Electrical Engineer

_{29th May, 2026}

Role: Electrical Engineer.
Location: Chantilly, VA (100% onsite).
 
Clearance: Secret
Salary Range: $120K - $140K
 
Job Description:
As an Electrical Engineer, you will work on high-performance RF systems used for Radar and Flight Termination System (FTS).

Based on system requirements, you will collaborate with a multidisciplinary engineering team of RF Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, and Software Engineers to derive solutions, perform verification testing, and troubleshoot any issues. 

A successful candidate will solve complex problems, complete hardware and firmware designs, and perform hands-on testing.
 
Responsibilities:

• Analyze customer requirements and derive detailed system, subsystem, and component-level specifications to drive electronic designs. 
• Participate in major reviews such as Systems Requirements Review (SRR), Preliminary Design Review (PDR), Critical Design Review (CDR), and Test Readiness Review (TRR).
• Develop Electrical Designs at various levels, from component-level up to system-level, to meet customer requirements and specifications. 
• Develop and perform Acceptance Test Procedures (ATPs) for electronic assemblies and systems.
• Develop test scripts for automated testing.
• Integrate Custom and Commercial off-the-Shelf (COTS) and sub-assemblies to create complex RF systems.
• Create and maintain technical documentation on design, user manuals/guides, and testing procedures.
• Contribute to technology innovation discussions with coworkers and stakeholders to help advance the ECS mission. 
• Occasional domestic and international travel (up to 15% of the time, several times a year) to support installations, testing, and other project-related activities. 

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, with 3-5 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering, with 1-3 years of related experience. 
• Experience performing Schematic Capture and PCB Layout of multi-layer PCBs.
• Experience in digital circuit designs for FPGAs, microcontrollers, or processors, and Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS).
• In-depth knowledge of engineering standards, theories, concepts, and techniques relevant to electrical and electronic systems. 
• Proven experience with circuit design, testing, and troubleshooting for analog and
• Proficient in creating custom test configurations and operating test equipment, such as Signal Analyzers, Oscilloscopes, Digital Multi-Meter (DMM), Signal Generators, Network Analyzers (PNAs/VNAs), Power Meters, Frequency Counters, and Logic Analyzers, to support the testing and verification of electronic systems in various applications, including communications, radar, and computing. 
• Experience developing and publishing technical content from concept to completion, including test procedures, test reports, engineering analyses, white papers, operations/user manuals, and design review materials, in collaboration with engineers, technicians, and stakeholders. 
• Strong team player with the ability to work independently and collaboratively with cross-functional teams.

• 3+ years in electronic circuit analysis and design applications, such as: 
• Altium or Siemens/Mentor Graphics PADS
• SPICE/PSPICE
• MATLAB 
• Keysight Pathwave/Genesys/ADS, AWR Microwave Office, or Ansys HFSS 
• ModelSim,  Vivado, Vitis or Quartus 
• 3+ years of experience with FPGA designs, VHDL, and/or Verilog.
• Experience with FPGA soft CPU cores similar to AMD Microblaze or Altera Nios II.
• Experience with designing/debugging high-speed interfaces (1GE, PCIe, and DDRx).
• Experience with hardware & software codesign in Zynq UltraScape+ RFSoCs.
• Experience in Radio Frequency (RF) circuit modeling, analysis, and design, and/or Digital Signal Processing (DSP). 
• Experience with high-speed digital design, including signal integrity and clock domain crossing. 
• Familiarity with Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Test (DFT). 
• Coursework or direct experience with radar systems, including: 
• Radar system design and analysis 
• Radar signal processing and simulation 
• Understanding of basic RF and microwave engineering principles, including: 
• Transmission lines and matching networks 
• Filter design and analysis 
• Harmonic balance and non-linear effects 
• Cascaded noise figure and signal-to-noise analyses 
• Radio Frequency/Electromagnetic Interference (RFI/EMI) effects and mitigation techniques 
• Time- and frequency-domain relationships and analysis techniques 
• Active US Government DoD Secret Security Clearance or higher.