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Electronics & Lethality Hardware Sensors Engineer
Job Description
Minneapolis, MN
Position Description
This position will consist of providing Electrical Engineering Design and Integration services for a variety of Electro-Optic products used on and in tracked and wheeled military vehicles. This will involve concept development, design, Design Verification Testing (DVT), Procurement support, Prototype build and test, Qualification testing, Fielding, and customer support of fielded hardware. Hardware involved includes but is not limited to the following: Gunner's and Commander's fixed and panoramic sights, Auxiliary Sights, Control Panels, Control handles, various vision systems resolvers, encoders, Gyros, accelerometers, Meteorological sensors, and a variety of Circuit Card Assemblies (CCAs).
Some specific activities that will be performed as part of this position are as follows:
- Design subsystems and components to meet vehicle performance requirements including human factors, safety, environmental requirements.
- Support Circuit Design, Conduct component selection/analysis for commercial, military Electro-Optical system components, conduct detailed design of Electro-Optical custom components and also generate key characteristics, component specifications and perform component selection for supplier purchased parts.
- Review and develop H/W and S/W requirement documents and test plans.
- Provide support to prototype and production vehicle build and follow-up, develop technical corrective action formulation, troubleshooting and lead redesign activities.
- Strong record keeping skills with commitment to tracking design changes, debug status, H/W and S/W revisions.
- Develop and Present design concepts and program status to functional and program management.
- Perform testing and evaluation of Electro-Optical components in the GDLS Electro-Optics Lab.
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with a minimum of 3 years of applicable experience. Fewer years will be considered with an advanced degree.
- Ability to use Engineering Development and Test Tools.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with interdisciplinary teams.
- Strong multi-tasking skills
- Ability to travel to supplier and government sites (Approx 5%)
- Knowledge in many, but not all, of the following areas desired:
- IPC and MIL standards
- Digital and Analog circuit design
- Gyroscopes, Encoders, and Cameras
- Development of component/subsystem requirements
- Model-based Motion Control
- Model-based Motion Control Loops
- PWM and PID
- Test Equipment (Power Supplies, Oscilloscopes, Function Generators, DACs)
- Power, thermal analysis, timing, biasing, voltage and current control, LED control, data packet deciphering, etc.
- Schematic development, component selection, circuit simulation, and PCB layout
- Engineering design, development, and analysis software
- Desired: MATLAB, MATHCAD, Mentor Graphics Schematic Capture, CAMView or CAM350
- Microprocessor based products including processors, chipsets, memory and bus interfaces, networking standards (PCI-xpress, DDR2, DDR3, USB, SATA, DVI, etc...)
- Microcontrollers including IDEs, configuration, coding, and programming.
- Desired: NXP family of microcontrollers
- Industry interface standards and form factors (VITA42/46, COM Express, ETX, etc ...)
- Serial Interconnects, USB, CAN, RS422/485, etc.)
- Graphics/video interfaces (SDI, DVI, HDMI, RS-170, etc.)
- EMI/EMC design practices and standards.
- C, C#, VisualStudio Suite
- Optical hardware and testing
This assignment is a US Government Contract which requires all applicants to be US Citizens.
No Subcontract Requirement
No third-party applicants will be considered. If you are a third party contracting company, please do not respond to this position.
Meet Your Recruiter
Joe Fisher
Technical Recruiter
I am a seasoned Technical Recruiter and retired U.S. Army Human Resources Specialist with two decades of experience building high-performing teams within government and defense; holding active Secret Clearance. Recognized for demonstrating a natural aptitude for directing the full recruiting cycle while providing the optimal candidate and stakeholder experience, as well as for building robust candidate pipelines and relationship networks to proactively meet hiring and staffing needs.
Currently, I am a Technical Recruiter with Contract Professionals Inc. I conduct full cycle recruiting, sourcing specialized engineering and IT positions for civilians and veterans, while piloting the successful placement of qualified candidates into approved government projects and programs. In addition, I liaise with senior leadership, business partners, and hiring teams to ensure the company’s recruitment support structure is driving the business forward with minimal expenditures.
Colleagues describe me as a loyal, progressive, driven, down-to-earth, strategic and innovative recruiting expert who can be relied on to offer superior human resources solutions for complex corporate challenges.