Electrical Engineer

Lancesoft; Orlando (FL); Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancesoft is seeking an Electrical Engineer for a 6+ month contract in Orlando, FL, offering a hybrid work arrangement. The role pays $50–$67 per hour on W2 and demands deep expertise in interconnect design, documentation standards, and collaboration with multiple engineering disciplines.

You will mentor junior engineers on harness design, perform risk assessments, and ensure traceability through the product lifecycle while working with aerospace hardware systems and relevant MIL/IPC standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace, EE, ME, or related field.
• 5+ years in aerospace/defense electrical or mechanical engineering.
• Experience with electrical schematics, design, development, integration, and testing.

Responsibilities

• Owns end-to-end interconnect design and documentation for complex subsystems/systems.
• Drives and enforces documentation/cable-marking standards across project teams.
• Mentors junior engineers on harness design, routing best practices, and tool usage.
• Collaborates across mechanical, firmware, systems, and test engineering to resolve signal-integrity and power-distribution issues.
• Performs risk assessments for cable failure modes, thermal overload, and ESD/EMI susceptibility.
• Manages revisions, configurations, and traceability throughout the product lifecycle.

Skills

Communication skills

Team coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)

Tools

Zuken E3 CAD

ETAP

IPC/WHMA-A-620

Job description

Title

Electrical Engineer

Location

Orlando, FL (Hybrid)

Duration

6+ Months

Pay Range

$50-$67/hr on W2

Roles & Responsibilities

• Owns end-to-end interconnect design and documentation for complex subsystems/systems
• Drives and enforces documentation/cable-marking standards across project teams
• Mentors junior engineers on harness design, routing best practices, and tool usage
• Collaborates across mechanical, firmware, systems, and test engineering to resolve signal-integrity and power-distribution issues
• Performs risk assessments for cable failure modes, thermal overload, and ESD/EMI susceptibility
• Manages revisions, configurations, and traceability throughout the product lifecycle

Basic Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• 5+ years of Electrical or Mechanical engineering experience in the aerospace or defense industry
• Proven understanding of Aerospace Hardware System, including Electrical schematics, design, development, integration, and testing
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment

Desired Skills / Core Technical Competencies

• Interconnect Documentation –Full-system cable tracing, interconnection matrices, schematic accuracy, traceability to requirements docs and configuration management
• Cable Marking & Identification –MIL-STD/IPC labeling standards, color-coding schemes, asset tag integration
• Technical Drawing & CAD –Experience with E-CAD tools, preferably Zuken E3;3D wiring harness layouts;bill-of-materials (BOM) alignment;revision control and version management
• Power Budgeting & Management –Load flow calculations, efficiency optimization, thermal derating, redundancy strategies, safety/EMC compliance, power distribution schematics, energy analysis tools as applicable
• Custom I/O Cable Design –Connector selection and engineering (D-Sub, RJ45, fiber, HDMI, custom termination), cable assembly design, EMI/EMC shielding strategies, signal integrity modeling, prototyping, validation testing per IPC-WHMA-A-620 or similar

Frequently Used Standards & Toolsets

• MIL-STD-1513 (Interconnect diagrams)
• MIL-STD-461/464 (EMC) IPC/WHMA-A-620 (Cable and wire harness assembly requirements)
• Zuken E3, or equivalent Power system analysis tools (ETAP, SKM, or project-specific equivalents)