Job Title: Electrical Engineer - Unmanned Systems (Journeyman)
Job Category: Engineering
Time Type: Full time
Minimum Clearance Required to Start: Secret
Employee Type: Regular
Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 25%
Type of Travel: Continental US
Responsibilities:
- Design custom embedded hardware using microcontrollers and SoMs or FPGAs
- Reverse-engineer circuit boards and embedded systems
- Set up and work with basic embedded Linux environments
- Evaluate and integrate new technologies into embedded platforms
- Collaborate with cross-discipline engineering teams
- Develop and integrate capabilities into small UAS/drone platforms and ground software
- Capture and analyze RF signals using SDR tools
- Document designs and communicate results clearly in writing and presentations
Qualifications:
Required:
- Active Secret security clearance
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience
- Strong circuit troubleshooting skills using scopes, analyzers, and meters
- Solid understanding of UART, SPI, I²C, CAN and control systems basics (e.g., PID)
- Programming experience in Python, C/C++, and or Rust for custom firmware and tooling
- Proven teamwork, technical communication, and ability to work independently
- Ability to prioritize and support multiple projects
- BS in Electrical, Computer, or related Engineering (ABET-accredited)
Desired:
- TS/SCI clearance
- Hands-on embedded system design with ARM SoMs and microcontrollers
- PCB design experience (KiCAD preferred), including library management
- Experience with reverse-engineering hardware, firmware, or protocols
- Docker use for build and deployment workflows
- Knowledge of cryptography, secure boot, and Linux/U-Boot signing
- Cybersecurity and networking background; familiarity with Ghidra/Binary Ninja
- RF/SDR experience (USRP, HackRF; modulation and signal processing)
- Additional EDA tools (Altium) and protocols (Ethernet, USB, RS-485, wireless)
- Experience with custom protocol analyzers and bus sniffers
- UAS/drone experience: PX4/ArduPilot/Betaflight, MAVLink, flight dynamics
- PID tuning, control loops, and autonomous flight/terminal guidance
- Familiarity with RC/telemetry/video links (SBUS, PPM, CRSF, etc.)
- Experience with JTAG/SWD, motor control, ESCs, PWM, and sensors (IMU, GPS, etc.)
- Understanding of battery management, power distribution, and load analysis for mobile systems
