Job Description

Electrical Engineer – Hardware Design

Location: Huntsville, AL
Work Arrangement: Full-time on-site / closed-area environment
Clearance: Active DoD Secret

Position Overview

DSI is seeking Electrical Engineers to support hardware engineering activities in Huntsville, Alabama.

The successful candidate will support electrical and hardware design activities including technical drawings, electrical/power systems, network communication systems, cable harness design, electrical load analysis, component design, and engineering trade studies. Candidates should have recent professional experience using CAD/design tools and applying electrical engineering standards and procedures in a complex engineering environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain electrical and hardware technical drawings.

• Support electrical and power system design.

• Support network communication system design.

• Develop cable harness fabrication designs.

• Perform electrical load analyses.

• Perform electrical component design and selection activities.

• Apply applicable electrical engineering standards, processes, and technical procedures.

• Conduct engineering impact assessments and technical trade studies.

• Develop and maintain engineering documentation and interface documentation.

• Work with systems, software, mechanical, test, manufacturing, and other engineering disciplines.

• Support product lifecycle and material/resource planning activities using engineering PLM and MRP systems.

• Communicate technical data and engineering results clearly and concisely.

• Support program activities in a full-time on-site, secure/closed-area environment.

• Travel up to 10% as required.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with at least 2 years of related experience; Master's degree with 0 years of related experience; or PhD with 0 years of related experience.

• At least 2 years of recent professional experience using a CAD/design package to develop technical drawings. Applicable tools may include:

  • Visio

  • AutoCAD

  • SolidWorks

  • CREO

  • Siemens Capital Suites Logic/Harness

  • Siemens NX

• Experience in at least two of the following:

  • Electrical/power system design

  • Network communication system design

  • Cable harness fabrication design

  • Electrical load analysis

• Understanding and application of electrical engineering technical standards and procedures.

• Electrical component design experience.

• Experience performing engineering impact assessments and/or trade studies.

• Experience with engineering Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems such as Teamcenter.

• Experience with Material Requirements Planning (MRP) systems such as SAP.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications including Excel, Word, Access, Outlook, Teams, and PowerPoint.

• Ability to communicate technical data clearly and concisely.

• Ability and willingness to travel up to 10%.

• Ability to work full-time in an on-site/closed-area environment.

• Current, active, in-scope U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at the time of application and required to start.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering.

• Experience with Missile Defense Agency (MDA) programs.

• Familiarity with MDA core standards including:

  • MDA-QS-001-MAP

  • MDA-QS-003-PMAP

  • MDA Instruction 5000.20-INS / ETR Process

• Familiarity with applicable military, electrical, networking, and security standards, including:

  • MIL-STD-1901A

  • MIL-STD-882

  • MIL-STD-461

  • MIL-STD-464

  • IEEE 802.3u

  • IEEE 802.3ab

  • TEMPEST 01-13

  • National Electrical Code (NEC)
    
    

• Experience modeling system architecture using Cameo Enterprise Architecture, Visio, or comparable architecture modeling tools.

• Experience developing or maintaining Interface Control Documents (ICDs), Interface Requirement Specifications (IRSs), and Interface Description Documents (IDDs).