Product & Test Engineer (Jr Level)

Job ID: 110905 

Onsite at Dallas TX location on a 9/80 schedule

 

The Electro Optical Infrared Systems (EOIS) line of business within DRS has locations in Dallas and Austin, TX, Melbourne, FL, and Cypress, CA.  EOIS develops, manufactures, and supports infrared and electro-optical solutions for soldiers, ground vehicles and airborne platforms.  We offer an exciting and challenging work environment, a competitive salary and benefits package, and a business culture that rewards performance. 

 

 Employing the world’s brightest. Supporting the world’s bravest.

Job Summary

As a Product & Test Engineer for the Uncooled Camera Calibration Development team, the successful candidate will interface with other team members representing a wide range of disciplines, including software engineering, test engineering, mechanical design, and system design.  With product responsibility, the successful candidate will help coordinate specifications between these groups, conduct tests, troubleshoot problems, analyze data, recommend product/process improvements, complete product validations / qualifications and maintain documentation, all with the goal of developing the best infrared sensor technology in the industry

Job Duties

• Responsible for technical activity and completion of assigned task on time and budget
• Design, develop, analyze, document and support testing of products, systems or subsystems 
• May use computer-aided engineering or other design/analysis software in the performance of assignments.  Ability to work independently, regular reporting of progress and status
• Review customer specifications and requirements, and under direction develops designs to best support them, including cost as a key design variable 
• Provide budget, cost and schedule input for design assignments
• Support the program design to cost and design for manufacture requirements
• Communicate clearly (written and oral) with other company personnel and the customer as required
• May provide technical knowledge and assistance to other engineers and support personnel
• Able to work on multiple assignments and with multiple teams simultaneously
• Excels in problem solving and troubleshooting
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or other similar engineering disciplines
• Equivalent work experience of 8-10 years will be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a US DoD clearance as needed, which requires US citizenship.
• Python experience highly desired.

Desired Skills

• .NET, C#, C, C++, Python, Visual Basic, VB Scripting or equivalent programming language     
• Familiarity with of Oscilloscopes, Power Supplies, Logic Analyzers, Source Measure Unit, DMMs, etc.
• Test experience of infrared detectors, or equivalent 2D imaging sensors, is a plus
• Familiarity with MatLab, ImageJ or similar software tools for evaluating / processing image data, is a plus
• Other higher level programming languages

The Leonardo DRS Advantage

• Onboarding - Our team promotes weekly focused training sessions, either one-on-one or within a team setting.  Sessions are both critical and beneficial to the growth & development of entry level Engineers.
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