Principal Electrical Engineer

Vertex Aerospace - Indianapolis, IN

Full-time - Senior

Indianapolis, IN

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Principal Electrical Engineer at Vertex Aerospace LLC will support a critical product sustainment program by troubleshooting hardware, establishing requirements for obsolete components, and leading functional test efforts. The role involves hands-on work with various electrical systems, including power supplies, RF components, and digital communications interfaces, while collaborating with the Chief Engineer and program leads on technical initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Perform test and troubleshooting of customer hardware, including potential travel to FMS customer sites.
• Support program Engineering Review Boards (ERBs) and Change Control Boards (CCBs) as the lead Electrical Engineer for the system.
• Provide engineering support to manufacturing personnel during build and repair activities.
• Participate in updates and modifications of test equipment.
• Support Government certification of test equipment modifications.
• Lead efforts to source and/or design replacement parts for obsolete or near-obsolete items.

Requirements

• Six or more years of relevant work experience with engineering design or development.
• Demonstrated understanding of RF design principles.
• Experience performing electrical design analysis and testing for RF, analog, and digital signal processing.
• Experience documenting functional specification requirements.
• Experience with electrical engineering design tools (schematic capture, simulation, etc.).
• Experience drafting technical documentation including subsystem specifications, modification drawings, test plans, and test reports.
• Experience performing integration, test, and qualification in support of Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) implementation.
• Ability to work within an Integrated Product Team (IPT) that includes engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and quality assurance.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience with Microsoft Office suite of tools.
• Must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain a DoD Secret level clearance.

Nice-to-haves

• Defense (DOD) program management or Integrated Product Team (IPT) experience.
• Experience with Z80 and Z8000 microprocessors.
• Experience planning Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs).
• Experience in Frequency Modulated and Phase Modulated RF circuit design concepts.
• Experience on DoD Internal Research and Development (IRAD), Customer Research and Development (CRAD), Technical Demonstration (TD), System Development and Demonstration (SDD), or Engineering, Manufacturing, & Development (EMD) Programs.
• Experience with weapon systems or special mission military platforms, architectures, capabilities, customers, and/or missions.
• Experience with DoD development process.
• Candidate has a current security clearance at the Secret level.