About the Role:

What We Offer:

If you are just starting your career or are an experience professional, we offer a Total Rewards package that is Impactful and built for you.

• Healthcare including medical, dental, vision, HSA and Flex Spending
• Competitive base pay, incentive pay that rewards individual and team performance, and comprehensive benefits.
• 401k Match (6%)
• Educational assistance
• 9-80 Work Schedule (The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.)
• On-going learning opportunities within a diverse, inclusive and rewarding work environment
• Onsite Cafeteria, remodeled and updated fitness center, and outdoor fitness track.

Responsibilities to Anticipate for This Role:

This APT Electrical Design Engineer role is focused on the development of new concepts, technology research, special studies, and advanced product development for defense systems.

• Provide Electrical Engineering Design Ideation and Concepts for Future Systems design efforts related to new product development. 
• Develop product designs that are related to defense systems and capabilities. 
• Develop product designs related to hybrid electric vehicles and architectures, advanced power electronics and batteries for defense applications. 
• Focus areas around electrical architecture designs, power studies, electrical system design, power electronics, Li-Ion Battery research and design, and firmware development. 
• Research industry technologies, methods, best practices, and designs. 
• Develop concepts and support the creation of solutions and testing throughout an iterative process to build a strong electrification capability at GDLS.  
• Inform and assist future systems in selecting, acquiring and utilizing state of the art electric architectures. 
• Support briefings for senior leadership at headquarters and in the Global markets. 
• Metrics gathering and analysis. 
• Designing, editing, proofing, fact checking. 
• Use of Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools. 
• Ensuring content is on-brand, consistent in terms of style, and quality. 
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications Sought:

• Will lead concept to production electrical hardware design including requirements analysis, electronic design, debug, test, and qualification.
• Responsible for leading the hardware development team consisting of other hardware engineers, mechanical engineers, software and firmware engineers.
• Design, develop, and test electronic hardware products, components, and subsystems.
• Create detailed electrical circuit designs, ICDs, and test plans.
• Develop electrical architecture and design for low and high voltage applications.
• Develop engineering design fixes and coordinate solutions.
• Lead the component selection, procurement, and oversight of prototype hardware builds.
• Will be the lead engineer for concurrent engineering reviews and trade studies on assigned projects.
• Perform technology research, feasibility assessments, and detailed hardware design requirements definition.
• Develop concepts to support advanced technology initiatives, proposals, and demonstrators.
• Ability to multi-task, meet or exceed deadlines, and build strong team relationship with members of the communications and strategy teams 
• Demonstrated creativity / innovation.
• A spirit of continuous improvement.
• Demonstrated initiative and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications (e.g., Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Additional Information/Requirements

• Must hold a Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited 4-year university or college with a discipline in Electrical Engineering.
• 7+ years of experience in similar role.
• Experience in Hybrid or Electric Vehicle electrical system design including power electronics, drivetrains and battery / battery management design.
• Experience with analog and digital circuit design, including PCB design.
• Experience with single board computers and microcontrollers.
• Experience with FPGA design and simulation, VHDL.
• Experience with analog and digital video circuits.
• Experience with schematic capture software (e.g., Mentor Graphics DxDesigner/PADS, Altium, etc.).
• Ability to use engineering development and test tools.
• Familiarity with military standards and test requirements desired.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with interdisciplinary teams.
• Strong multi-tasking skills.
• The candidate will need to have strong written and oral communication skills.
• Expertise with graphics software. 

This position will require eligibility to obtain a US security clearance.  (Non-US Citizens may not be eligible to obtain a security clearance)

GDLS considers factors such as, scope/responsibilities of the position, candidate experience, education/training background, in addition to local market comparable and business considerations when extending an offer.