Electrical Engineer

Established in 1977, Birdon is an experienced prime contractor with an operational footprint that includes five established locations across the United States as well as locations within Australia, Europe and Asia. Birdon has been engineering and manufacturing defense solutions since 1992 and is a leading global supplier of army watercraft.

Birdon is an established and trusted partner of the United States Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Australian Defence Force and a number of other international military forces. Birdon is successfully delivering on major projects for the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Coast Guard, and U.S. Navy, as well as the Australian Navy and Australian Army.

Our Electrical Engineers are an integral part of our daily work. The Electrical Engineer I will work closely with the Senior Electrical Engineer to develop, integrate, and test the completed designs. Assists the Senior Electrical Engineer to execute design tasks within schedule and budget. Support the transition to production and the design of agreed to changes to the configuration baseline.

Some of your daily functions will include:

• Meet daily with the electrical engineering team to escalate roadblocks to have the barriers removed.
• Develop electrical power generation and power distribution systems for marine applications.
• Integrate Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber and Intelligence (C5i) systems into vessels.
• Create and review wiring routing tables with passthrough information, terminate identification, wire type, connector part numbers, label descriptions in MS Access.
• Produce electrical plant load analysis along with wire sizing and component protection in accordance with ABS standards.
• Establish functional and acceptance test plans for system designs.
• Under the guidance of Electrical Engineers II and III, ensure that all work is performed in accordance with the specifications, drawings, and terms of the contract including ABS standards within assigned SWBS section.
• Develop engineering deliverables in accordance with engineering processes, ensure safe, fit for purpose engineering deliverables, and present materials associated with the above life-cycle reviews.
• Develop Ship Constructor 3D models and associated 2D drawings/schematics in accordance with company, industry, and project standards.
• Release drawings following company workflow.
• Create engineering reports to show compliance with project requirements based on design, test, analysis, and similarity.
• Partner with quality to troubleshoot installation issues, determine root cause, and recommend solutions.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the department by creating work instructions for best practices.
• Closely managed and tasks are limited in complexity.

• 2 years of marine electrical engineering experience in marketing coordination.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.