Staff Electrical Engineer, Analog Design

Position Overview:

As a Staff Engineer, Electrical Engineering, Analog Design, you will provide analog electrical design solutions and technical support to novel and challenging projects of varying size throughout their life cycle stages.  You will be joining an organization with a distinguished space-based EO/IR heritage of scientific and national security.  You will contribute to the development of complex high reliability electrical designs in support of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions on a variety of platforms. These platforms present unique design challenges operating over the harsh environments of space including extreme EMI environments, total dose induced radiation parametric degradation effects, single event effects associated with high energy space born particles, space charging of surfaces and electro-static discharge events. Your role will be to provide analog design solutions and troubleshooting support for varied high reliability space & military applications including:

• power supply design
• focal plane technologies
• electro-optical instrument design
• motor drive applications
• servo-system applications
• low noise preamplifier design
• high bandwidth signal processing applications
• high accuracy position measurement
• low jitter thermal control
• high accuracy temperature/telemetry measurement systems

You will work on state of the art Military and Space hardware product lines involving analog, digital, and electro-optical technologies used for laser warning devices, CCD & MEMS based attitude sensors, and complex motion control & measurement systems.   You should demonstrate strong analog design skills as related to both the support of legacy products and development of new designs.  Additional responsibilities include:

• Review and evaluation of customer requirement documents
• Analog design including simulation, system/component modeling, signal integrity analysis, component & system level power/stress analysis and stability analysis
• Worst case circuit performance/functional analysis over mission life & environment extremes
• Analog design of deliverable ship set hardware and internal Special Test Equipment
• Validation testing support
• Work with program teams to develop design concepts, define and perform trades
• Help prepare material for formal design reviews and customer meetings
• Provide technical support to proposal activities

 

Education / Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering with 10+ years of related experience or Master’s degree in electrical engineering with a minimum of 7 years of related experience

Experience/Qualifications Required

• Demonstrated electrical design experience
• Experience writing/deriving requirements and supporting generation of verification plans

 

Preferred Experience

• Experience writing technical reports and generating technical presentations
• Experience in high reliability space, DoD airborne & ground systems, mission analysis, and government military program contracts
• Experience with high accuracy precision measurement techniques (i.e. LVDTs, strain gages, inductosyns, capacitance based position sensors & synchronous demodulation)
• Focal plane experience and familiarity with quad cells, CCDs, photodiodes, etc.
• Power electronics and motor drive design/analysis experience
• Familiarity using DOORS requirements management tool
• General familiarity with optical metrology technologies and techniques as related to electrical design applications
• Applied use of standard electrical engineering analysis and documentation software (i.e. PSPICE, Hyperlynx, Matlab, Mathcad, Orcad, Allegro, Visio and CreoView)

 

The position is located onsite at our facility in Danbury, CT. Located in beautiful Fairfield County, Danbury offers a diverse economy, wonderful parks, cultural attractions, an impressive mix of private and public educational institutions and a vibrant arts scene. Our facility is nestled among a remarkable selection of communities to call home all with varying price points to fit many different budgets. We’re close to New York City, Boston, and other major cities – great for day trips and weekend getaways. Our lovely seasons along with award-winning institutions, colleges, cultural events, and a genuine sense of community brings a diverse population to the beautiful state of Connecticut!

 

Collaborating with world class experts, you will have the opportunity to develop innovative solutions in fulfillment of our customers’ requirements.  We believe in our mission, and we believe in supporting our employees.  We offer policies and programs that provide opportunities for continual learning, career growth and work/life balance along with a full suite of health and welfare benefits. 

Employment with any of the ARKA Group companies in the US is contingent upon satisfactory completion of several pre-employment requirements to include a credit check, background check and drug screen.

 

Position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Security Clearance. For your information, here is the form the government requires to begin the process of obtaining a clearance: https://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/sf86.pdf

No sponsorship is available for this position.

 

ARKA Group L.P. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other federally protected class.