Senior Advanced Electrical Engineer

ACARA Solutions and our client in Middletown, RI have a contract-to-direct hire position available

Senior Advanced Electrical Engineer

• As a senior advanced Electrical Engineer for the Progeny Systems Business Area, you'll be a member of or lead a cross-functional team dedicated to developing military-grade electronics and underwater acoustic systems.
• Analyze and design analog and digital electronic circuits, including signal conditioning, power, analog-to-digital conversion, transformers, inductors, amplifiers, and communication.
• Integrate, test, troubleshoot, and verify electrical hardware.
• Develop test criteria and assist in the design of test systems, including test software applications.
• Perform component and architecture trade studies to determine optimal system solutions.
• Design, analyze, and test underwater acoustic systems.
• Design and build prototype cable assemblies.
• Perform solder rework of prototype circuit card assemblies.
• Develop technical presentations, recommendations, and written communications to explain technical issues to program management and the Navy customer.
• Generate design and interface documentation.

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or Science or Engineering or Mathematics.
• Minimum of 8 years experience in the engineering development life cycle, including concept, requirements, design, implementation, and test phases.
• Minimum of 8 years experience in analog and digital circuit design, including signal integrity principles.

• Master's Degree.
• Working knowledge of transformers and inductors and how to size them, including key parameters such as flux density magnetizing current, leakage inductance, transformer and inductors losses, and temperature rise.
• Working knowledge of op-amps and transistors, including Bipolar, JFETs, and MOSFETs.
• Working knowledge of standard communication interfaces such as Ethernet, RS-485, USB, CAN bus, LVDS, and protocols such as TCP and UDP.
• Proficiency in all phases of PCB design, including the creation of high-level functional and architectural diagrams, SPICE analysis, power analysis, component selection, schematic entry (OrCAD Capture experience), and working with the PCB layout team to optimize placement, signal integrity, fitment.
• Familiarity with underwater acoustic principles.
• Good documentation and communication skills.
• Experience with battery systems, electric motors, and MATLAB programming.

Additional Information:

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check and a drug screen.
• In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
• Under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), all employees assigned to this client must provide documentation verifying their status as a 'U.S. Person,' as defined in ITAR clause 120.15. A U.S. Person is a protected individual under the anti-discrimination provisions of U.S. immigration laws.