Lead Electrical Engineer

Were ALTEN Technology USA an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to lifefrom advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3000 experts across North America we partner with leading companies in aerospace medical devices robotics automotive commercial vehicles EVs rail and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group57000 engineers in 30 countrieswe deliver across the entire product development cycle from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA youll collaborate on some of the worlds toughest engineering challenges supported by mentorship career growth opportunities and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued supported and inspired to grow.

Workplace: On-site 5 days per week
Location: Huntsville Alabama

ALTEN Technology is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Lead Electrical Engineer to join one of our top clients Kinetic Effectors Group. This role will support the design development and integration of electrical systems for the Next Generation Counter Uncrewed Aerial System Missile (NGCM) in support of national defense objectives. This is a hands-on mid-career engineering role focused on embedded electronics power systems avionics and missile subsystem integration and associated testing. You will work closely with cross-functional engineering teams government customers and suppliers to deliver cutting-edge solutions in a mission-critical environment.

Key Job Responsibilities
Design analyze and test electrical hardware for missile components including power distribution control electronics telemetry and interface circuits.
Develop and manage electrical schematics PCB layouts wiring diagrams and cable assemblies.
Support component selection and procurement ensuring conformance with military and environmental standards.
Conduct design verification validation and hardware troubleshooting during lab ground and flight tests.
Collaborate with systems engineers to define and implement electrical interfaces requirements and ICDs.
Assist in EMI/EMC compliance testing and environmental qualification (e.g. vibration thermal shock).
Support integration and test activities in lab and field environments including missile checkout procedures.
Document engineering work through detailed drawings reports test plans and configuration control systems.
Assist with program schedule creation and hardware development planning
Develop engineering labor and material estimates

Required Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering or related is required or equivalent combination of education training and experience
Minimum of 8 12 years of relevant experience
Candidate must be a U.S. citizen with an active Secret security clearance.
Understanding and application of industry electrical engineering technical standards; demonstrated electrical component design experience
Experience with circuit design and application
Experience using analytical software tools such as MATLAB or Python to analyze and reduce data to identify key characteristics and trends
Demonstrated experience in electrical power distribution and design systems
Ability to interpret and develop electrical schematics
Experience with requirements-driven hardware design and circuitry design
Experience with classified test systems or systems subject to cyber security policies and risk management framework (RMF) engineering technical standards
Experience with analog and digital circuit design
Experience with printed circuit board design and layout using ECAD tools
Ability to present engineering materials for requirements design and various milestones
Experience evaluating commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) parts for compliance
Experience researching developing designing and testing circuits components and equipment systems
Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing is essential.
Must be proficient in use Microsoft business tools including Word Excel and PowerPoint

Preferred Qualifications
Masters degree in Electrical Engineering.
Experience supporting a DoD missile program from concept through flight test.
Working knowledge of Explosives Safety and Ordnance System Safety.
Experience developing and releasing formal engineering documentation including technical drawings specifications and test procedures
Experience with telemetry systems
Experience with mission critical and safety critical systems components connectors cables etc.
Familiarity with MIL-STD-1901A MIL-STD-882 EWR-127 RCC 319 RCC 324 DoDEA 8510.01 MIL-STD-461 MIL-STD-464 IEEE 802.3u IEEE 802.3ab ECSS-ST-50-11C
Prior work with air-to-air air-to-ground or surface-to-air missile systems.

Salary Range
$155000-$170000
The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including but not limited to location the candidates combination of job-related knowledge qualifications skills education training and experience

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability protected veteran status age genetic information or pregnancy.

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Drug Screening Requirement: As a federal contractor Alten USA maintains a drug-free workplace. All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire.