Lead Electrical Engineer â Advanced Radar System
Lead Electrical Engineer â Advanced Radar System
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$ 104650 - 189175
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Leidos Defense Systems Electrical Systems Department is seeking a talented Lead Electrical Engineer to join a multidisciplinary team to create unique solutions to complex engineering challenges in our Huntsville AL location. The ideal candidate will thrive in a learning environment that encourages leadership and technical growth.
The Electrical Systems Department is a designfocused group of engineers specializing in advanced hardwarebased solutions. As the Lead Electrical Engineer the individual will direct a team of engineers developing electronics for a first of its kind radar system.
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Primary Responsibilities
Lead team of engineers developing electronics for a first of its kind Radar system
Serve as a technical liaison with customer representatives
Brief technical aspects of system design integration or test plans and activities to customers and other external stakeholders at formal program reviews
Act as a control account manager for Electrical engineering team managing cost and schedule to the program plan
Manage an execution plan for the team and provide weekly status reporting to the internal and external management teams
Manage development test and demonstration of all electronics elements on emerging VHF radar panel capability. This includes defining key test / integration milestones for the RF performance integration with firmware benchmark testing at temperature and sensor stability and sensitivity testing
Lead the team responsible for overall system power distribution cabling and sensors. This includes multiple chassis designs large system control and safety elements and managing integration planning. Manage multiple ICDs covering these systems
Manage the electronics design for the overall transmit receive group which includes the digital receiver exciter RF high power amplification cascade and loss budget switching power supplies and overall electronics packaging and documentation
Manage overall engineering resource support for two production teams. This includes supporting rapid investigation and resolution of production issues engineering review boards and design changes
Manage the development and deployment of an overarching automated electronics ATP suite to the production teams. This includes management and reporting of results coordination of test setup upgrades and management of performance results
Support Electrical system integration. This includes both inputs to the overall system acceptance test planning and inputs to training and manual development
Basic Qualifications
Candidate must possess aBachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering or equivalent degree from an ABETaccredited institution with 8 years of experience or 6 years with MS degree
Candidate must have a minimum of 3 years of experience leading crossfunctional technical teams
Candidate must have5years of experienceinhardware system design and test from architecture through implementation
Candidate must have basic understanding of radar systems or at minimum sensor system operations
Candidate must have experience leading and conducting Technical Design Reviews and presenting technical reports and materials to customer teams
Candidate must have a strong understanding of Electrical power distribution signal cables coax cables fiber connectivity industrial sensors and rack electronics. Specific past performance integrating or working with a system with >75kVA power draw
Candidate must be capable of performing in a collaborative engineering environment working closely with multidisciplinary teams.
Candidate must have strong verbal and written technical communication skills
Candidate must have demonstrated experience effectively communicating within a team environment
Candidate must have the ability to interpret schematics wiring diagrams and system block diagrams
Candidate must haveproven understanding of fundamental circuits and circuit components
Candidate must have handson laboratory experience with instrumentation test equipment and debug/test methods.
Candidate must be a selfstarter with the ability to work independently
Candidate must have demonstrated experience effectively communicating within a multidisciplinary team environment and have experience mentoring & guiding team members
Candidates must be a resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville North Alabama AL area
Possess a secret clearance or have the ability to obtain a secret clearance
Preferred Qualifications
Masters degree in Electrical Engineering
Strong understanding of Electronics including PCBA development high speed digital design RF design high power amplifiers RF cascade development MILSTD461 EMI qualification and analysis and radar system phase noise
Experience with leading small to midsized technical teams
Electrical design for military hardware or aerospace systems
Original Posting:
May 19 2025For U.S. Positions: 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.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $104650.00 $189175.00The 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.
Employment Type
Full-Time
