Senior Electrical Engineer ($30k Signing Bonus) with Security Clearance

We are looking for a skilled Electrical Engineering professional who will head the hardware development and modification efforts of physical aircraft and ground vehicle simulators for both military and commercial applications. Devices range in complexity from simple desktop and part-task trainers to high-fidelity weapon simulation and full-flight training systems. Trainer systems typically comprise both clean-sheet design and design reuse; and are a composite of custom hardware and off-the-shelf elements. This position is located onsite at our Binghamton, NY site. Signing bonuses up to $30,000 are available for active security clearance holders. Primary Responsibilities:
- Established and productive professional contributor working under limited supervision to investigate, design, document, integrate, and qualify electrical hardware of moderate to high complexity
- Considered a specialist in a specific electrical engineering area or a generalist in multiple areas
- Technical head of all Electrical Engineering efforts for one complex program or a significant contributor on multiple simpler programs
- May be the technical head of all Hardware disciplines (Electrical, Mechanical, and Designer) on a complex program
- Considered a primary contributor for hardware engineering requirements capture, evaluation, and derivation
- Ensures that electrical designs are appropriate for the defined design approach
- Verifies and reviews the designs and documentation of lower-level Engineers and Designers
- Primary presenter of electrical details during formal customer reviews
- Primary contributor in cross-functional project team efforts for planning, manufacturing/build support, integration, and verification of training systems
- Estimates, tracks, reports, and owns the status relating to scope, schedule, and budget for assigned program work
- The work associated with this position will be performed onsite
- Clearly communicate with co-workers and customers both written and verbally
- Travels as necessary to customer sites for customer / Vendor meetings, site surveys, and install and verification of finished products. Acts as overall hardware liaison to manufacturing during installations. - Travel 15% Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree (typically in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations OR
- Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience OR
- In absence of a degree, 9 years of relevant experience is required
- Must be a U.S. Citizen
- Must have or be capable of obtaining a US Department of Defense (DoD) security clearance. Candidate selected will be subject to a government security investigation/reinstatement and must meet eligibility requirements
- Must have experience with AutoCAD, AutoCAD Electrical or equivalent electrical design tool.
- Experience designing and documenting electrical systems or components of a moderate to high level of complexity
- Experience troubleshooting electrical malfunctions to root levels Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working on defense contracts. Experience heading design efforts on past projects
- Training Simulator Design Experience
- A motivated self-starter with the ability to organize and execute complex assignments
- Ability to quickly change focus between high-level concepts and low-level details.
- Candidate with existing Secret Security Clearance or higher highly preferred.