test locations. The position primarily supports hands-on electrical engineering, installation verification, troubleshooting, inspection, integration, and test activities in laboratory, pier-side, shipboard, industrial, field, and outdoor maritime environments. Candidates must be comfortable with periodic travel, changing schedules, adverse weather, and supporting vessel operations and test events as required.

Prescient Edge is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) founded as a counterintelligence (CI) and Human Intelligence (HUMINT) company in 2008. We are a global operations and solutions integrator delivering full-spectrum intelligence analysis support, training, security, and RD&E support solutions to the Department of Defense and throughout the intelligence community. Prescient Edge is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO). All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic that is protected by law. We strive to foster equity and inclusion throughout our organization because we believe that diversity of thought is critical for creating a safe and engaging work environment while also enabling the organization’s success.