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Senior Electrical Engineering Supervisor

Leidos
Washington, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 31 Dec 2025
💰 $237,350/yr($131,300/yr$237,350/yr)

About the role

Job Description

Lead the Future of Maritime Innovation

The Maritime System Solutions (MSS) Portfolio within the Leidos Maritime Systems Division is looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer to supervise a series of senior engineers under an Electrical Engineering Manager and guide a small talented team in designing and delivering next-generation maritime solutions. From unmanned underwater vehicles to advanced sensor systems, your leadership will help shape capabilities that protect and advance U.S. interests around the globe.

Why Join Us

  • Work with cutting-edge subsea technologies that few engineers get to experience firsthand.
  • Collaborate with world-class scientists, engineers, and innovators across the U.S.
  • Lead programs that support the wide variety of high-profile customers.
  • Be part of a culture that values innovation, technical excellence, and mission impact.

Key Aspects of the Position

  • Design, analyze, and document electrical power components and systems.
  • Follow developed product development through design, build, test, and installation.
  • Integrate design and process improvements to new and existing systems.
  • Serve as a Technical Lead / Subject Matter Expert (SME) for a variety of Maritime Programs.
  • Present design solutions to program leadership and external customers.

What You Will Do

  • Analyze, simulate, design, construct and test electronics for digital and analog circuitry in systems requiring custom signal processing, amplification, power management and conversion.
  • Evaluate, select, specify, design, modify, test, and/or integrate sensors, cables, connectors, power subsystems (including batteries).
  • Generate and maintain engineering drawings in support of manufacturing, review and create engineering change orders (ECOs), as required per ISO9001:2015 policies.
  • Develop project test plans and test procedures, provide test planning support, and assist in the execution of both lab testing and at-sea testing.
  • Conduct experimental tests on equipment, evaluate results, and develop specifications for deliverable systems.
  • Contributes to customer development, test and production activities.
  • Supports development of new and updating of existing system design standards to meet specific current and future requirements.
  • Effectively document engineering development throughout product development lifecycle
  • Manage electrical engineers as direct reports to include hiring, firing, promotions, raises, retention, and performance feedback.

What We’re Looking For

Required Experience:

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or similar field with 10+ years of related experience in electrical/electronic hardware design, integration and system level test and commensurate with primary responsibilities. Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or similar field with 8+ years of related experience.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance.
  • Demonstrated experience with Altium Designer or similar circuit design tools.
  • Experience in Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) design including analog, digital, mixed signal, or high voltage designs (> 1kV).
  • Working knowledge of MATLAB, VISIO, and LTSpice software packages.
  • Experienced in the operation of electronic test equipment including oscilloscopes, multi-meters, power supplies, function generators, insulation resistance testers, etc.
  • Ability to plan, prioritize and organize work without close supervision.
  • Competent in the use of Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Microsoft Project.
  • Experience with designing, modeling, trouble shooting, and verifying stability of digital power control loops.

Preferred Experience:

  • Active Secret Clearance or above.
  • Experience with unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) and associated electronics/sensors, underwater cables/connectors, control and monitor electronics, power systems, launch and recovery subsystems, and system-to-host interfaces, including acoustic ranging and communications.
  • Experience with optics, optical telemetry and electro-optic components.
  • Demonstrated knowledge with conversion topologies including Flyback, Buck, PFC, resonant converters, LLC and analog/digital controls loops.
  • Experience with coding and debugging in C/C++, firmware development in VHDL/Verilog, familiarity with the Xilinx toolchain, or Python Scripting.
  • Development of test software and scripts on Linux/Windows environments.

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