Senior Electrical Engineer – Linear Actuation & Sensing

V2X Inc; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

V2X Inc in Indianapolis, IN seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer II to lead design and integration of linear electromechanical actuation systems. You will own subsystem architectures, translate system requirements into robust hardware, and validate power/control schemes for actuators.

You will collaborate with mechanical, systems, and software teams, perform advanced modeling and testing, and mentor junior engineers while guiding environmental and EMI/EMC testing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related STEM field.
• Minimum 8 years of professional electrical engineering experience, or 6+ years with a relevant Master’s degree (MSEE, MSCE, or similar).
• Demonstrated experience in linear electromechanical actuation driven from AC and DC power sources.
• Experience with contact sensing (limit switches, interlocks, discrete feedback).
• Position and rotation encoding with encoders, resolvers, Hall-effect sensing; DoD‑level security/clearance eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Lead electrical architecture and design for linear electromechanical actuation subsystems powered from AC and DC sources.
• Define power, control, and protection schemes for actuators, including inrush management, braking, and fault handling.
• Design and integrate drive electronics, including relay or solid‑state switching, contactors, and motor/actuator driver circuits.
• Specify and integrate position and rotation encoding devices with signal conditioning.
• Develop and maintain schematics and documentation using ECAD tools (Altium Designer).
• Plan and perform SPICE-based simulations and analyses to validate performance, margin, and stability.
• Coordinate with PCB layout to ensure proper routing, isolation, creepage/clearance, and EMI/EMC behavior.
• Lead lab bring-up and debugging of actuation and sensing hardware; RCCA and fault isolation.

Skills

Electrical design

Actuation systems

Sensing devices

ECAD tools

SPICE simulations

EMI/EMC design

Requirements traceability

Leadership

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

MSCE / MSEE preferred

Tools

Altium Designer

Schematic capture

PCB layout coordination

Job description

V2X Inc in Indianapolis, IN seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer II to lead design and integration of linear electromechanical actuation systems. You will own subsystem architectures, translate system requirements into robust hardware, and validate power/control schemes for actuators.

You will collaborate with mechanical, systems, and software teams, perform advanced modeling and testing, and mentor junior engineers while guiding environmental and EMI/EMC testing.