Reinvent yourself at Leidos! Uncover your potential by becoming a member of our team as our latest Electrical Engineer working in San Diego, CA only 15 minutes from the Beach!! Help us support the Missile Defense Agency in the design, construction, and testing of electro-optical/infrared satellite systems, which include advanced on-orbit processing electronics. This is a highly dynamic and integrative environment in which talented and creative engineers can thrive as they interact with a diverse array of multidisciplinary engineers. We are seeking a highly motivated engineer skilled at electrical engineering.

Fun stuff on the job:

- Work with actual space hardware, including camera drive electronics, FPGA processing boards, power systems, DSP boards, PCI & VPX busses, stepper motor controllers, health and status circuits, cryocoolers, and spacecraft data interfaces
- Provide technical expertise in digital and analog circuit design
- Participate in all phases of electronics design from cradle to grave, including requirements definition, block diagrams, schematic capture, board layout, board fabrication and assembly, board test, electro-optical testing, system integration, buyoff tests, and on-orbit support.
- Support testing, characterization, and analysis of electro-optical systems
- Collaborate with signal processing experts, software leads, and FPGA designers
- Produce reports, presentations, and participate in working groups

Skills you must have to be successful in this role:

- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with at least 8 plus years of related experience
- Must be able to obtain a Secret security clearance
- Strong understanding of digital and analog electronics
- Strong analytical skills
- Experience working with cross functional teams developing embedded hardware
- Motivated self-starter able to work under minimal supervision
- Strong written and verbal communication skills

You will wow us even more if you have these skills:

- Experience with designing electronics for spacecraft or for military products
- Experience implementing interfaces such as Ethernet, Spacewire, GigE Vision, and CameraLink
- Experience with OrCAD, PADS & Hyperlynx
- Experience with Xilinx Vivado, VHDL or Verilog
- Experience with Xilinx Kintex Ultrascale, and Actel RTG4
- Experience with electro-optical and infrared systems
- Experience with adaptive signal processing
- Experience with embedded C and RTOS
- Have or are willing to obtain a top secret clearance

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