Job Title: Electrical Special Test Equipment Development Engineer

Job Code: 13000

Job Location: Fort Wayne, IN

Job Description:

This is an electrical engineering design position responsible for developing test equipment within the Space & Airborne Systems (SAS) Segment of L3Harris reporting up through the Systems Integration and Test organization.  This team, located in the Fort Wayne, IN facility, is responsible for the design, build, and validation of custom test equipment.  The test equipment is used to verify the function and performance of electro-optical imaging payloads also developed in Fort Wayne.  Responsibilities will include test system architecture, design, and integration of various modules such as power, communication, or image acquisition modules into test racks and consoles.  Developing custom cables and harnesses, circuit boards (analog and digital), or FPGA code will be required depending on the specific need.  Additionally, developing design documentation and validation procedures will be required. This position will also assist the Project Manager in giving technical presentations and insuring schedule and budget objectives are met.

Essential Functions:

• Analog & Digital circuit design
• Developing custom cables and harnesses
• Developing design documentation and validation procedures
• Giving technical presentations

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, or Computer Engineering from an accredited college or university
• 4+ years of relevant engineering work experience
• Analog & Digital circuit design experience
• Ability to work with Microsoft tools including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• Strong lab skills that include hands-on build and debug of equipment including root-cause analysis
• Motivated and driven to meet project deadlines and commitments
• Ability to clearly communicate ideas, concepts, and designs both written and verbal
• Excited about learning new technologies
• Ability to work alone with little direction or as part of a team
• Willingness to reach out to people to understand expectations or requirements
• Ability to develop requirements, design specifications, verification documents, and other technical documents as needed
• Creative in solving problems within project constraints
• Willingness to gather necessary information to make an educated recommendation or establish a path forward
• U.S. Citizen

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Clearance if desired
• Experience or desire to lead technical teams
• Gain cooperation with regards to process improvement initiatives
• Familiarity with FPGA design
• Develop and review electrical engineering documentation to ensure compliance to higher level specifications
• Ability to work with E-CAD tools
• Communicates within and outside of own function, business area, and parties external to the organization (e.g., customers, vendors, etc.)
• Space electronics design experience