Electrical R&D Engineer

• Design, build, operate, and maintain electrical, RF, fiber optic, and/or WiFi based circuits for integration in manned and unmanned underwater test vehicles or peripheral test facilities and equipment
• Work with a team of engineers and technicians to creatively evaluate and design solutions to complex technical problems
• Update, modernize, and maintain existing test and evaluation systems to ensure reliable operation
• Meet with sponsors, faculty and staff engineers to define the scope of task requirements and schedule constraints
• Communicate with Principal Investigators (PIs) and project managers to provide progress reports
• Facilitate the identification of resources needed to accomplish the task/project

• →Manage projects of small or moderate size and scope; make substantial contributions to determining feasibility of goals and objectives; responsible for assuring quality, cost effectiveness and timeliness of assigned projects
• →Plan and perform tasks of a larger scope and lead specific tasks within the project scope; assemble research team members
• →Manage multiple or large projects; plan, schedule, conduct or coordinate detailed phases of the work of a major project
• →Provide innovative problem-solving approaches to enhance organizational capabilities; use peer network to expand technical capabilities and identify new research opportunities
• →Understand broad strategic objectives and contribute to them; nurture and maintain relationships with major customers/grantors of external research and development grant funding

• Candidates should have experience with electronics and electrical testing and troubleshooting, digital and analog circuit design, schematic creation, PCB layout, microcontrollers, FPGA, embedded computing, firmware development and test systems
• Heavy emphasis on problem solving skills, identifying technical issues that can be addressed for long-term success.  Ability to provide technical rigor and discipline to problem solving process
• Effective communication and teamwork skills demonstrated by conveying information and collaborating with others to drive decisions toward action

• Support field testing of vehicles and test platforms which could include travel to support test events. 
• LabVIEW, Matlab, Solidworks, NX, Xilinx Vivado, Xilinx Vitis, Micropchip MPLAB, Git, CAN, Serial, UDP comms, SSH, SCPI and interfaces
• Ability to learn and work across disciplines (mechanical, electrical, software, logistics) in a small team environment of engineers, technicians, and US Navy personnel
• Very high attention to detail
• Current eligibility for access to classified information at the Secret level or higher and may be subject to a government background investigation to upgrade clearance eligibility, if required

ARL’s purpose is to research and develop innovative solutions to challenging scientific, engineering, and technology problems in support of the Navy, the Intel Community (IC), and other federal government customers.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION on ARL, visit our website at www.arl.psu.edu.

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