Contract Senior Electronics Engineer - CAES

Delivering mission-critical, electronic solutions that protect lives.  Use your creativity and critical thinking to take our products from concept to customer.

At CAES, we engineer solutions for the world’s most critical missions. We serve customers in the defense and aerospace markets.

Seeking a career that offers challenging, diverse projects and opportunities?  Looking for a position with a company that offers long-term professional advancement?  Searching for a place that values a diverse, team-based environment?  One that values YOU.  Consider CAES.

The most important thing we build is TRUST

NOTE:  this is a contract role designed to support a particular program with a finite timeline for delivery. 

CAES-Mission Systems in Lansdale PA is seeking a Senior EE specializing in Power Conversion.   

Your primary role would be to define, design and develop innovative power and analog-digital mixed signal circuits. This role includes innovating solutions for active development programs supporting new product introduction and production support activities.

The Engineer creates, validates and documents the circuit designs based on the performance specifications, schedule, cost, reliability, and manufacturability requirements. The Engineer collaborates with Thermal, Reliability, Mechanical, RF, and System Engineering teams, contributing in identifying key risk factors and driving requirements to ensure the design is optimized within the whole system.

What you design for the success of our customers is challenging and diverse work, critically necessary for the technological advancement of defense industry solutions.  If this appeals to you, join us!

• Participate in performance specification and tradeoff decisions to achieve full specification compliance in order to generate designs that are highly repeatable meeting cost and schedule targets.

• Design Power Conversion and mixed signal circuit schematics using CAD/CAE tools and interfacing with Design staff to complete layout activities resulting in comprehensive documentation and Bill of Material packages.

• Perform circuit analysis and simulation ensuring adequate margin against performance specifications and compatibility with next higher assembly performance.

• Operate general lab equipment including oscilloscopes and network analyzers to test, tune and troubleshoot Circuits to optimize performance in a safe, self-guided manner while documenting the results

• Work collaboratively with the other engineers to enable cross-functional teams to optimize product performance within cost and schedule goals.

• Assist Product transition from engineering development, through new product introduction and into full-rate production, including writing Acceptance Test Procedure (ATP) and assembly of the Circuits.

• Ability to support up to 10% travel.

MINIMUM:

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum of five (5)+ years of experience in Analog and Power conversion circuit simulation and product development including three (3)+ years of mixed signal analog and digital design as related to power conversion and control interfaces.
• Or, a MSEE and minimum of three (3)+ years of experience in this power conversion field.
• This position requires access to technology, materials, software or hardware that is controlled by US export laws. In order to be eligible for this position, you must be a “US Person” under US export laws (or eligible for approval under a U.S. Government export license.
• This position will require the ability to gain security clearance.

PREFERRED:

• 3 years of SPICE circuit simulation experience strongly preferred.
• Working knowledge of RF amplifiers.
• Altium or other related SCH capture / PCB layout software experience.
• Experience with Product transition from Engineering to Manufacturing, including product documentation and authoring Acceptance Test Procedures (ATP).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to interface with key internal and external customers.
• A clear understanding of digital monitor and control circuits including microprocessor and microcontrollers.
• Proficient in writing and debugging firmware in "C" for power supply controllers.
• PCB/chip-on-board design, test, and layout experience.
• MTBF calculation and circuit failure analysis experience.
• Familiarity with designing for military applications.
• Active DOD Secret Clearance.
• Working knowledge/experience of defense, aerospace, or the military organizations.

Salary Range: [Temporary Sr. Electronics Engineer]: $51.69 - $69.93 hourly.  Applicable pay within the posted range may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, geographical location, job function of the position, education, and experience of the successful candidate. 

EMPLOYMENT TRANSPARENCY

ABOUT CAES

CAES is the largest provider of analog and radiation hardened technology for the United States aerospace and defense industry.  From human spaceflight and space exploration, to missile defense and electronic warfare, to healthcare solutions addressing COVID-19, our talented team develop high performing electronic solutions that work the first time, every time.

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER

At CAES we welcome differences and celebrate new ideas. We believe the diversity of our people inspires our creativity and drives our innovation. Everyone is welcome here, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability for any part of the employment process, please email CAEScareers@caes.com.