Entry-Level Electrical Engineer – Defense Hardware Lab

Vectrus, Inc; Indianapolis, Northern (IN, KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Life insurance, AD&D, and disability

Retirement plan

Wellness programs

Paid time off, holidays, leave of abs.

Tuition Reimbursement

Learning and Development resources

Employee assistance resources

Job summary

Vertex, located in Indianapolis, IN, seeks an Electrical Engineer I (T01) to support design, simulation, validation, and sustainment of defense hardware. You will assist in circuit design, lab bring-up, and test activities across power, analog, digital, RF, and mixed-signal domains under moderate supervision.

Entry-level engineers will work on defined portions of circuits and PCB implementations, contribute to risk mitigation, and collaborate with layout, testing, and RCCA activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related STEM field.
• Foundational knowledge in analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuits.
• Familiar with schematic capture and ECAD tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and document intermediate complexity circuits (power, digital, analog, interfaces).
• Create and maintain schematics and documentation for review and production.
• Perform basic circuit modeling and simulation for verification and margin.
• Provide component selection guidance considering availability and lifecycle.
• Collaborate with PCB layout engineers to meet electrical and mechanical constraints.
• Support prototype build, lab bring-up, debugging, and basic test fixtures.
• Assist hardware bring-up and basic testing, and collect data for analysis.
• Support testing events and interpret results relative to requirements.
• Contribute to failure analysis and RCCA activities.
• Participate in trade studies and design optimization for cost and reliability.
• Maintain configuration control for electrical design data and participate in reviews.

Skills

Circuit design

Lab bring-up

Test and measurement

Schematic capture

Analog/digital/mixed-signal

Power electronics basics

Communication interfaces

Documentation

SPICE/MATLAB

Altium Designer

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related STEM field

Tools

Altium Designer

Siemens Xpedition

SPICE

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

Vertex, located in Indianapolis, IN, seeks an Electrical Engineer I (T01) to support design, simulation, validation, and sustainment of defense hardware. You will assist in circuit design, lab bring-up, and test activities across power, analog, digital, RF, and mixed-signal domains under moderate supervision.

Entry-level engineers will work on defined portions of circuits and PCB implementations, contribute to risk mitigation, and collaborate with layout, testing, and RCCA activities.