Electrical Engineer

Job Description

Electrical Engineer role at ECS located in Chantilly, VA.

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure effective design review and project execution.
• Analyze customer requirements and derive detailed system, subsystem, and component‑level specifications to drive electronic designs.
• Develop circuit designs at various levels from component‑level up to system‑level to meet customer requirements and specifications.
• Analyze, simulate and iterate circuit design implementations to ensure performance meets requirements.
• Conduct thorough testing and troubleshooting of electronic assemblies and components in both laboratory and field environments.
• Participate in small multi‑discipline teams to integrate subsystems together and perform system‑level acceptance tests.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, including operations manuals, user guides, and qualification procedures.
• Provide technical expertise and recommendations to support and enhance existing systems and new development projects.
• Contribute to technology innovation discussions with coworkers and stakeholders to help advance the ECS mission.
• Occasional domestic and international travel (up to 15% of the time, several times a year) to support installations, testing and other project‑related activities.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field, with 3‑5 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, with 1‑3 years related experience.
• In depth knowledge of engineering standards, theories, concepts, and techniques relevant to electrical and electronic systems.
• Proven experience with circuit design, testing, and troubleshooting for analog and digital systems.
• Proficient in creating custom test configurations and operating test equipment, such as signal analyzers, oscilloscopes, multipliers, signal generators, network analyzers, power meters, frequency counters, and logic analyzers, to support the testing and verification of electronic systems in various applications, including communications, radar, and computing.
• Experience working collaboratively in a laboratory environment and with hands‑on troubleshooting techniques.
• Experience developing and publishing technical content from concept to completion, including test procedures, test reports, engineering analyses, white papers, operations/user manuals, and design review materials, in collaboration with engineers, technicians, and stakeholders.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical information to non‑technical stakeholders.
• Strong team player with the ability to work independently and collaboratively with cross‑functional teams.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government DoD Security Clearance.

• Proficiency in electronic circuit analysis and design applications, such as:
  • MATLAB
  • Siemens/Mentor Graphics PADS, Allegro or Altium
  • SPICE/PSPICE
  • Keysight Pathwave/Genesys/ADS, AWR Microwave Office or Ansys HFSS
  • Model Sim, ISE, Vivado or Quartus
• Experience in radio frequency (RF) circuit modeling, analysis and design and/or digital signal processing (DSP).
• PCB design experience, including mixed‑signal (digital and analog) circuitry.
• Experience with high‑speed digital design, including signal integrity and clock domain crossing.
• Experience with antenna theory, design and measurement techniques.
• Familiarity with design for manufacturability (DFM) and design for test (DFT).
• Coursework or direct experience with radar systems, including:
  • Radar system design and analysis
  • Radar signal processing and simulation
• Understanding of basic RF and microwave engineering principles, including:
  • Transmission lines and matching networks
  • Filter design and analysis
  • Harmonic balance and non‑linear effects
  • Cascaded noise figure and signal‑to‑noise analyses
  • Radio frequency/electromagnetic interference (RFI/EMI) effects and mitigation techniques
  • Time‑ and frequency‑domain relationships and analysis techniques
• Active US Government DoD Secret Security Clearance or higher.

ECS is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of any characteristic protected by law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local jurisdiction law.