Electrical Engineer

Job Description

Job Purpose: Work in an integrated process team environment, with technical responsibility for all of the following, regarding analog and digital hardware: research, architecture trades, estimating recurring and non-recurring hardware and activities, analysis, proposals, selection, development, prototyping, verification, customer support, manufacturing support, and sustainment.

• Have technical responsibility for all aspects of the analog and digital hardware within our products, inclusive of hardware description in firmware, exclusive of RF/uW/mmW hardware and embedded and application software
• Participate in the entire product lifecycle for bespoke electronics modules, subsystems, and systems for the aerospace and defense market, including for RADAR, EW, SIGINT, comm, and satcom.
• Work in an integrated process team (IPT) environment, along with program management, quality, manufacturing, supply chain, and other engineering disciplines
• Perform all of the following activities for analog and digital hardware: research, architecture trades, estimate recurring and non-recurring hardware and activities, analyze circuits, write technical proposals, select integrated circuits, design printed circuit boards, prototyping, verification, customer support, manufacturing support, and sustainment

• Expertise with component-level design, analysis, prototyping, and verification of highly complex analog and digital circuitry
• Experience with hardware implementation of analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog conversion
• Experience with signaling interfaces such as RS-232/422/485, TTL, LVTTL, CMOS, LVCMOS, LVDS, SERDES
• Experience with schematic creation and layout of multi-layer mixed signal printed circuit boards (PCBs)
• Proficiency with component-level simulation tools such as PSPICE
• Proficiency with a hardware description language, preferably VHDL
• Experience with EMI filtering and transient voltage protection
• Experience selecting components and designing solutions for DC-to-DC power conversion and linear voltage regulation
• Experience selecting interface signaling components, line receivers and drivers, microcontrollers, and PLDs

5 to 10 years of progressively increasing experience and responsibility for analog and digital hardware development

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE)

Up to 10 % required or as business needs require; predominately within continental U.S.

Must be a US Citizen, with ability to hold US DoD security clearance

Smiths Interconnect is committed to our customers’ success in deploying the most advanced radar, electronic warfare systems, satellite communications, data links, public safety radio networks, and more. Our RF/Microwave component and subsystem heritage is deep, and our commitment to excellence is proven - with over fifty-five years of success in commercial communications, homeland security platforms, and military programs.