Lead Electrical Test Engineer – Defense Systems

NCSL International; Saint Petersburg (FL); Híbrido; USD 108.000 - 195.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Leidos is seeking a Principal Electrical Test Engineer to support defense electronic systems from development through production for DoD customers. You will lead electrical integration and test plans across embedded electronics, RF/microwave, SDRs, and C4ISR platforms.

You will design test fixtures, develop automated solutions in LabVIEW/TestStand/MATLAB/Python, troubleshoot complex hardware, and ensure compliance with military standards. U.S.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related engineering discipline.
• 8-12 years of relevant experience or 6-10 years with a Master's degree.
• U.S. Citizenship.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance (active clearance preferred).
• Strong understanding of analog and digital electronics, RF design, embedded hardware, power distribution, electrical system integration, high-speed digital interfaces.
• Experience developing electrical verification and qualification procedures.
• Experience troubleshooting complex military electronic systems.
• Experience using automated test equipment and laboratory instrumentation.
• Ability to interpret electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, PCB layouts, and ICDs.
• Strong technical writing and communication skills.

Responsabilidades

• Develop and execute electrical integration, verification, validation, qualification, and production acceptance test plans and procedures.
• Design, develop, and fabricate electrical and mechanical test fixtures, interface adapters, harnesses, and breakout boxes to support engineering development, subsystem integration, environmental qualification, and production acceptance testing.
• Design and implement electrical test architectures for complex defense electronic systems.
• Develop automated test solutions using LabVIEW, TestStand, MATLAB, Python, or equivalent software tools.
• Integrate and troubleshoot electrical hardware at the board, subsystem, LRU, and system levels.
• Perform verification testing using engineering laboratory instrumentation including oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, vector network analyzers, signal generators, logic analyzers, power supplies, electronic loads.
• Support system integration activities for military communication systems, RF subsystems, embedded processors, and digital electronics.
• Analyze electrical performance, identify root cause of failures, and recommend corrective actions.
• Support environmental qualification testing in accordance with military standards.
• Perform EMI/EMC pre-compliance and qualification testing.
• Support Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) and system integration laboratories.
• Develop automated data acquisition, analysis, and reporting tools.
• Prepare technical documentation supporting customer design reviews and qualification programs.
• Support Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), System Acceptance Testing (SAT), and customer witness testing.
• Interface directly with U.S. Government customers, prime contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers.
• Mentor junior engineers and technicians while providing technical leadership during integration and test activities.

Conocimientos

Analog and digital electronics

RF design

Embedded hardware

Power distribution

Electrical system integration

High-speed digital interfaces

Automated test equipment

Laboratory instrumentation

Technical writing

Communication skills

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related engineering discipline

Herramientas

Automated Test Equipment

Descripción del empleo

Leidos is seeking a Principal Electrical Test Engineer to support defense electronic systems from development through production for DoD customers. You will lead electrical integration and test plans across embedded electronics, RF/microwave, SDRs, and C4ISR platforms.

You will design test fixtures, develop automated solutions in LabVIEW/TestStand/MATLAB/Python, troubleshoot complex hardware, and ensure compliance with military standards. U.S.