Sr Electrical Engineer

Are you ready to unleash your technical creativity? Dream, Innovate, Inspire and Empower the next generation to transform humanity through technology and imagination! Electrical engineers at Sierra Nevada Corporation research, design, develop, test, certify, deploy and improve cutting edge products and services. These cover a very wide range from advanced mission payloads and electronic systems through highly integrated aircraft to orbital and space exploration systems.

Youll conceptualize and design new products and processes throughout the product lifecycle from analog and digital electronic circuit card assemblies to fully integrated systems.

The ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance), Aviation, and Security (IAS) business area is a leader in ISR and aviation, it is a leading prime manned and unmanned aircraft systems integrator for innovative, high-performance ISR and aviation systems. Its end-to-end Command, Control, Computers, Communications and Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (C4

ISR) capabilities encompass design, integration, test, certification, ground/flight training and complete logistics support. IAS tailors solutions to customer cost, performance, and schedule requirements and designs to consistently exceed expectations – with an unrivaled record of on time and on (or under) budget deliveries.

• Apply innovative design techniques to create defense-oriented, cutting-edge electronic systems.
• Responsible for system and detailed circuit development, modeling, and simulation for tactical embedded systems products.
• Design digital and analog hardware utilizing FPGAs, microprocessors, microcontrollers, ADCs/DACs, power supplies, and control circuitry.
• Perform detailed analyses including power dissipation and consumption, stability, reliability, and risk mitigation.
• Interface with Systems Engineers and Mil-Std documentation to define derived functional and performance requirements.
• Understand IPC and AEC specifications to select and approve EEE components to meet program requirements.
• Full PCB stack development, schematic capture, layout, manufacturing liaison and design V&V.
• Define and implement test procedures and provide support during environmental and qualification testing.
• Experience using VHDL on Xilinx products, as well as C/C++ for uP/uC development.
• Experience using Altium Designer, KiCAD or other industry standard PCB design software.
• Hands-on test experience in a lab environment using test equipment such as a DMM, oscilloscope, signal generator, current probe, spectrum analyzer, etc.
• Perform other duties as necessary.

• Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or other related discipline and typically 10 or more years of relevant experience
• Higher education may substitute for relevant experience
• Demonstrated knowledge of engineering principles and practices
• Experience with Computer Aided Engineering tools
• Progressive experience working in multi-disciplinary design and development teams

• Exposure to simulations through functional and logical models and system analysis
• Background in the Aerospace and Defense industry
• Experience composing and analyzing Electrical Load Analysis (ELA), circuit modeling, simulation, and analysis
• Familiarity with design requirements related to High Intensity Radiated Field (HIRF) and Indirect Effects of Lightning (IEL)
• Knowledge of industry-standard electrical design principles, to include, but not limited to model-based definition, electrical component selection, manufacturing, and production processes
• Familiar with Electro Magnetic Effects (EME) to include, Electro Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) and Electro Magnetic Interference (EMI)
• Experience in digital or analog circuit design and schematic capture
• Understanding of the printed circuit board layout process and tools

At Sierra Nevada Company, LLC (SNC) we deliver customer-focused technology and best-of-breed integrations in the aerospace and defense sectors. SNC has been honored as one of the most innovative U.S. companies in space, a Tier One Superior Supplier for the U.S. Air Force, and as one of America’s fastest-growing…