Effector Guidance Electronics Section Leader

Job Title

Effector Guidance Electronics Section Leader

Role Summary

The Effector Digital Products Department is seeking an electrical engineering leader with experience in engineering management, design, test, and integration. The Section Leader will utilize advanced technical knowledge in FPGA/ASIC Design/Verification and/or Digital CCA Design, and understand the impact of this work on other areas of the organization. Responsibilities will be split between supporting program(s) as an engineer (90%) and providing functional leadership to the section (10%).

Experience Level

Level - Senior

Responsibilities

Section Leader Responsibilities to Anticipate:

• Manage a section of 15 to 20 engineers.
• Provide career and technical mentoring.
• Lead functional and cross-disciplinary teams to meet organizational goals and project needs.
• Support hiring (resume reviews, interviews, etc.).
• Elicit and compile performance feedback to support Performance Development.
• Hold required formal Mid-Year and Year-End Performance Development (PD) discussions where compiled feedback, key strengths, and development needs are conveyed.

Engineering Responsibilities to Anticipate:

• Design and deliver production quality FPGA releases from initial proof of concept up to production.
• Architect FPGA-based systems to determine parts, interfaces, and Concept of Operations (CONOPS).
• Translate system level requirements into FPGA requirements.
• Design and code in VHDL for reliability and maintainability.
• Verify designs utilizing self-checking techniques with directed and constrained random tests, while tracking functional and code coverage.
• Demonstrate technical expertise in digital signal processing, FPGA/ASIC design/verification, CCA design, integration and test of radar hardware, and/or system architecture.
• Design, analysis, simulation, test, and integration of digital electronic modules and/or CCAs for Missile applications.
• Circuit card design including hardware designs with processors, FPGAs, memory, and industry interfaces, such as PCIe, Ethernet, I2C, SPI, and UART.

Requirements

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of professional, applicable experience to include at least two (2) of the following: FPGA or ASIC design, FPGA or ASIC verification, Integration and test of missile/FPGA hardware or system architecture, Digital signal processing, Digital CCA Design.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a US security clearance prior to the start date. U.S. citizenship is required as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
• An advanced degree in a related field may be substituted for 2 additional years of experience.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Master of Science (MS) in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
• Experience serving as a Responsible Engineering Authority (REA), Control Account Manager (CAM), and/or Integrated Product Team Lead (IPTL).
• Failure investigation, root cause identification, and corrective action implementation.
• Development of technical proposals, engineering project estimates, and/or white papers.
• Requirements verification test planning and execution.
• Experience creating and presenting professional level design documentation to company leadership and program customers.

Education Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.