Kollsman

Senior Electrical Engineer - MTC

Kollsman$100K — $130K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent scientific discipline
  • 5+ years of relevant experience
  • Proficient use of ECAD tools like Mentor Graphics, Cadence, or Altium
  • Hands-on experience with electrical systems in lab and test environments
  • Strong knowledge of engineering principles and practices, particularly in electrical design

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop complex electrical systems including cable assemblies and interconnects
  • Integrate electrical subsystems and verify system-level functionality
  • Troubleshoot and resolve electrical issues during integration and testing
  • Support EMI/EMC compliance and environmental testing efforts
  • Create detailed specifications and documentation for electrical components

Benefits

  • 9/80 work schedule for every other Friday off
  • Robust medical, dental, vision, and disability coverage
  • Flexible vacation and PTO policies
  • Paid parental leave for new parents
  • Generous employee referral program
  • Additional voluntary benefits including long-term care and identity theft protection
Full Job Description
Job Summary: The Senior Electrical Engineer is a hands-on contributor responsible for the design, development, and integration of electrical systems with a strong focus on cable assemblies, wiring harnesses, interconnects, and system-level hardware integration. This role requires practical experience working directly with hardware in lab and test environments. The engineer will ensure proper electrical functionality and compliance of ruggedized defense systems, including supporting EMI/EMC and environmental qualification efforts. This position emphasizes real-world electrical engineering and system bring-up rather than purely theoretical or architecture-only work.

Responsibilities and Tasks:
  • Contribute to the design and development of complex products, equipment, or processes; perform schematic capture and support PCB layout activities, including coordination with external layout providers.
  • Design and develop cable assemblies, wiring harnesses, and electrical interconnect solutions for complex hardware systems.
  • Define connector selection, shielding strategies, grounding schemes, and EMI mitigation approaches.
  • Integrate electrical subsystems and verify proper functionality at the system level.
  • Develop detailed specifications, schematics, assembly drawings, and bills of materials; support preparation of subsystem performance requirements.
  • Troubleshoot electrical issues during lab, test, and system integration activities.
  • Support EMI/EMC compliance efforts including MIL-STD-461 testing and troubleshooting.
  • Support environmental qualification efforts, including MIL-STD-810 test planning and test execution support.
  • Perform signal integrity, power distribution, and load analysis to validate system performance.
  • Use electrical design and documentation tools to create schematics, wiring diagrams, and integration documentation.
  • Evaluate prototypes, analyze test results, and translate findings into design updates.
  • Conduct experiments to characterize product performance; perform troubleshooting and testing for project-level issues.
  • Evaluate and select components, materials, and design approaches based on electrical, environmental, and reliability requirements.
  • Support DFM and DFT considerations during design and integration.
  • Conduct testing and analysis of electrical systems and implement design improvements based on results.
  • Collaborate with mechanical, systems, manufacturing, and test engineering teams to ensure seamless product integration.
  • Support manufacturing and field investigations, including troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.
  • Provide technical support to internal stakeholders and external customers.
  • Participate in project planning activities and support execution to meet schedule, cost, and performance targets.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of engineering processes, documentation, and product performance.
  • Ability to learn and follow PCB layout, analyze the resulting PCB design using ANSYS & Mentor Graphics SI/HFSS tools for potential signal integrity and power integrity issues, interference and coupling issues, and perform 3D EMI analysis.


Education, Experience, License, or Certification:
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent scientific discipline with 5 or more years of experience to be proficient in the above areas or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Electrical or Electronic degree preferred.
  • Incumbents must possess intensive and diversified knowledge of engineering principles and practices in broad areas of assignments and related fields.
  • Training Pre-requisites (Within One Year of Taking Position):
    • ESD
    • Safety Training, as dictated by Safety Department


Skills and Abilities:
  • Proficient experience with one or more major ECAD tool suites such as:
    • Mentor Graphics Expedition / EDM.
    • Cadence
    • Altium
  • ESA primarily uses Mentor Graphics Expedition and ANSYS HFSS. Current proficiency with Mentor Graphics schematic capture and library tools is preferred.
  • Ability to function and effectively communicate in a dynamic integrated product team environment, supporting a variety of different programs.
  • Experienced in current electronic manufacturing processes and methods, and compact/high density electronic and component packaging techniques and methods.


Travel/Physical Requirements:
  • Approximately 10% travel time (~2-3 trips of up to 1 week each per year) will be required to support multiple ESA sites and cross-site projects.

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Here Are Some of the Great Benefits We Offer:

  • Most locations offer a 9/80 schedule, providing every other Friday off
  • Competitive compensation & 401(k) program to plan for your future
  • Robust medical, dental, vision, & disability coverage with qualified wellness discounts
  • Basic Life Insurance and Additional Life & AD&D Insurances are available
  • Flexible Vacation & PTO
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Generous Employee Referral Program
  • Voluntary Benefits Available: Longer Term Care, Legal, Identity Theft, Pet Insurance, and more
  • Voluntary Tricare Supplement available for military retirees


This job description does not list all the duties of the job. You may be asked by your supervisors or managers to perform other duties. The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time. The job description is not an employment contract. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

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