Electrical Engineer - Open Rank (Mid Level)-ACL

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GTRI's Advanced Warfighting Technologies Division (AWTD) in the Advanced Concepts Laboratory (ACL) seeks qualified candidates for an experienced electrical engineer.

Qualified candidates will have the technical skills to support the development, fabrication, and assessment of unmanned systems, sensors, and other prototype systems. The Advanced Warfighting Technologies Division engages in research related to counter-proliferation technologies, special operations enablers, and advanced ground maneuver concepts. AWTD provides technology development and tactical analysis for countering weapons of mass destruction, threat assessment and wargaming of ground maneuver and asymmetric warfare, and rapid technology integration and prototyping for rapid reaction warfighting capabilities for the U.S. Government and other sponsors.

The Advanced Concepts Laboratory develops tailored solutions for a broad range of national security challenges through disciplined application of physics- and effects-based modeling to realizable systems, augmented with prototype development and testing. ACL's research thrusts extend across domains, and include bio-, chemical, RF, and optical-sensor physics; materials science and engineering; electromagnetic theory, computation, structures, and measurements; electronic warfare techniques and applications; operational scenario modeling and simulation; traditional and asymmetric threat analysis; and ground maneuver warfare.

The Electrical Engineer designs, develops, and tests electronic circuits fabricated to support a wide range of programs. Additionally, the Electrical Engineer utilizes electrical circuit design and analysis tools to layout and model circuit performance. The Electrical Engineer also guides assembly, test, and integration of electronic circuits as well as tests, analyzes, and diagnoses malfunctions in existing hardware. Furthermore, the Electrical Engineer researches component and material specifications and assembly and manufacturing methods for electronic circuits.

This position comes with an Onsite Work Requirement.

• Develop electronic circuits and assemblies at a module or sub-assembly level independently to meet task requirements
• Take ownership of small team development tasks and mentor junior engineers
• Test and troubleshoot circuits for operational readiness
• Generate documentation of hardware design and theory of operation
• Contribute to white papers and proposals
• Contribute to technical reports and presentations of project status
• Support sponsors and potential sponsor engagement

• Generate hardware design philosophy, interface control documents, and operation manuals
• Start-to-finish involvement in projects requiring electronic hardware design, selection, procurement, fabrication, assembly, test, and delivery
• Interfacing and designing applications that include: Radio Frequency (RF), high speed digital applications, analog circuits, power electronics, DACs, ADCs, High density components, and more
• Research emerging trends in electronic hardware components, manufacturing, and capabilities
• Selecting, Interfacing, conditioning, and processing with a variety of sensors (vibration, acceleration, temperature, current, electro-magnetic fields, etc.)
• Support Electrical Systems architecture design
• Understand hardware designs based on the needs of embedded firmware systems, such as Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), and microcontrollers/computers
• Support generation and testing of algorithms and code for real-time signal processing to include communication and data transfer between system level hardware and embedded hardware
• Create test platforms and appropriate hardware to support implementation of real-time hardware interface firmware and analysis, debugging, and testing of these systems.
• Develop, test, and maintain software for embedded applications
• Perform electronic testing activities in a lab environment including power analysis, functional testing, and reliability testing using standard benchtop equipment (e.g. multimeters, waveform generators, spectrum analyzers, etc.)
• Component selection, schematic capture, PCB layout, and delivery to board houses
• Interface with vendors for fabrication and assembly to ensure program schedule
• Support efforts surrounding electrical systems design, fabrication, and integration
• Support hardware and software integration, modeling and simulation, research and evaluation of candidate solutions, and development of concepts of employment

• Detailed knowledge of PCB layout best practices for manufacturing
• Have designed multi-layer printed circuit boards to include power and digital lines
• Have experience with hardware prototyping
• Have experience with Altium, Ki-Cad, or similar PCB design software
• Basic understanding of Python, C, and C++ as well as Version Control Systems like GIT
• Have experience with electrical benchtop instruments
• Knowledge of Altium Software Suite or similar professional PCB design software
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience in working both independently and as a part of multidisciplinary teams
• Ability to obtain and maintain DoD TS/SCI Security Clearance

• Active TS/SCI Clearance
• MATLAB Simulink and HDL Coder
• Professional experience designing and testing RF printed circuit boards
• Professional experience with high-speed digital design
• Professional experience with rapid prototyping of electronic hardware
• Professional experience with the engineering design process from requirements definition to delivery
• Professional experience with selecting, Interfacing, conditioning, and processing with a variety of sensors (vibration, acceleration, temperature, current, electro-magnetic fields, etc.)
• Knowledge and/or experience with IPC 6012, IPC-A-600, IPC-A-610, MIL-STD-810H, MIL-STD-461, IEC 61000 standards
• Professional experience with system integration / engineering
• Experience in additive manufacturing
• Professional experience with Embedded System Development any subset of microprocessors, FPGAs, DSPs, etc.
• Extensive knowledge and professional experience with Altium Designer Software Suite
• Knowledge and experience with system integration of unmanned systems
• Able and willing to travel in support of field test or system integration events
• Willingness to work in a fast-paced team environment
• Ability to derive customer requirements and create representative specifications
• Ability to write and execute test plans
• Experience creating schedules and tracking budgets

<10% travel

This position vacancy is an open-rank announcement. The final job offer will be dependent on candidate qualifications in alignment with Research Faculty Extension Professional ranks as outlined in section 3.2.1 of the Georgia Tech Faculty Handbook

• 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
• 3 years of related experience with a Masters' degree in Electrical Engineering
• 0 years of related experience with a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering

Please refer to our Research Faculty Technical Level Guidelines for minimum requirements at the higher levels.

Due to our research contracts with the U.S. federal government, candidates for this position must be U.S. Citizens.

Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain an active security clearance.

Comprehensive information on currently offered GTRI benefits, including Health & Welfare, Retirement Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Time Off, and Professional Development, can be found through this link: https://benefits.hr.gatech.edu/.

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