Senior Electrical Design Engineer

Columbia, MD Website Wallach Search Group Location: Columbia, MD Security Clearance: SECRET We are seeking a senior electrical design engineer to work on the design, production support and test of electrical/electronic systems for lighter-than-air vehicles and their ground support facilities.
The successful candidate will have at least a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and at least 8 years of electrical design experience, preferably for the aviation industry.
Duties/Responsibilities The individual will be responsible for electrical design tasks including, but not limited to, instrumentation and control, power distribution, communications, programmable logic controllers, variable frequency drives and hydraulic power control.
Experience in any or all of these areas is desirable.
Experience working with schematic capturing tools, particularly Solidworks Electrical, is desirable.
The individual will be responsible for task management of multiple budgets and personnel to complete tasks within schedule and costs.
Candidate should have experience in managing high-level projects, to include tracking via EVMS or equivalent cost/task tracking.
Knowledge designing power systems is a plus.
The position requires a candidate with a strong work ethic and the ability to work independently and in multi-disciplinary groups.
A broad range of knowledge and the willingness to develop skills in new areas is an advantage.
Occasional travel to our North Carolina facility may be required.
The candidate must possess a strong base of practical skills to enable following all aspects of the design from concept through fabrication and test.
The position will require the candidate to conduct Design Reviews to show electrical design meets customer requirements.
Qualifications/Requirements • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering • Minimum of 8 years demonstrated electrical design experience working with electrical and electronic assemblies, preferably for the aviation industry.
• Experience with creating production level engineering documentation for a manufacturing environment • Experience with integration and testing support in manufacturing environment for 1st article builds • Experience with project management and/or IPT lead to monitor design effort of interdisciplinary design team.
• Excellent oral, written and presentation skills for interfacing with senior management and customers as well as mentoring of other engineers.
• US Citizen • Existing secret security clearance preferred.
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