Electrical Engineer

Position: Electrical Engineer I
Location: De Leon Springs

Sparton is an innovative defense contractor headquartered in DeLeon Springs, Florida, with a rich heritage dating back to 1900. Renowned for our exceptional manufacturing capabilities, we specialize in producing high-quality sonobuoys critical to the United States' undersea warfare arsenal, enhancing national security against current and future adversaries. But we are more than manufacturers; we are problem solvers. Our team of dedicated engineers and skilled professionals tackles some of the most challenging issues in defense technology.

Our expertise includes advanced research systems, maritime solutions, sophisticated sensor technologies and payload delivery capabilities.

Job Summary

Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of electrical engineering principles, concepts, practices and theories. Responsibilities may include research, design, development and test of electrical engineering designs and concepts. Work closely with other engineering and other functional areas to obtain optimum utilization of resources.

Responsibilities and Tasks

• Design, model, simulate and test complex electronic circuits, subsystems and systems.
• Assist engineering with design modification or electronic subsystems and systems for development efforts.
• Create schematic drawings and support PCB design, layout and routing of sub-assemblies and systems.
• Support designs with analysis simulations and calculations using spice and MATLAB.
• Prepare documentation for work as required for engineering and manufacturing of products.
• Conduct complex in-house tests, direct and guides or mentors other Engineers.
• Apply risk, failure analysis, and root cause analysis as required within the engineering discipline.
• Resolve product process and system issues; provide recommendation for enhancements and cost reductions; initiate ECN's; and formulate cost impacts.
• Keep accurate and complete records of engineering activities.
• Maintaining Development and Production Bill of Material for Obsolescence.
• Provide communications and/or presentations to customers, suppliers or vendors.

Education, Experience, Licenses and Certifications

• 4-year degree from an accredited university in Electrical Engineering or related field OR a combination of education and relevant experience.
• A minimum of 1 year of work experience preferably in an Engineering Department.
• Experience/familiarity with simulation (LTSpice or equivalent) and computational programs (MATLAB preferred),
• Experience working with microcontrollers, digital signal processors (DSPs), and field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs).
• Experience with generating Electrical design documentation, and technical reports.

Skills and Abilities

• US Citizenship Required
• Must be able to obtain and maintain U.S. security clearance
• Must possess a strong theoretical background and experience with applied hands-on implementation expertise in electronic design, simulation, modeling, analysis, and test.
• Hands-on experience with development, building and testing of electronic assemblies and systems.
• Knowledge of digital and analog design including amplifiers, analog and digital interfacing, time and frequency domain filtering, sampling theorem, aliasing, programmable logic, low power design.
• Must show high initiative, be self-motivated, and have ability to act independently on technical matters
• Proficiency in using MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams).
• Must be willing/able to travel to and participate in field tests

Travel and Physical Requirements

• Travel and participation in product field tests.
• The physical demands describe here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. The work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee may encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. This job operates in a professional office environment and a manufacturing environment. The employee may be exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration.
  
  The employee is occasionally exposed to a variety of extreme conditions in the plant. The noise level in the work environment may be…