Staff Electronics Engineer
$142,200–$213,400 year
On-sitePalmdale, California, United States
Job Summary
Oversee test automation strategies connecting unit, integration, qual, and system tests while advising program management on budget acquisition to achieve long-term CI/CD goals. Perform integration and troubleshooting of electronics, avionics, and software components across development, lab, and operational environments, ensuring documentation supports future integration. Facilitate collaboration with software, system, hardware, and integration/test engineers to diagnose root causes of problems during installation, acceptance testing, and operational events. Develop and execute installation, integration, and acceptance test procedures while managing work package budgets, scope, and schedules. Submit detailed problem reports for errors and create clear technical documentation. This Staff Electronics Engineer role requires Top Secret clearance and full-time on-site presence in Palmdale, CA, with up to 25% travel.
Required Qualifications
- Relocation assistance may be available
- Top Secret clearance
- 25% of the Time travel
- Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 12 years of related engineering experience
- Master's degree in a STEM discipline and 10 years of related engineering experience
- PhD in a STEM discipline and 7 years of related engineering experience
- Experience in integration and testing of software and hardware components in Unix and windows environments
- Ability to lead installation, integration, and acceptance testing
- Ability to obtain a Security+ certification
- Active DoD Top Secret clearance (with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)
- Ability to obtain and maintain initial Special Access Program (SAP) access via a Program Access Request (PAR)
- SAP/PAR must be obtained prior to commencement of employment
- SAP/PAR must be obtained within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company
- Ability to obtain and maintain upgraded SAP/PAR
- U.S. Citizenship
Desired Qualifications
- Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance
- Active DoD Top Secret SCI clearance (with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)
- Excellent 2-way communication skills (upward and downward)
- Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management
- Ability to brief technical presentations to stakeholders
- Familiarity with software network interfaces
- Experience in automation of installation, configuration, and test
- Experience in Agile methodologies
- Agile Systems Engineering Experience
- Demonstrated communication and technical writing skills
- Experience with Confluence and JIRA
- Security+ certification
- Experience with scripting languages (developing, debugging, and maintaining)
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