Senior Specialist, Electrical Engineer - Power Hardware - TS/SCI

Harris Geospatial Solutions; Palm Bay (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies in Palm Bay, FL seeks a Senior Specialist, Electrical Engineering - Power Electronics to design, test, and deliver high‑reliability power systems for defense and cyber mission applications. You’ll own the hardware lifecycle from architecture through production, collaborating with cross‑functional teams to move concepts into mission‑ready hardware.

Responsibilities include designing AC/DC and DC/DC converters, battery charging, and power distribution, performing rigorous

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or related STEM field.
• Active TS/SCI Clearance (or ability to obtain one).
• Experience with power-electronics design across AC/DC and DC/DC converters.
• Ability to mentor junior engineers and lead cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Translate system and customer requirements into robust power architectures and specs.
• Design, simulate, analyze, and verify isolated and non-isolated AC/DC and DC/DC converters, battery chargers, and power-management/distribution circuits.
• Perform detailed power analyses including regulation, ripple, efficiency, thermal performance, magnetics, and EMI/EMC margins.
• Lead hands-on hardware integration, debugging, and verification using lab instruments.
• Partner with manufacturing and suppliers to improve producibility and manage obsolescence and long‑lead risks.
• Support technical proposals, trade studies, cost/schedule assessments, and new‑business concepts.
• Coach junior engineers and communicate technical recommendations to leadership and review boards.

Skills

Power electronics design

Thermal management

EMI/EMC analysis

Hardware verification

System architecture

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering (MS)

Tools

LTSpice

PSpice

Cadence

Siemens Xpedition

Mathcad

MATLAB

Python

Job description

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Job Title:Senior Specialist, Electrical Engineer - Power Hardware

Job Code: 44364

Job Location:Palm Bay, FL

Job Schedule: 9/80 - Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked, and have every other Friday off.

L3Harris is seeking a Senior Specialist, Electrical Engineering - Power Electronics to architect, design, test, and deliver advanced power electronics and systems for Intelligence & Cyber mission applications in Palm Bay, Florida. You will own meaningful technical work from requirements and power architecture through qualification and production, building solutions that perform reliably in demanding environments.

This is a hands‑on engineering role for a power‑electronics professional who enjoys solving complex problems at the schematic, board, module, and system levels. You will develop AC/DC and DC/DC converters, battery charging, power management, and distribution solutions while partnering with systems, manufacturing, program leadership, and fellow engineers to move concepts into mission‑ready hardware.

Why this role stands out

• Own the full power-hardware lifecycle: architecture, design, analysis, test, qualification, and production support.
• Solve challenging high-reliability problems involving thermal performance, EMI/EMC, transient response, control-loop stability, and custom magnetics.
• Influence current programs, IRAD, proposal efforts, and future growth opportunities.
• Mentor developing engineers and serve as a technical leader across cross‑functional teams.

What You’ll Do

• Translate system and customer requirements into robust power architectures, electrical specifications, and actionable design plans.
• Design, simulate, analyze, and verify isolated and non-isolated AC/DC and DC/DC converters, battery chargers, and power‑management/distribution circuits.
• Perform detailed power analysis, including regulation and ripple, efficiency, thermal performance, magnetics, control-loop stability, EMI/EMC, transient response, and environmental design margins.
• Lead hands‑on hardware integration, debugging, and verification using oscilloscopes, phase/gain analyzers, electronic loads, signal generators, DMMs, and AC and DC power supplies.
• Partner with manufacturing and suppliers to improve producibility, manage component obsolescence and long‑lead risks, and resolve issues through RCCA and Failure Review Boards.
• Support technical proposals, trade studies, cost/schedule assessments, and new‑business concepts.
• Coach junior engineers and communicate technical recommendations to program leadership, customers, and review boards.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 6 years of prior relevant experience in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or another relevant STEM field or Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience
• Active TS/SCI Clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to obtain a CI Poly with existing TS/SCI security clearance
• Experience with proposal generation, including technical architecture, cost, and schedule
• Experience performing detailedanalysis of powercircuits and custommagnetics
• Experience with missiondefinition, concept generation, trade studies, preliminary/final design, componentselection, integration,testing, materials selection, and design documentation
• Experience developing qualifiedpower hardware fordefense, cyber, andother mission-criticalapplications
• Experience working withmanufacturing and productionteams in aprogram environment
• Experience with RootCause Corrective Action(RCCA) and FailureReview Boards (FRB)
• Experience generating andpresenting technical materialto program leadership, customers, and reviewboards
• Strong written, verbal, interpersonal, and cross-functional collaborationskills
• Experience serving asa subcontract technicalrepresentative, includingsupplier evaluation, SOWdevelopment, and technicaloversight
• Experience with ECADand analysis tools, including LTSpice, PSpice, Cadence, Siemens Xpedition, Mathcad, MATLAB, andPython
• Experience integrating firmware/software with hardwarein lab andsystem environments
• Experience interpretinghigh-level requirementsand developing powerarchitectures
• Strong experience inpower electronics design, including power devices, control loop theory, thermal management, custommagnetics, PWB layout, and EMI filtering
• Technical knowledge ofpower subsystems, includingbatteries, power topologies, charging systems, powercontrol/switching, regulation, distribution, and powerquality

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug‑free workplace and performs pre‑employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.

Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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