Leonardo DRS

Senior Electrical Engineer

Leonardo DRS$100K — $130K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering with at least 8 years of experience
  • Fluency in advanced technologies and application domains
  • Proficient with Cadence/Allegro tools or equivalent
  • Design experience with digital electronics, FPGAs, microcontrollers, high-speed DRAM
  • Familiarity with high-speed data interfaces like USB, UART, SPI, I2C
  • Skilled in circuit-level debugging and troubleshooting
  • Proficient in constraining and reviewing electrical designs for circuit-card layouts.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and development of high-performance digital processing electronics using FPGAs and SoCs
  • Troubleshoot and diagnose malfunctions in electronic systems
  • Document, analyze, and support testing of systems and subsystems
  • Develop designs based on customer specifications and cost requirements
  • Provide budget and schedule estimates for design assignments
  • Evaluate and specify components, subsystems, and services from suppliers
  • Drive design initiatives focusing on cost-effectiveness and manufacturability.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Company contribution to a health savings account
  • Access to telemedicine services
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Legal insurance coverage
  • 401(k) savings plan with company match
  • Wellness programs focusing on holistic well-being
  • Flexible scheduling with a 9/80 work program
  • Generous vacation and paid leave policies
  • Community service hours to support local engagement.
Full Job Description
Job ID: 114831
Location: Melbourne FL
Schedule: 9/80


Job Summary

Join Leonardo DRS as a Senior Electrical Engineer and play a key role in developing advanced high-performance digital processing electronics for mission-critical defense applications. In this role, you'll lead the design, development, testing, and troubleshooting of complex electronic systems centered around FPGAs, SoCs, digital interfaces, and power architectures. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced engineer who thrives on solving complex technical challenges, mentoring others, and driving innovative designs from concept through production.

Job Responsibilities

  • Involved with the design, development, modification and analysis of various electronics systems. This will primarily consist of high-performance digital processing electronics centralized around FPGA's and SOC's but may also include digital power supply design, interface design, and cable interconnect.
  • Troubleshoot and diagnose malfunctions in new design or existing products or systems and make modifications as needed.
  • Design, develop, analyze, document and support testing of products, systems or subsystems
  • Review customer specifications and requirements, and under direction, develop designs to best support them, including cost as a key design variable
  • Provide budget, cost and schedule input for design assignments
  • Specify and evaluate supplier components, subsystems and services
  • Drive the program design to cost and design for manufacture requirements
  • Develop prototypes to retire key development risks
  • Communicate clearly (written and oral) with other company personnel and the customer as required
  • Participate in preparation of proposals
  • Provide technical knowledge and assistance to other engineers and support personnel
  • Lead and direct the work of others as assigned
  • Support, communicate, reinforce and defend the mission, values and culture of the organization
  • Attend appropriate engineering, customer or business meetings
  • Lead less-experienced engineers


Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering with a minimum of 8 years of experience
  • Fluency in technologies and application domain
  • Cadence/Allegro Tool Experience (Or equivalent)
  • Design experience with digital electronics, microcontrollers, FPGAs, high-speed DRAM, and Point-Of-Load power supplies.
  • Work experience with high-speed transceivers, high speed video interfaces, USB, UART, SPI, I2C
  • Experienced at circuit-level debugging/troubleshooting
  • Experience constraining and reviewing electrical in support of circuit-card layouts.

U.S. Citizenship required. This position requires an active DOD security clearance or the ability to obtain such clearance within a reasonable time after commencement of employment.

Taking care of our people is a top priority at Leonardo DRS. We are proud to offer competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, a company contribution to a health savings account, telemedicine, life and disability insurance, legal insurance, and a 401(k) savings plan. We champion wellness programs that focus on physical, emotional, and financial well-being. We develop our talent by offering programs and activities to support career-growth, professional development, and skill enhancement. And we understand there is more to life than work, and the importance of offering flexible work schedules with our 9/80 program, competitive vacation, health/emergency leave, paid parental leave, and community service hours.
*Some employees are eligible for limited benefits only

About Leonardo DRS

Leonardo DRS is a leading supplier of integrated products, services and support to military forces, intelligence agencies and prime contractors worldwide. Focused on defense technology, we develop, manufacture and support a broad range of systems for mission critical and military sustainment requirements, as well as homeland security. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, the Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Leonardo S.p.A. which employs more than 45,000 people worldwide. We offer a competitive compensation package and a business culture that rewards performance. For additional information on Leonardo DRS, please visit our website at www.leonardodrs.com.
Learn more about Leonardo DRS
Size
11,000 employees
Market Cap
$3.1 billion
Industry
Founded
1968
5 Year Trend
+55.7%
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