Electrical Engineer II

Systel Careers – Electrical Engineer II – Sugar Land, TX

Systel’s business is growing, and we have an immediate need for an Electrical Engineer II with extensive experience in hardware electronic design and development. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in and experience with aerospace and defense electronics, including high‑speed PCB design and EMI/power military specifications.

You possess strong interpersonal communication skills and thrive in an evolving technical environment that provides opportunities for innovation, teamwork, and personal ownership. You ensure delivery of quality solutions that meets system requirements and on‑time deliveries.

The Electrical Engineer II will be responsible for researching, designing, developing, documenting, testing, and supporting production of electrical subsystems for use in computers, test equipment, test fixtures, displays, and computer peripherals. This role will also be an individual contributor within the Electrical Engineering group.

• Design high‑speed printed circuit boards (PCBs), cables, and interconnects
• Design DC‑DC power management solutions
• Model and simulate circuits in LTspice and Altium Power / Signal Analyzer
• Create computer‑system interconnect diagrams and/or wiring diagrams
• Design test fixtures and test plans for various electrical equipment
• Assist with system prototype build, board bring‑up and test
• Manage preliminary, critical, and final design reviews
• Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
• Conduct EMI/EMC pre‑compliance testing and support final regulatory certifications

• Create reference, build, and assembly documentation for printed circuit boards and assemblies
• Create reference and assembly documentation for computer‑system interconnects and wiring
• Create Interface Control Documents (ICD), test plans, programming instructions, and miscellaneous instructions for all designs
• Complete all documentation within Systel’s document management system
• Revise existing documentation through Systel’s engineering change process
• Assist in the creation of product specification documents
• Complete electrical engineering‑specific support requests including engineering change requests, customer technical support escalations, manufacturing problems or questions, component supply problems, component end‑of‑life, etc.
• Sustaining Engineering:
  Continuous support for existing product or product lines for issues such as End of Life, Internal/External customer changes or revisions, component/system failure, and new configurations.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering
• 5 years of experience responsible for designing and delivering electrical subsystems for use in computers, test equipment, test fixtures, displays, and computer peripherals (or equivalent systems)
• Knowledge of high‑speed digital interfaces (PCI Express, USB 3.0, Display Port, DVI, Ethernet, etc.)
• Knowledge of low‑speed digital interfaces (I2C, SPI, UART, USB 2.0, CAN, etc.)
• General knowledge of standards and testing processes related to (or equivalent with): MIL-STD‑1275, MIL-STD‑704, MIL-STD‑461, DO‑160, ATX, COM Express, 2014/30/EU
• Schematic capture using electrical CAD package (Altium preferred)
• Electrical CAD parts library management
• PCB layout using electrical CAD package (Altium preferred)
• High‑speed PCB layout including impedance control, layer stack planning/management, length matching, and differential pair routing
• High‑current PCB layout
• Creation of PCB manufacturing documents
• Computer‑system design, including wiring/interconnect diagrams, cable/interconnect design, electronics thermal management, and power budgeting
• Basic microcontroller firmware design and test (C or C++)
• Computer systems build, test, and troubleshoot (ATX, ITX, COM Express, VPX)
• Advanced electronics hardware troubleshooting using electrical test equipment (oscilloscope, DMM, Hipot, spectrum analyzer, etc.)
• Electromagnetic interference (EMI) testing, modeling, diagnostics, and mitigation
• Basic electronics and cables build and modification (soldering surface mount and thru‑hole, splicing wires, crimping, heat shrink, etc.)
• Technical…