Electrical Engineer

Leidos Holding$69K — $125K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field w/ 2–4 years of relevant experience; or a Masters with less than 2 years.
  • Experience with circuit design, testing, and troubleshooting
  • Experience supporting PCBA design, layout coordination, and/or board bring-up
  • Familiarity with both analog and digital design principles
  • Ability to work independently and contribute to technical decision-making
  • Ability and willingness to obtain a DoD Clearance in the future as needed.
  • Ability and willingness to work onsite in Huntsville Alabama

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and test analog and digital circuits and systems
  • Perform circuit analysis, simulation, and validation testing
  • Support printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) design, layout coordination, and bring-up activities
  • Support system integration and troubleshooting of hardware issues
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop technical solutions
  • Analyze test data and recommend design improvements
  • Contribute to technical documentation, design reviews, and reporting

Benefits

  • Opportunity to collaborate with cross-functional teams
  • Impact mission-critical technologies
  • Fast-paced, high-visibility work environment
  • Possibility for career advancement within the defense sector
Full Job Description

The Defense Sector at Leidos has an opening for an Electrical Engineer that will contribute to full lifecycle engineering efforts, including concept development, detailed design, integration, and verification of electrical and electronic hardware for the Test Instrumentation & Lethal Mechanisms (TI&LM) Portfolio. This position will be based onsite at Leidos in Huntsville, AL.

The TI&LM portfolio specializes in the design, development, production and test of various electronic fuzing, telemetry and flight data acquisition products for DoD and Aerospace customers. This is a full-time, fast-paced, high-visibility position that offers the opportunity to collaborate with cross-functional teams and directly impact mission-critical technologies.

Primary Responsibilities.

  • Design, develop, and test analog and digital circuits and systems
  • Perform circuit analysis, simulation, and validation testing
  • Support printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) design, layout coordination, and bring-up activities
  • Support system integration and troubleshooting of hardware issues
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop technical solutions
  • Analyze test data and recommend design improvements
  • Contribute to technical documentation, design reviews, and reporting

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field w/ 2–4 years of relevant experience; or a Masters with less than 2 years.
  • Experience with circuit design, testing, and troubleshooting
  • Experience supporting PCBA design, layout coordination, and/or board bring-up
  • Familiarity with both analog and digital design principles
  • Ability to work independently and contribute to technical decision-making
  • Ability and willingness to obtain a DoD Clearance in the future as needed. (U.S. Citizenship required)
  • Ability and willingness to work onsite in Huntsville Alabama

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with Electronic Safe and Arm Fuzes (ESAF) or similar safety-critical electronic systems
  • Experience with RF systems or Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
  • Proficiency in hardware design and development tools
  • Experience with Python or other scripting languages for analysis/automation
  • Familiarity with VHDL or FPGA-based design
  • Experience supporting product development or system integration
  • Strong understanding of signal integrity, noise reduction, and system performance

What You’ll Bring

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work through ambiguous technical challenges
  • Effective communication skills with both technical and non-technical teams
  • Initiative and ownership of technical work

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Original Posting:
August 14, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:
Pay Range $69,550.00 - $125,725.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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