Electrical Engineer

Position: Staff Electrical Engineer
Job Title

Staff Electrical Engineer

Location

Herndon, VA - Herndon, VA 20171 US (Primary)

Job Description

Use your electrical engineering skills to design and build electro-optical systems to push boundaries for NASA and DoD. Fibertek is looking for an Electrical Engineer to join our Herndon, VA location to contribute to the development of laser products within our R&D team. By taking on both short and long-term projects, you will use your versatility to bring uncharted laser research to the aerospace industry.

You will work within a collaborative environment while empowered to make decisions in your area of expertise. You will have a manageable workload, and have the benefit of both your team and senior leadership support. In developing, verifying, and upgrading the electronics in Fibertek's electro-optical systems, you will handle a wide range of engineering tasks, including circuit board development, firmware (FPGA & CPU) development, cable/harness design, and documentation.

This will also include board and system-level integration and testing and troubleshooting. You will work on multiple concurrent projects, with a mix of small, short, quick-turn projects and more extensive, long-term projects.

Job Requirements

• BSEE with 5-8 years of applicable work experience.
• Experience with circuit board design, integration, and troubleshooting.
• Comfortable working hands-on and will participate in field tests and experiments.
• Experience using electrical lab equipment as part of embedded system development.

Bonus Areas:

• MSEE
• Experience developing hi-rel military and/or space-flight electronics
• Experience with FPGA/CPLD design, simulation, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with embedded CPU/Microcontroller firmware development, integration, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with LIDAR systems

FIBERTEK, Inc. is a recognized leader in advanced lasers, lidars and laser communication systems providing our DoD, NASA and aerospace customers discriminating capabilities. We pride ourselves in our innovation and customer success focused culture enabled by a creative and relaxed work environment. Fibertek fosters a progressive learning environment that values inspiration, promotes professional challenge and encourages personal growth. We offer a competitive and incentivized compensation package with excellent benefits.

Fibertek, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on individual merit, skills, and experience. Fibertek does not engage in nor permits any discrimination in the workplace.