Principal Electrical Engineer

Job Description

• Provide technical leadership across the full product lifecycle, from requirements and architecture through qualification, production, and sustainment.
• Perform innovative analog and digital hardware design, analysis, simulation, and verification for harsh-environment applications.
• Develop clear requirements, design documentation, and present designs at technical reviews.
• Optimize complex design tradeoffs involving performance, cost, schedule, and risk.
• Support manufacturing, suppliers, and legacy products through hands-on troubleshooting and analysis.
• Mentor engineers, contribute to proposals and cost estimates, and support technical hiring decisions.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering required; M.S. preferred.
• 15+ years of experience in analog and digital circuit design, including A/D conversion, processors/microcontrollers, I/O and communications.
• Strong background in power electronics, including MOSFET, IGBT, SiC, and GaN devices.
• Experience with DC/DC converters and compliance with MIL-STD-1275/704, DO-160, and MIL-STD-461.
• Expertise in thermal, electrical stress, worst-case, tolerance, aging, FMEA, EMI, and radiation (SEU, TID) analyses.
• Proficient in PWB layout for high-power, high-voltage, and EMI-compliant designs.
• Knowledge of communication protocols: CAN, RS-232/422/485, SPI, JTAG, PCI/PCIe, and 1G/10G Ethernet.
• Experience with motor control, control theory, Z-domain analysis, Clark and Park transforms, and sensor interfaces (LVDT, resolvers, encoders).
• Proficiency with CAD and simulation tools such as LT-Spice, P-Spice, OrCAD, Allegro, and MATLAB/Simulink.