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L3Harris Technologies lists this Lead, Electrical Engineer (Power) opportunity in Indialantic, Florida. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.
L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.
About L3Harris Technologies:
L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across air, land, sea, space and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue, 48,000 employees and customers in more than 100 countries. L3Harris.com
Job Tile: Lead , Electrical Engineering – Power Hardware
Job Code: 41871
Job Location: Palm Bay, FL
Schedule: 9/80 (Employees work 80 hours over 9 days and have every other Friday off)
Work Arrangement: On-Site
Job Description
L3Harris is seeking a Lead, Electrical Engineer – Power Hardware to join our team in Palm Bay, FL. In this role, you will support the design and development of advanced space-qualified power hardware for mission-critical applications. This is an opportunity to contribute to innovative spacecraft and payload power solutions in a fast-paced engineering environment where concepts move into production reality.
The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in spacecraft electrical power subsystem design, including power architecture development, circuit simulation, detailed analysis, hardware verification, and cross-functional collaboration. This position will play a key role in supporting current and future programs, internal research and development efforts, and strategic growth initiatives.
Essential Functions:
Lead the design and development of advanced power hardware using sound electrical engineering principles and best practices.
Support all phases of hardware development, including requirements analysis, architecture definition, detailed design, schematic capture, simulation, documentation, manufacturing, integration, and verification.
Translate customer and system-level requirements into detailed electrical specifications and power architectures while balancing technical, cost, and schedule constraints.
Design and analyze isolated and non-isolated power conversion topologies, including:
AC/DC converters
DC/DC converters
Battery chargers
Power management and distribution circuits
Perform detailed analysis of power circuits for:
Voltage regulation and voltage ripple analysis
Custom magnetics design
Mitigation of Single Event Transients due to particle strikes
Total dose radiation (given parametric degradations)
Neutron fluence (given parametric degradations)
Efficiency
Thermal performance
Control-loop stability
EMI/EMC
Transient response
Provide mentorship and technical guidance to power engineers.
Troubleshoot and resolve hardware issues at the component, board, module, payload, and system levels.
Use laboratory instruments such as oscilloscopes, source meters, electronic loads, signal generators, multimeters, and DC power supplies to validate designs and investigate issues.
Conduct trade studies and develop conceptual power solutions in support of proposals, IRAD, and new business opportunities.
Collaborate with program leadership, manufacturing, systems engineering, and other cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, high-quality hardware solutions.
Evaluate component tolerances and environmental impacts to ensure robust design margins for high-reliability applications in harsh operating environments.
Support risk reduction and mitigation activities related to obsolescence, cost, producibility, and long-lead materials.
Experience with Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) and Failure Review Boards (FRB)
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 9 years of prior relevant experience in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or another relevant STEM field or Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience
Experience interpreting high-level requirements and developing power architectures
Strong experience in electronic power design, including:
Power devices
Control loop theory
Thermal management
Custom magnetics design
Printed wiring board layout
EMI filtering
Technical knowledge of spacecraft power subsystems, including:
Ability to model spacecraft mission orbital average power, energy balance, and solar arrays
Batteries
Power topologies and charging systems
Power control and switching
Regulation
Distribution
Power quality
Preferred Qualifications:
Ability to obtain a TS/SCI security clearance
Proposal generation with technical architecture/cost/schedule
Experience performing detailed analysis of power circuit custom magnetics
Experience with mission definition, concept generation, trade studies, preliminary and final design, component selection, integration, test support, materials selection, and design documentation
Experience developing qualified deliverable power hardware for space, aerospace, defense, medical, or other mission-critical applications
Experience working with manufacturing and production teams in a program environment
Experience with Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) and Failure Review Boards (FRB)
Experience generating and presenting technical material to program leadership, customers, and review boards
Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
Ability to collaborate effectively across technical teams and leadership levels
Experience serving as a subcontract technical representative, including supplier evaluation, statement of work development, and technical oversight of external deliverables
Experience with ECAD and analysis tools such including: LTSpice
PSpice
Cadence
Siemens Xpedition
Experience integrating firmware/software with hardware in lab and system environments
Mathcad, MATLAB, Python, or similar programming experience for modeling, analysis, and automation
Experience modeling spacecraft mission orbital average power and energy balance
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L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.
Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
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