Principal Electrical Engineer

Description

The Leidos Innovations Center has an immediate opening for a Principal Electrical Engineer in the Space Systems Research Branch in San Diego, CA. This is an exciting opportunity to leverage your experience to develop and produce cutting edge satellite sensor systems for research and development programs. Emphasis is on research and development with activities ranging from support of early scientific research to transitioning products to production.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Be the responsible engineer for major sub-systems of space payloads
• Lead development of electronics architectures for space payload systems
• Subject matter expert for complicated space payload electronics.
• Design, develop, integrate, and test all aspects of Printed Circuit Board (PCB)
• Collaborate in scientific research, engineering product development, and test activities. Contribute to design reviews and present designs for review.
• Work independently and use judgement to perform engineering task with uncertain and evolving requirements.
• Use judgment to perform technical troubleshooting and diagnosis of failed equipment and support root cause analysis.
• Perform data analysis and write technical reports.

Basic Qualifications:

• BS with 20+ years of relevant experience or Masters with 15+ years of relevant experience or Ph.D. with 13+ years as an electrical engineer in an R&D environment.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret Security Clearance.
• Expert level experience with Altium Designer (preferred) or OrCAD for schematic capture and PCB layout for high-speed digital designs using large Xilinx and Microsemi FPGAs. Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and schematics, specifications, checklists, and work instructions.
• Experience leading cross-functional R&D development teams.
• Well-organized, reliable, attention to detail, demonstrated personal initiative.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize workload.
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to coordinate work with others. Good oral and written communication skills.
• Motivated self-starter able to work under minimal supervision and an entrepreneurial approach to roles and responsibilities.
• Ability to mentor junior and mid-level engineers.
• Breadth of experience in a complementary discipline like circuit design, FPGA design, or embedded software is a plus.
• <10% travel to customer sites as required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated leadership of technical teams and projects.
• Experience reviewing and documenting technical data packages for military products.
• Space qualified PCB design experience.
• High-speed PCB design experience with knowledge of differential signals, trace length matching, and routing topologies for DDR memory is a plus.
• Knowledge of signal integrity techniques. Experience with PCB analysis tools like HyperLynx is a plus.
• Xpedition or OrCAD Schematic Capture experience is a plus for collaboration activities.

Education:

• B.S, M.S or Ph.D. degree or higher in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or related field from an accredited college/university.

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.

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand 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.