Senior Electrical Design Engineer Telemetry

General Atomics; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 131,000 - 228,000; Full time

Job summary

General Atomics in Huntsville, AL, is seeking a Senior Electrical Design Engineer for the Aerospace Technologies team to advance telemetry systems for avionics in a fast-paced R&D environment. You will design and integrate flight computers, power systems, and harnessing for in-house guided missiles and projectiles, collaborating with senior engineers and program managers.

The role requires extensive experience in FPGA/MPSoC, RF telemetry, encryption, and full-systems integration with a focus on

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or higher in engineering; 15+ years with Bachelor's, 13+ with Master's, or 10+ with PhD.
• Experience with FPGA, MPSoC, microcontrollers, and wiring harnesses for flight/test
• Experience with data acquisition instrumentation and mission control software
• Knowledgeable with RF components and telemetry MIL standards (IRIG 106)
• Experience with Type 1/2 encryption systems
• Avionics design for aerospace defense and production readiness familiarity
• Understanding of IPC and J-STD-001 standards would be beneficial

Responsibilities

• Develop avionics electronics, telemetry systems, and ground stations.
• Design instrumentation interfaces, networking, and telemetry data system requirements.
• Create electrical drawings, wire selection, shielding, and connectors.
• Demonstrate and improve legacy systems and develop new systems.
• Present technical results and manage engineering effort schedules.
• Represent GA-EMS as the sole technical contact on projects.

Skills

Altium Schematic/PCB Design

SPICE circuit simulation

VHDL

Xilinx Vivado

HyperLynx SI/PI

ANSYS SI

Solidworks Electrical

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering

Tools

FPGA

MPSoC

Microcontrollers

Microprocessors

Job description

Job Summary

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) designs and manufactures first-of-a-kind electromagnetic and electric power generation systems. GA-EMS’ expanding portfolio of specialized products and integrated system solutions support critical fleet, space systems and satellites, missile defense, power and energy, and process and monitoring applications for defense, industrial, and commercial customers worldwide.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Electrical Design Engineer to join our Aerospace Technologies team in Huntsville, AL. We are looking for someone with drive, talent, and experience in Telemetry System Design for avionics applications who also thrives in a fast-paced, Research and Development (R&D) environment. The successful candidate will report to an Electrical Engineering Manager and, along with high-caliber staff, will be engaged in the engineering support and new development of custom flight computers, power systems, telemetry instrumentation systems, and harnessing for in-house guided missile and projectile applications, and a variety of other technologies in the expanding product portfolio of GA-EMS.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with GA-EMS Engineering staff and chief engineers in the concept development and prototype design, integration, and test of Avionics electronics, telemetry systems, and telemetry ground stations.
• Contribute to instrumentation interface circuitry design, networking, & telemetry (data) system requirements development, architecture design, testing, & operation for short and longer range missions.
• Working knowledge of circuit, flight/test harness design, data acquisition systems, TM encoders/decoders, including familiarity with and the creation of electrical drawings, wire selection, shielding, military connectors, circuit theory, signal processing, and embedded systems.
• Demonstrate prior experience in the improvement of legacy systems and development of new systems.
• Generate electrical architecture solutions for new project needs, perform electrical engineering analyses for systems and circuits, schematic design, PCB design, firmware design, test procedure creation, failure analysis, communicate results to engineering and program management staff, give technical presentations, and manage technical effort schedules.
• Grasp, understand, correlate, and apply concepts in electrical engineering to pieces in a complex system.
• Plan and execute technical efforts quickly and strategically with general directions and minimal supervision.
• May represent the organization as the prime technical contact on projects.
• Performs other duties as assigned or required.

We recognize and appreciate the value and contributions of individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences and welcome all qualified individuals to apply.

Job Qualifications

• Typically requires a bachelors degree, masters degree or PhD in engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution and progressive engineering experience as follows; fifteen or more years of experience with a bachelors degree, thirteen or more years of experience with a masters degree, or ten or more years with a PhD. May substitute equivalent engineering experience in lieu of education.
• Required Experience: Analog and digital schematic design utilizing Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA), Multi-Processor System-on-Chip (MPSoC), Microcontrollers, and Microprocessors; wiring harness development for flight and test cables; analysis, design, and implementation of hardware systems. Experience with integrating data acquisition instrumentation from distributed systems with mission control software. Knowledgeable with RF components such as TM transmitters, receivers, encoders/decoders, or similar; knowledge of telemetry MIL standards (IRIG 106 and similar). Experience with Type 1 and Type 2 encryption systems.
• Desirable Experience: Avionics design for aerospace defense applications; guiding a design from start (requirements) to finish (acceptance testing) and possibly into production; familiarity with formal technical review processes (at a minimum, SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR); familiarity with IPC and J-STD-001 standards; firmware and/or PCB design; WOSA compliance.
• Desired Skills (ranked high to low): Experience with Altium Schematic/PCB Design Software or similar ECAD tool, SPICE circuit simulation tools, VHDL, Xilinx Vivado Design Suite, HyperLynx Signal/Power Integrity tools, ANSYS Signal Integrity tools, Solidworks Electrical.
• Demonstrates detailed and extensive technical expertise and application of engineering principles, concepts, theory, and practice as well as project and/or program leadership including organizing, planning, scheduling, and coordinating workloads to meet established project deadlines or milestones.
• Must possess the ability to contribute to the development of new concepts and principles; resolve unusually complex technical problems; serve as spokesperson on projects and/or programs; and be a technical expert in one or more areas of engineering.
• Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills are required enabling an effective leadership interface with other departments, all levels of management, professional and support staff, customers, potential customers, and government representatives.
• Customer-focused and able to formulate plans based on the development of innovative new designs in resolving advanced technical engineering problems.
• Must be able to work on a self-initiated basis or in a team environment and able to work extended hours and travel as required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Security Clearance is required.

Job Type: Full-Time Salary

Salary range: 130,500 - 228,375