Senior Systems Engineer – Power Electronics Leadership

Leonardo DRS; Bethel (CT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Flexible work schedules (9/80)

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Leonardo DRS Naval Power Systems is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to provide technical authority for complex power electronics system designs and architecture. You will review customer specs, define architectures, and develop robust design documentation and budget estimates for proposals.

The role requires leadership across large multi-disciplinary teams, risk mitigation, and verification through simulation, analysis, and lab testing. U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent; Master’s degree preferred.
• 10+ years of detailed design experience in power applications.
• Proficiency with Matlab and Simulink for simulation of electrical systems down to component level.
• Model‑based design experience of power electronic systems; real-time modeling experience.
• Experience with Navy or other defense applications and market.

Responsibilities

• Review customer specifications and requirements, and develop designs to best support them, including cost as a key design variable.
• Define and drive the architecture of complex systems and subsystems relating to power electronics, drives, and uninterruptible power supplies.
• Lead creation of system-level technical documentation and budget estimates for proposals; identify and drive strategies to retire key development risks.
• Verify product or subsystem performance through simulation, analysis, and/or laboratory test; ensure validation approaches are appropriate and complete for program needs.
• Generate and manage the design requirements used to specify components and subsystems through an RTM, ensuring end-to-end traceability to customer and regulatory requirements.
• Provide technical leadership on large projects, including directing technical execution, identifying and delegating tasks to an engineering team, and driving completion of activities on time and within budget.
• Mentor engineers and support technical reviews to ensure technical rigor and consistency across the program.

Skills

Power electronics design

Model-based design

Real-time modeling

Defense domain experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Matlab

Simulink

Job description

Leonardo DRS Naval Power Systems is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to provide technical authority for complex power electronics system designs and architecture. You will review customer specs, define architectures, and develop robust design documentation and budget estimates for proposals.

The role requires leadership across large multi-disciplinary teams, risk mitigation, and verification through simulation, analysis, and lab testing. U.S.