Electronics Design Engineer I - Embedded & HV Prototyping

Elbit Systems of America, LLC; Roanoke (VA); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9/80 schedule with every other Friday

401(k) retirement program

Medical, dental, vision, disability

Life insurance

Flexible vacation & PTO

Employee referral program

Voluntary benefits

Tricare supplement

Job summary

Elbit America in Roanoke, VA, seeks an Electronics Design Engineer to join the Electrical Engineering group. You’ll work on electronic design, power supplies, analog circuits, and embedded systems, from concept to prototypes and production release.

The role emphasizes PCB layouts, design verification, and collaboration with cross‑functional teams to reduce cost and improve reliability. A hands‑on contributor with strong communication is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering or closely related field.
• 1–2 years of electrical engineering or MSEE experience.
• Experience with high voltage design, low power, ultra-dense packaging, miniature devices, magnetics, EMI filtering, power supply control theory, manufacturing of power supply and/or high voltage circuits.
• Experience with Failure Analysis of electronic circuits.
• Experience with digital electronics, DSPs, PGAs, FPGAs, PICs and Microcontrollers/Microprocessors (STM32 and MSP430 in particular).
• Experience with closed‑loop feedback systems.
• Ability to effectively communicate design and engineering requirements.
• Able to work as part of a cross‑functional team.
• Capability to develop and conduct electrical tests including troubleshooting.
• MS Office skills: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio.
• Ability to obtain Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop electronic controls for the next‑generation Elbit America products.
• Develop schematics and PCB layouts in Cadence, Mentor Graphics or Altium.
• Develop and maintain the electronics project schedule, evaluation/test plan, electronics build plan, and electronics parts tracker, including cost data.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams in the Lean development process.
• Maintain comprehensive hardware requirement specifications for the controls.
• Apply Six Sigma and reliability engineering methods to new designs.
• Perform reliability qualification and growth testing on the controls.
• Verify design robustness with EMI product‑level testing.
• Coordinate control fabrication and qualification with the selected contract manufacturer.
• Own the development of all project documentation, including specifications and drawings.

Skills

Electronic design

PCB layout

Embedded systems

SPICE

Cadence/Mentor/Altium

High voltage

DSPs/FPGA

Microcontrollers

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Cadence

Mentor Graphics

Altium

Job description

Elbit America in Roanoke, VA, seeks an Electronics Design Engineer to join the Electrical Engineering group. You’ll work on electronic design, power supplies, analog circuits, and embedded systems, from concept to prototypes and production release.

The role emphasizes PCB layouts, design verification, and collaboration with cross‑functional teams to reduce cost and improve reliability. A hands‑on contributor with strong communication is essential.