Senior Electrical Design & Integration Engineer

Leidos; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 108,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos in Huntsville, AL is seeking a Senior Electrical Design & Integration Engineer to lead a multidisciplinary team across avionics, payload integration, and real-time mission systems. You will drive hardware, firmware, and software integration from development through production in a dynamic defense environment.

The role requires an ABET-accredited degree with 6–8+ years of experience, travel ~10%, and the ability to obtain a SECRET clearance.

Qualifications

• ABET-accredited degree required with 8+ years of relevant experience or Master’s with 6+ years.
• Demonstrated capabilities in electrical system design, circuit design and simulation, hardware/software interface design and integration, and firmware development.
• Experience with troubleshooting in lab and field environments and wiring harness design is essential.
• Familiarity with PC board layout design and SMT manufacturing is required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to collaborate in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Willingness to travel (average 10%) and ability to obtain US security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design, fabricate, analyze, and integrate hardware, firmware, and software solutions for mission-critical systems.
• Test and troubleshoot hardware, firmware, and software in lab and field environments.
• Develop real-time system architectures for flight systems, sensors, and control systems.
• Collaborate with managers, customers, and engineers to derive hardware/software requirements.
• Support hardware and software architecture decisions, including build vs. buy trades.
• Lead electrical system design, avionics, payload integration, and hardware-in-the-loop work.
• Coordinate with suppliers and manage hardware procurement; assist manufacturing transitions.

Skills

Electrical system design

Electrical circuit design and sim

Hardware and software interface design

Software/firmware development

Troubleshooting hardware/software

Schematic capture

Wiring harness design

PCB layout SMT manufacturing

Education

ABET-accredited Bachelor’s in Electrical or Computer Engineering

ABET-accredited Master’s in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Job description

The Small Airborne Effectors Division within the Leidos Kinetic Effects Business Area is responsible for designing, developing, testing, and producing small to medium airborne missiles, unmanned vehicles, and payload effectors for a wide variety of defense customers. Our team is seeking a Senior Electrical Design & Integration Engineer to work at our Huntsville, AL campus providing support to a variety of design, integration, and test programs related to missile systems and unmanned aircraft. This role offers a wide variety of hands‑on work spanning avionics, integration, test, mission support, and field operations in development, prototype, and production environments. This is a dynamic opportunity in which talented engineers can thrive working on a diverse array of multidisciplinary projects in the kinetic effectors arena. We are in search of a highly motivated, trained, and talented electrical engineer to lead a development and integration team of multidisciplined engineers and technicians and to foster advanced technology programs through the complete product lifecycle from research and development through full production.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design, fabricate, analyze, and integrate hardware, firmware, and software solutions that successfully address a wide variety of customer challenges
• Test and troubleshoot hardware, firmware, and software in both lab and field environments
• Design electrical and/or software architectures and integrated systems for real‑time, mission‑critical systems that include flight systems, sensors, ground vehicles, and ground control systems
• Collaborate and communicate effectively with project managers, customers, and team members to determine and develop hardware and software requirements
• Contribute to system hardware and software architecture decisions based on customer performance requirements, schedule, and cost constraints including build vs. buy trades
• Support task execution including electrical system design, avionics design, payload integration, analog/digital/RF printed circuit board hardware design, FPGA and hardware description language development, hardware‑in‑the‑loop simulation, system debugging, and systems engineering
• Work independently as part of a broader multi‑disciplined engineering team
• Work collaboratively with project teams to formulate innovative solutions to complex problems and products across a broad range of applications
• Coordinate with purchasing department and outside board/cable shops to procure hardware
• Work in a lab environment testing and integrating hardware
• Work closely with manufacturing teams to facilitate the transition from prototype hardware to a deliverable product

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering from an ABET‑accredited institution with 8 or more years of relevant experience, or master’s degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering from an ABET‑accredited institution with 6 or more years of relevant experience
• Demonstrated capabilities in the following areas: electrical system design, electrical circuit design and simulation, hardware and software interface design and integration, software or firmware development, troubleshooting/debugging hardware/software in a lab and/or field environment parts selection, electrical schematic capture, and wiring harness design experience
• Understanding of PC board layout design and SMT manufacturing experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Constructive collaboration within and among multi‑disciplinary teams
• Availability to travel to support testing and other events (average 10%)
• US citizenship
• Active SECRET security clearance or the ability to obtain one

Preferred Qualifications

• RF and/or switching power supply design experience
• FPGA and HDL design experience
• Field testing and debugging
• Sensor instrumentation experience (acceleration, velocity, position, pressure)
• Experience with development and testing of flight hardware
• Radio communication links and GPS/INS systems
• Rapid prototyping, integration, and test experience
• Requirements‑based design and test planning
• Technical leadership

If you’re looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We’re not hiring followers. We’re recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We’re already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting: October 21, 2026. For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above. Pay Range: Pay Range $107,900.00 - $195,050.00. The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Leidos Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $17.2billion for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2026. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That’s why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers.

• competitive compensation
• Health and Wellness programs
• Income Protection
• Paid Leave and Retirement

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Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.