Unmanned Vehicle Electrical Engineer, Mid
Booz Allen Hamilton · San Diego, United States · 1mo ago
The Opportunity:
As an electrical engineer, you understand the workings behind complex systems. That knowledge is key when it comes to prototyping electronics systems and engineering new unmanned technologies and systems. We’re looking for an electrical engineer who can use their skills to develop advanced systems for the military.
At Booz Allen, you’ll use your engineering skills to transform the Navy. Our team develops next generation engineering solutions. That’s why we need you, an electrical engineer, with experience with trajectory control and planning, to help us design and develop prototypes and implement hardware and software on Navy unmanned vehicles.
On our team, you’ll perform hands-on engineering and testing of the vehicles, including performing at-sea testing. You’ll impact the Navy by performing the critical engineering functions to support unmanned vehicle missions. This is a chance to use your experience-based knowledge in sensors, navigation systems, and programming while broadening your skillset into areas like systems engineering and cybersecurity.
Take on exciting challenges with the Navy with us as we support the warfighter’s mission.
Join us. The world can’t wait.
You Have:
2+ years of experience with performing engineering services for autonomous vehicles, including power distribution, signal processing, control systems, payload integration, and electronics design
2+ years of experience with developing engineering technical artifacts for complex systems
Experience with reading and following electrical drawing and schematics, loading software, and performing functional testing
Knowledge of systems engineering processes, artifacts, documentation, and the systems development lifecycle (SDLC)
Ability to prototype and implement solutions on physical systems, write technical documentation and create design artifacts, and interpret schematics, drawings, and diagrams
Ability to do testing on small vessels at sea
Secret clearance
Bachelor's degree in an engineering, computer science, or robotics field
Nice If You Have:
Experience working with DoD clients to model, maintain, or integrate complex electromechanical systems
Experience with navigation or control systems for autonomous or unmanned undersea vehicles, designing and testing autonomous or unmanned undersea vehicles, and inertial navigation systems and GPS
Experience with naval operations and protocols
Experience with the Robotics Operating Systems (ROS) Framework and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) software, including SysML, Rhapsody, or MagicDraw
Experience using CAD software and developing machine vision for unmanned vehicles including object detection and avoidance, localization, mapping, and 2D/3D image processing
Knowledge of programming in a modern language, including Java, C++, or C#
Ability to professionally interact with clients to understand their needs, recommend courses of action, and present or demonstrate results
Top Secret clearance
Master's degree in an engineering, computer science, or robotics field
IAT II level certification
Clearance:
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.
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