Senior Electrical Engineering Supervisor

Senior Electrical Engineering Supervisor

Lead the Future of Maritime Innovation.

The Maritime System Solutions (MSS) Portfolio within the Leidos Maritime Systems Division is looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer to supervise a series of senior engineers under an Electrical Engineering Manager and guide a small talented team in designing and delivering next-generation maritime solutions, from unmanned underwater vehicles to advanced sensor systems.

• Work with cutting‑edge subsea technologies that few engineers get to experience firsthand.
• Collaborate with world‑class scientists, engineers, and innovators across the U.S.
• Lead programs that support a wide variety of high‑profile customers.
• Be part of a culture that values innovation, technical excellence, and mission impact.

• Design, analyze, and document electrical power components and systems.
• Follow product development through design, build, test, and installation.
• Integrate design and process improvements into new and existing systems.
• Serve as a Technical Lead / Subject Matter Expert (SME) for maritime programs.
• Present design solutions to program leadership and external customers.

• Analyze, simulate, design, construct and test electronics for digital and analog circuitry in systems requiring custom signal processing, amplification, power management and conversion.
• Evaluate, select, specify, design, modify, test, and/or integrate sensors, cables, connectors, power subsystems (including batteries).
• Generate and maintain engineering drawings in support of manufacturing; review and create engineering change orders (ECOs) as required per ISO
  9001:2015 policies.
• Develop project test plans and test procedures; provide test planning support and assist in the execution of both lab testing and at‑sea testing.
• Conduct experimental tests on equipment, evaluate results, and develop specifications for deliverable systems.
• Contribute to customer development, test and production activities.
• Support development of new and update existing system design standards to meet current and future requirements.
• Effectively document engineering development throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Manage electrical engineers as direct reports to include hiring, firing, promotions, raises, retention, and performance feedback.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or similar field with 10+ years of related experience in electrical/electronic hardware design, integration and system‑level test; or Master’s degree with 8+ years of related experience.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance.
• Demonstrated experience with Altium Designer or similar circuit design tools.
• Experience in Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) design including analog, digital, mixed signal, or high voltage designs (>1 kV).
• Working knowledge of MATLAB, VISIO, and LTSpice software packages.
• Experience operating electronic test equipment including oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, function generators, insulation resistance testers, etc.
• Ability to plan, prioritize, and organize work without close supervision.
• Competent in Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Microsoft Project.
• Experience designing, modeling, troubleshooting, and verifying stability of digital power control loops.

• Active Secret Clearance or above.
• Experience with unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) and associated electronics/sensors, underwater cables/connectors, control and monitoring electronics, power systems, launch and recovery subsystems, and system‑to‑host interfaces, including acoustic ranging and communications.
• Experience with optics, optical telemetry and electro‑optic components.
• Demonstrated knowledge of conversion topologies including Flyback, Buck, PFC, resonant converters, LLC and analog/digital control loops.
• Experience coding and debugging in C/C++, firmware development in VHDL/Verilog, familiarity with Xilinx toolchain, or Python scripting.
• Development of test software and scripts on Linux/Windows environments.

$ - $ (Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include responsibilities, education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, internal equity, market data, bargaining agreement, etc.)

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Management and Manufacturing

Software Development