Senior R&D Electrical Engineer

Radiance Technologies, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee ownership

On-site lab environment

Job summary

Radiance Technologies is seeking a Senior R&D Electrical Engineer to support R&D programs including directed energy and pulsed power. Based at Radiance’s headquarters in Huntsville, AL, this full-time role involves hands-on work in a lab with a multidisciplinary team and requires independent leadership of hardware development across analog, digital and embedded electronics.

The ideal candidate has a strong electrical engineering background, experience across the design lifecycle, and excellent

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of relevant electrical engineering experience (Master’s in STEM substitutes for 2 years).
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain/maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.
• Experience with electrical hardware design through multiple lifecycle phases.
• Schematic capture and PCB design/layout for analog, digital, or mixed-signal electronics.
• Hands-on hardware bring-up, testing, troubleshooting, and debugging.
• Knowledge of EMI/EMC, grounding, shielding, and electrical design practices.
• Ability to solve technical problems and work in a multidisciplinary R&D team.
• Strong written and verbal technical communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead electrical hardware development efforts involving analog and digital circuitry.
• Design, build, integrate and test advanced electrical systems and technologies.
• Troubleshoot complex hardware and conduct system-level testing.
• Mentor junior engineers and collaborate across disciplines.
• Integrate electrical hardware into high-power microwave and pulsed-power systems.

Skills

Electrical design

Schematic capture/PCB

Hardware bring‑up

EMI/EMC knowledge

System integration

Mentoring juniors

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

LTspice

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

Radiance Technologies is seeking a Senior R&D Electrical Engineer to support ongoing research and development programs in areas including directed energy, pulsed power, energy storage, and related technologies. This is a full-time position based at a Radiance’s headquarters in Huntsville, Alabama. This position involves fast-paced, hands‑on work in a laboratory environment with a highly multidisciplinary team. The selected candidate will work closely with electrical, mechanical, computer, and other engineering disciplines, as well as engineering technicians, to design, build, integrate, and test advanced electrical systems and supporting technologies. The ideal candidate will have a strong electrical/electronics engineering background with demonstrated experience across the engineering design lifecycle, including requirements development, trade studies, analytical calculations, schematic design, printed circuit board design, hardware integration, and testing. The selected candidate will be expected to independently lead electrical hardware development efforts involving analog and digital circuitry, mixed‑signal PCB design, embedded electronics, and system integration. The position also requires the ability to troubleshoot complex hardware, conduct system‑level testing, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate across disciplines to integrate electrical hardware into larger high‑power microwave (HPM), pulsed‑power, and related systems.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field
• 5+ years of relevant electrical engineering experience (A Master’s in STEM will substitute for 2 years of experience)
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance
• Demonstrated experience with electrical hardware design through multiple phases of the engineering lifecycle
• Experience with schematic capture and PCB design/layout for analog, digital, or mixed‑signal electronics
• Hands‑on experience with hardware bring‑up, testing, troubleshooting, and debugging
• Working knowledge of EMI/EMC, grounding, shielding, and electrical design practices
• Ability to independently solve technical problems and work effectively within a multidisciplinary R&D team
• Strong written and verbal technical communication skills

Desired Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field
• 8+ years of relevant engineering experience
• Experience with Altium Designer or comparable schematic capture and PCB layout tools
• Experience with circuit analysis, modeling, or simulation tools such as LTspice, MATLAB/Simulink, or similar
• Experience with high-speed digital and mixed-signal PCB design practices
• Experience designing or working with high-voltage systems, including creepage, clearance, insulation, and material‑selection considerations
• Experience with embedded systems, microcontrollers, and C/C++ development
• Experience designing or integrating digital communication interfaces
• Experience with EMI/EMC testing, troubleshooting, or mitigationExperience supporting pulsed-power, directed‑energy, RF, or other specialized R&D systems
• Experience leading technical efforts or mentoring junior engineers
• Active Secret or Top Secret security clearance

Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Radiance Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

Our growth is creating great opportunities! Our team is expanding, and we want to hire the most talented people we can. Continued success depends on it!

Employee-Ownership Radiance is a proud employee‑owned company! Employee‑ownership benefits both our customers and workforce, and ensures that Radiance doesn’t have to answer to stockholders or be driven by quarterly earnings reports. Thus, Radiance will always prioritize enhancing our customer’s mission over expanding our bottom line. We are singularly focused on providing our customers with game‑changing solutions to their most challenging requirements. This is only possible because employee‑ownership attracts the highest quality employees, empowers them to identify capability enhancements, and provides them with the freedom to take risks to deliver high‑quality solutions. Employee‑ownership also provides tangible and long‑term financial security for our people and their families. Therefore, employee‑ownership embodies participation, empowerment, freedom, teaming, excellence, accountability, mission focus, and security.

Our Culture

Radiance’s culture is driven by our commitment to our customers and our employee‑owners. Our employee‑owners thrive on entrepreneurship, empowerment, and mutual responsibility for growth and sustainability. Our culture consists of individuals who embody technical and leadership skills to deliver superior solutions to the nation’s toughest technical challenges. We believe building trust and credibility with our customers leads to long‑term results. We invest in a superior technical workforce where leaders are developed, innovation is encouraged, and achievements are recognized. We seek innovative ways to improve, experiment, take risks, foster collaboration, and empower our employee‑owners.

Our Values

Our values drive our culture, business model, and daily interactions. These values constantly remind us of who we are and what we do. Our employee‑owners influence how we operate our business. We relentlessly pursue operating excellence by innovating, improving our processes, and reducing waste. We believe in being wise and ethical stewards of capital and resources. Our values dictate how we interact with each other and our customers, partners, and suppliers. Honesty, trust, humanity, alignment, and value creation require that we treat our employees with dignity and respect and provide them with fair compensation and equal employment opportunity. We believe in connecting with our communities and have a responsibility to be good corporate citizens, and we believe in sustainable business practices, which include supporting the environment and the communities in which we work.