Electrical Engineer, Instrumentation and Controls Firmware

$105,890 - $189,545/Yr

General Atomics - San Diego, CA

Part-time,Full-time - Senior

San Diego, CA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Electrical Engineer, Instrumentation and Controls Firmware position at General Atomics involves working on innovative technologies in a dynamic environment. The role focuses on the development and sustainment of high-power electromagnetic systems and advanced control systems, utilizing National Instruments hardware and LabVIEW programming. The successful candidate will collaborate with a team of engineers to design and implement solutions for various applications, including high-energy laser systems and airborne sensors.

Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to development and sustainment efforts for HEL and other Control Systems using National Instruments hardware with LabVIEW firmware/software programming.
• Work with GA-EMS Engineering staff and chief engineers to architect and develop control systems for the HEL product line and other GA-EMS product lines and technology areas.
• Adapt evolving processes for control of complex, electrical/optical/mechanical systems with hardware and personnel safety as top priority.
• Grasp, understand, and correlate many pieces of a complex system concurrently and be able to identify, construct, document, and troubleshoot dependencies, relationships, and logical processes in a clear, organized, methodical manner.
• Execute technical concepts, strategies, and plans quickly and work with minimal supervision.

Requirements

• Typically requires a bachelor's degree, master's degree or PhD in engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution and progressive engineering experience.
• Nine (9) or more years of experience with a bachelor's degree, seven (7) or more years of experience with a master's degree, or four (4) or more years with a PhD.
• Active or Ability to obtain DoD Security Clearance is required.
• Integration and configuration of National Instruments (NI) hardware.
• Minimum 4 years of experience developing software using LabVIEW.
• Experience with communication protocols such as RS422, I2C, GigE, SPI, TCP, UDP, etc.

Nice-to-haves

• Completion of National Instruments LabVIEW Core 1/2/3 courses (at a minimum); being Certified LabVIEW Developer is desirable.
• LabVIEW architecture and project development for control of complex, high-consequence system-of-systems.
• Familiarity with DoD technical review process (at a minimum: SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR).
• Desired Experience with other software development languages such as C++, MATLAB or Python.
• Desired Experience working with Linux based systems.
• Desired knowledge and experience with EE fundamental concepts and troubleshooting hardware.

Benefits

• Relocation Assistance Provided