Lead, Electrical Engineer - Product Development
Fall River, Massachusetts
Job ID 34171L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.
L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.
Job Title: Lead Electrical Engineer, Product Development
Job Code: 34171
Job Location: Fall River, MA (On-Site)
Schedule: 9/80 Regular (Every Other Friday Off)
L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.
About L3Harris Technologies:
L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 47,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.
Job Description:
The Lead Electrical Engineer will lead the architecture and development of electronic and computer-based circuit designs and systems for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles in both commercial and Naval marketplaces. Reporting to the Manager of Electrical Engineering, you are responsible for providing technical oversight and review of circuit designs and systems within the department, and performing hands-on circuit development work. This is a key role in the organization that will ensure designs meet all customer requirements, adhere to internal engineering development processes, and meet quality processes and standards evoked internally or contractually.
Essential Functions:
Typical duties of this position include, but are not limited to:
- Develop electronic system level architectures.
- Conduct research into the feasibility, operation, and performance of electronic systems.
- Develop electronic circuit designs: technical specifications, architecture, schematics, oversee layout, test and debug first article PCBs.
- Develop PCBs with high availability analog, digital, embedded CPUs, and microprocessor circuits for new and existing designs.
- Address component obsolescence on existing designs and maintain conformance to customer specifications.
- Troubleshoot systems for root cause analysis.
- Prepare and review technical documentation in accordance with internal engineering standards and/or contract requirements.
- Participate in reviews of new or existing designs to ensure best practice design principles have been correctly applied, and all specifications and customer requirements have been met.
- Prepare and present internal and external Preliminary and Critical Design Review activities to demonstrate designs meet all specifications and customer requirements.
- Adhere to budget and schedule commitments working with Project Engineering.
- Adhere to best design practices to meet MIL-STD-461 EMI/EMC requirements
- Ensure designs meeting proper component derating criteria to ensure life cycle quality requirements.
- Ensure quality through adherence to the Quality Systems Manual, applicable Standard Work Instructions, and other standards evoked internally or contractually.
- Develop technical performance specifications for supplier equipment procurement.
- Participate in factory and customer acceptance trials (factory and field).
- Collaborate with systems, mechanical, and software development teams.
- Provide engineering support to production staff.
- Support proposal efforts with task labor estimations.
- Constructively express opinions and clearly interchange ideas and solutions with colleagues and write in a clear and concise manner.
- Manage own time and deliver to tight deadlines, following strict project plans.
- Ability to reverse engineer designs.
- Ability to test, find root cause, and resolve electrical system issues.
- Able to obtain and maintain a SECRET security clearance
- Work flexible hours and travelling (5-10% may be required).
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. Prefer 20+ years relevant experience.
- Experience with analog and digital circuit design: low-signal level, sensing, micro-controllers, communications links, and power circuits.
- Experience with Printed Circuit Board development process including board stack-up, component symbol and footprint creation, schematic entry, management of 3rd party layout suppliers, PCB fabrication and assembly drawing creation, and manufacturing process notes.
- Experience with PCB design tools using MENTOR, EAGLE or equivalent.
- Proficient with SPICE or other equivalent simulation tools.
- Proficient at electrical drafting using 2-D drafting tools and cable design tools.
- Proficient in cable construction, shielding, and grounding.
- Practical experience with both electrical and mechanical integration is required
- Experience in providing Basis of Estimates (BOEs) for project development tasks.
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Experience working in a DoD development environment.
- High attention to detail and quality.
- Knowledge of EMI/EMC management best-practices.
- Experience with Ethernet networking, serial communications.
- Proficiency with microcontroller development and IDEs.
- Embedded CPU experience.
In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role is $127,500.00 - $236,500.00. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
#LI-IK1
L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.
Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
By submitting your resume for this position, you understand and agree that L3Harris Technologies may share your resume, as well as any other related personal information or documentation you provide, with its subsidiaries and affiliated companies for the purpose of considering you for other available positions.
L3Harris Technologies is an E-Verify Employer. Please click here for the E-Verify Poster in English or Spanish. For information regarding your Right To Work, please click here for English or Spanish.