Lead, Electrical Engineer - Power Hardware (Palm Bay, FL)

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.; Palm Bay (FL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris is seeking a Lead, Electrical Engineer – Power Hardware in Palm Bay, FL to advance space-qualified power hardware for mission-critical applications. You will lead design, architecture, and verification across hardware development teams, emphasizing reliability and integration with payload systems.

The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in spacecraft power subsystems, experience with power topologies, and strong cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field with 9+ years of experience, or a Graduate Degree with 7+ years.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of advanced power hardware for space-qualified systems.
• Translate requirements into electrical specifications and power architectures balancing cost and schedule.
• Design and analyze AC/DC and DC/DC converters, battery chargers, and power management circuits.
• Perform detailed analysis of voltage regulation, ripple, thermal, EMI/EMC, and reliability.
• Mentor power engineers and collaborate with manufacturing and systems teams.
• Support risk reduction, obsolescence, and long-lead material considerations.
• Prepare trade studies and support proposals, IRAD, and new business opportunities.

Skills

Power electronics

Power architecture

Team leadership

Spacecraft power subsystems

Circuit simulation

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree + 9 yrs

Graduate Degree + 7 yrs

Tools

LTSpice

PSpice

Cadence

Siemens Xpedition

Job description

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Job Tile: Lead, Electrical Engineering – Power Hardware

Job Code: 41871

Job Location: Palm Bay, FL

Schedule: 9/80

Job Description

L3Harris is seeking a Lead, Electrical Engineer – Power Hardware to join our team in Palm Bay, FL. In this role, you will support the design and development of advanced space-qualified power hardware for mission-critical applications. This is an opportunity to contribute to innovative spacecraft and payload power solutions in a fast-paced engineering environment where concepts move into production reality.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in spacecraft electrical power subsystem design, including power architecture development, circuit simulation, detailed analysis, hardware verification, and cross-functional collaboration. This position will play a key role in supporting current and future programs, internal research and development efforts, and strategic growth initiatives.

Essential Functions:

• Lead the design and development of advanced power hardware using sound electrical engineering principles and best practices.
• Support all phases of hardware development, including requirements analysis, architecture definition, detailed design, schematic capture, simulation, documentation, manufacturing, integration, and verification.
• Translate customer and system-level requirements into detailed electrical specifications and power architectures while balancing technical, cost, and schedule constraints.
• Design and analyze isolated and non-isolated power conversion topologies, including:
  • AC/DC converters
  • DC/DC converters
  • Battery chargers
  • Power management and distribution circuits
• Perform detailed analysis of power circuits for:
  • Voltage regulation and voltage ripple analysis
  • Custom magnetics design
  • Mitigation of Single Event Transients due to particle strikes
  • Total dose radiation (given parametric degradations)
  • Neutron fluence (given parametric degradations)
  • Efficiency
  • Thermal performance
  • Control-loop stability
  • EMI/EMC
  • Transient response
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to power engineers.
• Troubleshoot and resolve hardware issues at the component, board, module, payload, and system levels.
• Use laboratory instruments such as oscilloscopes, source meters, electronic loads, signal generators, multimeters, and DC power supplies to validate designs and investigate issues.
• Conduct trade studies and develop conceptual power solutions in support of proposals, IRAD, and new business opportunities.
• Collaborate with program leadership, manufacturing, systems engineering, and other cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, high-quality hardware solutions.
• Evaluate component tolerances and environmental impacts to ensure robust design margins for high-reliability applications in harsh operating environments.
• Support risk reduction and mitigation activities related to obsolescence, cost, producibility, and long-lead materials.
• Experience with Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) and Failure Review Boards (FRB)
• Ability to obtain a TS/SCI security clearance

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 9 years of prior relevant experience in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or another relevant STEM field or Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience interpreting high-level requirements and developing power architectures
• Strong experience in electronic power design, including:
  • Power devices
  • Control loop theory
  • Thermal management
  • Custom magnetics design
  • Printed wiring board layout
  • EMI filtering
• Technical knowledge of spacecraft power subsystems, including:
  • Ability to model spacecraft mission orbital average power, energy balance, and solar arrays
  • Batteries
  • Power topologies and charging systems
  • Power control and switching
  • Regulation
  • Distribution
  • Power quality
• Proposal generation with technical architecture/cost/schedule
• Experience performing detailed analysis of power circuit custom magnetics
• Experience with mission definition, concept generation, trade studies, preliminary and final design, component selection, integration, test support, materials selection, and design documentation
• Experience developing qualified deliverable power hardware for space, aerospace, defense, medical, or other mission-critical applications
• Experience working with manufacturing and production teams in a program environment
• Experience with Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) and Failure Review Boards (FRB)
• Experience generating and presenting technical material to program leadership, customers, and review boards
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to collaborate effectively across technical teams and leadership levels
• Experience serving as a subcontract technical representative, including supplier evaluation, statement of work development, and technical oversight of external deliverables
• Experience with ECAD and analysis tools such including:
  • LTSpice
  • PSpice
  • Cadence
  • Siemens Xpedition
• Experience integrating firmware/software with hardware in lab and system environments
• Mathcad, MATLAB, Python, or similar programming experience for modeling, analysis, and automation
• Experience modeling spacecraft mission orbital average power and energy balance

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