Associate Electrical Engineer

Associate Electrical Engineer

Location

US-IL-Aurora

Job ID

3687

Category

Engineering - Electrical or Hardware Engineer (electronics or digital or analog)

Experience (Years)

0

Recruiter

Jim Daly

Minimum Degree

Bachelors

Overview

Thales Defense & Security, Inc. (TDSI) Headquartered in Clarksburg, MD, is a U.S. company that has been serving domestic and international defense Air, Land and Sea domains for 60 years. With over 1000 employees, TDSI and its three subsidiaries (Tampa Microwave, Advanced Acoustic Concepts, and Trusted Cyber Technologies), supports U.S. Joint Services, special operations forces and multi-national partners with a variety of communication, visualization, electronic warfare, and sensor/sonar capabilities. TDSI's key technologies include tactical handheld radios, expeditionary satellite terminals, helmet-mounted displays, optics and target recognition capability, advanced radars, undersea sensing and missile systems. Lives depend on what we do!

Top Benefits (Subject to terms of applicable policies/plans) Competitive Salary

Yearly Incentive Compensation Plan

Medical insurance for self and eligible family members

Generous 401(k) program - up to 7% company contribution and 100% immediate vesting

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid wellness, vacation, and holiday leave

Paid maternity, paternity, and parental leave

9/80 Work Schedule (every other Friday off)

We are excited to announce that we have an opening in our Aurora, IL office for an Associate Electrical Engineer. This role is well suited for a highly motivated engineer interested in working with the Electrical Engineering Design team to perform hardware design, schematic capture, and design verification tasks primarily for our helmet-mounted display product line, with the potential for some motion tracking product line interfacing. Responsibilities

Work within a multi-discipline engineering team and with senior electrical engineers to execute analog and digital design of helmet mounted display products.

Design and optimize electrical circuits utilizing design and analysis development software tools.

Build, bring-up, test and debug circuit designs utilizing engineering labs and test equipment including hi-speed oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and power supply analyzers.

Perform hardware and software integration, testing and debug at module, sub-system and system levels.

Work closely with manufacturing and external suppliers to build prototypes and pre-production units and transition designs to full production.

Support legacy products, including parts obsolescence updates and factory support.

Generate fully detailed schematics, Bills of Material (BOMs), and other design documentation for projects.

Constructively collaborate with PCB layout staff to implement schematics into realizable PCBs based on mechanical and electrical requirements.

Generate engineering documentation including block diagrams, design descriptions, test plans and reports.

Qualifications

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

U.S. Citizenship required. - Applicants selected may be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

4-year degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.

0-2 years of professional engineering experience.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Fluent in English.

Ability to work collaboratively and build and maintain relationships with team members.

Ability to comply with all Company guidelines, policies, procedures and embrace Company Core Values.

Preferred experience with the following:

Basic knowledge of Analog and Digital Design fundamentals.

Familiar with some or all of the following hardware classes: analog sensing, digital interfaces and communication, video signaling, CPU/microcontroller, FPGA, DC/DC power supply topologies.

Familiar with some or all of the following circuit and hardware simulation and analysis tools including: PSpice, LTspice, Matlab/Simulink.

Altium Designer experience a plus. Other tools such as Cadence OrCAD/Allegro, Mentor Graphics/ DXDesigner acceptable.

Familiar with formal Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) process and tools.

The annualized pay range for this role is $74,700- $95,450 USD along with a target incentive compensation plan (ICP) of 5%. The pay range provided is a good faith estimate representative of the experience level for the role described above. TDSI considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

For specific questions about this job posting, candidates may contact the recruiter at .

Thales is committed to non-discrimination as applicable under federal, state and local laws. We are an E-Verify Employer.

If you need an accommodation or assistance in order to apply for a position with Thales, please call Human Resources at .

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