Electronics & Lethality Hardware Optics Engineer

• Come join our team! We currently have an exciting possible Temp-to-Perm opportunity in Sterling Heights, MI for an Electronics & Lethality Hardware Optics Engineer to work on a Military Vehicle Program.

• This position will consist of providing Electrical Engineering Design and Integration services for a variety of Electro-Optic products used on and in tracked and wheeled military vehicles.
• This will involve concept development, design, Design Verification Testing (DVT), Procurement support, Prototype build and test, Qualification testing, Fielding, and customer support of fielded hardware.
• Hardware involved includes but is not limited to the following: Gunner's and Commander's fixed and panoramic sights, Auxiliary Sights, Control Panels, Control handles, various vision systems resolvers, encoders, Gyros, accelerometers, Meteorological sensors, and a variety or Circuit Card Assemblies (CCAs).
• Some specific activities that will be performed as part of this position are as follows: Design subsystems and components to meet vehicle performance requirements including human factors, safety, environmental requirements.
• Support Circuit Design, conduct component selection / analysis for commercial, military Electro-Optical system components, conduct detailed design of Electro-Optical custom components and also generate key characteristics, component specifications and perform component selection for supplier purchased parts.
• Review and develop H/W and S/W requirement documents and test plans.
• Provide support to prototype and production vehicle build and follow-up, develop technical corrective action formulation, troubleshooting and lead redesign activities.
• Strong record keeping skills with commitment to tracking design changes, debug status, H/W and S/W revisions.
• Develop and Present design concepts and program status to functional and program management.
• Perform testing and evaluation of Electro-Optical components in the Electro-Optics Lab.

• Ability to use Engineering Development and Test Tools.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with interdisciplinary teams.
• Strong multi-tasking skills
• Ability to travel to supplier and government sites (Approx 5%)
• Knowledge in many, but not all, of the following areas:
  
  
  
  • IPC and MIL standards.
  • Digital and Analog circuit design.
  • Gyroscopes, Encoders, and Cameras.
  • Development of component / subsystem requirements.
  • Model-based Motion Control.
  • Model-based Motion Control Loops.
  • PWM and PID.
  • Test Equipment (Power Supplies, Oscilloscopes, Function Generators, DACs).
  • Power, thermal analysis, timing, biasing, voltage and current control, LED control, data packet deciphering, etc.
  • Schematic development, component selection, circuit simulation, and PCB layout.
  • Engineering design, development, and analysis software.
  
  
  
  

• MATLAB, MATHCAD, Mentor Graphics Schematic Capture, CAMView or CAM350.
• Microprocessor based products including processors, chipsets, memory and bus interfaces, networking standards (PCI-xpress, DDR2, DDR3, USB, SATA, DVI, etc.)
• Microcontrollers including IDEs, configuration, coding, and programming.
• NXP family of microcontrollers.
• Industry interface standards and form factors (VITA42/46, COM Express, ETX, etc.)
• Serial Interconnects, USB, CAN, RS422/485, etc.)
• Graphics/video interfaces (SDI, DVI, HDMI, RS-170, etc.)
• EMI/EMC design practices and standards.
• C, C#, VisualStudio Suite.
• Optical hardware and testing.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with a minimum of 3 years of applicable experience. Fewer years will be considered with an advanced degree.

• Must be U.S. Citizen - "Must be able to meet ITAR requirements, including US citizenship to be considered for this role."

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