Electrical Engineer Senior II - Sonobuoy Production Support

Ultra Intelligence and Communications

$95K — $115K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology or Computer Engineering; 7+ years relevant experience
  • Strong troubleshooting skills for analog, digital, power electronics, and RF circuitry
  • Proficient with lab equipment like oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzers
  • Experience in leading complex Root-Cause Corrective investigations
  • Excellent problem-solving and multitasking abilities in fast-paced settings
  • Ability to communicate technical information clearly across various teams
  • Mentoring experience for less-experienced engineers

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, and Engineering to resolve technical issues
  • Lead investigations for electrical hardware issues during production
  • Serve as a senior technical resource and mentor for production activities
  • Conduct risk assessments and engineering reviews to ensure project compliance
  • Generate and lead documentation for engineering changes
  • Support transition-to-production activities for manufacturing suitability
  • Interface with suppliers to resolve technical and hardware issues

Benefits

  • Climate-controlled, clean work environment
  • Work/life balance with up to 140 hours PTO in the first year
  • 401k Plan with company match
  • Educational assistance program for tuition reimbursement
  • Employee wellness program with incentives
  • Monthly $75 student loan repayment
  • Comprehensive insurance benefits beginning the month after hire
  • Annual performance-based bonuses
  • Additional perks and employee discounts
Full Job Description
Position Summary

Ultra Maritime's Electrical Engineering team supports development and production of cutting-edge Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) technology such as state-of-the-art sonobuoy products and advanced ASW receiver systems, including sonobuoy receivers, RF front-end modules, and digital signal processing electronics for the U.S. Navy and other navies around the world. You'll be reporting to the manager of Electrical Engineering focusing on supporting sonobuoy production engineering needs working within an integrated product support team as well as supporting design engineering as needed.
Job Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Collaborate and coordinate with Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, and other Engineering disciplines to achieve and document concurrence, resolve complex technical issues, and minimize disruptions that may arise during production testing, integration, and manufacturing.
  • Lead Root-Cause Corrective Action investigations of complex electrical and hardware issues encountered during production and lot testing.
  • Serve as a senior technical resource for production electrical engineering activities and provide guidance and mentoring to less-experienced engineers.
  • Conduct technical studies, risk assessments, and engineering reviews to ensure compliance with technical specifications, regulatory requirements, quality standards, and project timelines.
  • Generate and lead engineering change documentation, including customer-facing documentation, for hardware changes to current production products.
  • Lead/Support transition-to-production activities, ensuring designs, test methods, documentation, and manufacturing processes are suitable for production.
  • Support Design Engineering with cost-reduction initiatives, production improvements, testing, troubleshooting, and prototyping activities.
  • Interface directly with suppliers and support supplier-related technical issues, including evaluation of nonconforming hardware, component issues, and corrective actions.
  • 10% travel to various UM and government test sites.


Required Skills:
  • Minimum BS in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology or Computer Engineering. and 7+ years of relevant experience.
  • Ability to independently troubleshoot electrical hardware consisting of analog circuits, digital circuits, power electronics, and RF circuitry.
  • Proficient with laboratory equipment including waveform generators, oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, and other electrical test equipment.
  • Capable of leading Root-Cause Corrective investigations
  • Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to independently prioritize and execute multiple tasks in a fast-paced production environment.
  • Ability to provide technical information clearly to engineers, manufacturing personnel, management, customers, and suppliers.
  • Ability to mentor and provide technical guidance to less-experienced engineers.
  • Proficiency in MS Office Suite, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
  • Must be able to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance. Security clearances are only granted to U.S. citizens.


Desired Skills:
  • Experience with simulation and analysis tools (e.g., SPICE, PSpice, LTspice, Simulink, LabVIEW).
  • Experience with CAD software (e.g., Altium Designer, Cadence, OrCAD, Multisim, and/or LTspice) for schematic capture.
  • Programming skills in MATLAB, Java, and C languages
  • Strong writing skills.


Physical Requirements:
  • Candidate must be capable of occasional lifting of 40 pounds, waist high, with no assistance.
  • Normal finger dexterity, and normal color vision.


Typically, a Bachelor Degree (or equivalent) in a related field and 7+ years of experience within a relevant complex engineering environment.

May be required to maintain security clearance
What Ultra Maritime Offers You

At Ultra Maritime, we invest in our employees and their well-being:

  • Climate controlled, well-lit and clean work environment!
  • Work/life balance that includes up to 140 hours PTO for first year
  • 8 Paid Holidays, with 3 floating holidays
  • 401k Plan with Company Match
  • Educational Assistance Program (Tuition Reimbursement)
  • Wellness Program and incentives
  • Company HSA contributions
  • Insurance Benefits that start 1st of the month following hire
  • Eligibility in Company Performance-based bonuses annually
  • Additional Employee Discounts and Perks


Company-Paid Benefits:

  • $75 monthly student loan repayment program
  • Basic Life Insurance
  • Basic Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
  • Short Term Disability
  • Long Term Disability
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)


Voluntary Employee-Paid Benefits:

  • Medical and Prescription insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Supplemental Life Insurance Plans
  • Supplemental AD&D insurance for Employee and Family
  • Accident Plan
  • Critical Illness Plan
  • Hospital Indemnity Plan
  • Pet Insurance
  • Identity Theft


Reasonable accommodation statement: if you need an accommodation for any part of the application process, please email [redacted]

Company: Ultra Maritime

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