Flight Control & Embedded Systems Engineer (Top Secret)

Peraton; Maryland; On-site; USD 80,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

Peraton Labs is seeking an Electrical Engineer to design and develop embedded electronic systems for unmanned and autonomous platforms supporting critical national security missions, from concept to prototype.

You will collaborate across circuit design, embedded computing, flight control hardware, sensors, and imaging, with on-site work five days a week at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, integrating hardware with software and systems teams while upholding TS clearance requirements.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline and 2 years of experience; zero years with a Master’s degree.
• Experience designing and developing embedded electronic systems, including schematic design, component selection, PCB development, and hardware bring-up.
• Experience with microcontrollers, embedded processors, or SoCs and associated peripheral circuitry.
• Experience developing or integrating flight control hardware, avionics, robotics, or other real-time embedded systems.
• Working knowledge of embedded interfaces such as SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, USB, Ethernet, or similar.
• Experience developing, modifying, or debugging embedded firmware in C/C++ or similar languages.
• Hands-on experience troubleshooting hardware and firmware using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, and other laboratory equipment.
• Ability to integrate sensors, communications devices, and other peripherals into embedded platforms.
• US Citizenship

Responsibilities

• Design and develop embedded electronic systems for unmanned and autonomous platforms.
• Integrate flight controllers, processors, sensors, cameras, and communications hardware into complete platforms.
• Collaborate with software, mechanical, autonomy, and systems engineers to mature hardware capabilities.
• Provide hands-on engineering support from system architecture through schematic design, PCB development, firmware integration, and board bring-up.
• Work on site five days a week at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.

Skills

Embedded systems

PCB design

Firmware in C/C++

Instrumentation & test

Schematic capture

Education

Bachelors in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Embedded Linux

Job description

Peraton Labs is seeking an Electrical Engineer to design and develop embedded electronic systems for unmanned and autonomous platforms supporting critical national security missions, from concept to prototype.

You will collaborate across circuit design, embedded computing, flight control hardware, sensors, and imaging, with on-site work five days a week at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, integrating hardware with software and systems teams while upholding TS clearance requirements.