PREVENTING ENVIRONMENTAL HARMWe go to extraordinary measures to protect our Airmen from environmental hazards and infractions. Applying engineering and scientific principles, Bioenvironmental Engineers identify and evaluate potential dangers and develop programs to prevent illness and injury. With an emphasis on discovering problems before they occur, these specialists ensure the health and safety of Airmen and their families in environments all over the world.REQUIREMENTSYou must meet several requirements before joining the Air Force. These concern your background, overall health and other standards set by the Air Force, Department of Defense and federal law.Minimum EducationBachelor of Science in engineering from an ABET-accredited institutionQualificationsCompletion of qualifying Bioenvironmental Engineering courseMinimum of 24 months of experience in bioenvironmental engineering assignmentsCompletion of Officer Training School courseMust be between the ages of 18 and have not reached your 42ndbirthday

Description The Leidos Defense Systems Sector, is seeking a talented Embedded Firmware Developer to join a diverse team to create unique solutions for complex problems. We have offices across the United States that provide responsive, cost-effective engineering, scientific, and IT solutions in the defense, space, cyber, and commercial fields.The Electrical Systems Department is a design-focused group of engineers specializing in advanced hardware-based products. The individual selected for this position will be an embedded design engineer with varied technical interests and demonstrated engineering and leadership skills. The individual must be a self- starter with experience working with inter-disciplinary teams to solve challenging technical problems. The engineer will lead efforts on and develop architectures for embedded systems integrated into a diverse rangeof aerospace and military systems including manned/unmanned ground/air vehicles, missiles, defensive radars, and space systems.The selected candidate will be a key technical leader in a fast-paced, environment through all phases of the product life cycle from concept development and detailed design through manufacturing, qualification testing, and post-delivery support. The candidate will be responsible for architecting, implementing, and testing embedded firmware and software on a variety of platforms, including FPGAs, microcontrollers, microprocessors, and mixed signal designs. Additional skills such as communications data-link design, digital-signal processing (DSP) design, system design, experience with technical trade studies, and evaluation of technology improvements are a plus.With a product focus, the individual is also expected to actively partner with other engineers, project managers, technicians, and the customer to develop solutions that adhere to a diverse set of requirements. This includes architecture decisions from requirements that help inform and drive hardware implementations and working closely with hardware engineers. Additionally, the engineer will support resolution of technical issues that are discovered during the manufacture and test of deliverable products. This will include troubleshooting board-level issues, assessing failures for root cause, and identifying corrective actions. The ideal candidate will thrive in a learning environment that encourages leadership and technical growthBasic Qualifications:Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent degree from an ABET-accredited institution.Candidate must have at least 4+ years of experience in embedded system design and test or 2+ years with MS degree.Understand trade-offs of embedded system targets (such as FPGA, SoC, microcontroller, RTOS, bare-metal) for developing best cost/option architecturesProven experience with programming and/or hardware description languages such as: C, C++, assemblyExperience with programming and/or hardware description languages such as: VHDL, Verilog.Experience with common communication protocols such as: UART, Ethernet, SPI, I2C,CAN bus, etc.Hands-on laboratory experience with instrumentation, test equipment, and debug/test methodsPosition requires candidates to be capable of performing in a collaborative engineering environment working closely with multi-disciplinary teamsCandidate must be a resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville - North Alabama, AL areaPreferred Qualifications:Preference shown to candidates who have experience and/or working knowledge of:Developing overall firmware/software architecture for embedded systems, including FPGAs and SoCsUtilizing modern Xilinx FPGA and SoC families and design tools(Xilinx IP Cores, AXI4, AXI-Stream)Firmware testing and verification (unit testing, testbenching, HWIL)RISC microprocessors architectures (ARM Cortex, Microblaze, PowerPC, RISC-V)Memory architectures, types,and cachingGNU/Linux and development of kernel driversEmbedded operating systems (Linux, VxWorks, Integrity, FreeRTOS, uC/OS-II)Electronics and PCBA designExperience implementing high speed interfaces (PCIe, Aurora, 100GbE, JESD204B)Original Posting Date:2024-09-26While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.Pay Range:Pay Range $81,250.00 - $146,875.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

ADVANCING OUR OPERATIONSIn order for us to complete our missions, our technology simply cannot fail. Covering a wide range of specialties ranging from aeronautical and computer systems to flight test and mechanical, Developmental Engineers provide advanced skill and knowledge of their particular specialties. Responsible for everything from the planning to implementation of their projects, these experts are essential to the success of operations all over the world.REQUIREMENTSYou must meet several requirements before joining the Air Force. These concern your background, overall health and other standards set by the Air Force, Department of Defense and federal law.Minimum EducationBachelor’s degree in engineering related to one of the following specialties: aerospace, aeronautical, astronautical, computer, electrical, electronics, communication or mechanicalQualificationsCompletion of the Defence Acquisition UniversityFundamentals of SystemsAcquisition Management course or Acquisition Fundamentals courseCompletion of the Air Force Flight Test Engineer course or comparableMinimum of 24 months of experience in qualified position or a master’s degree in a specified discipline and 12 months’ experience or a Doctor of Philosophy degree in a specified disciplineCompletionof Officer Training School (OTS), AirForce Academy (AFA) or AirForce Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC)Must be between the ages of 18 and have not reached your 42ndbirthday

Description The Defense Systems Sector at Leidos, is seeking a talented Embedded Firmware Engineer to join a diverse team in Huntsville, AL, to create unique solutions for complex problems.Primary ResponsibilitiesThe applicant must have experience writing embedded software in the C or C++ languages for embedded systems. They should have a solid understanding of and experience with real-time software principles such as RTOS task scheduling and prioritization, inter-process communication with semaphores and mutexes, memory management involving both the stack and heap, and boot processes. Must have experience interacting with real hardware from a software environment and have experience writing low-level device drivers in both bare-metal and operating system environments, interacting with device registers and chip-to-chip hardware interfaces. Must have experience with boot processes and bootloaders and customizing bootloaders, such as U-Boot to support specific hardware configurations. Experience with low-level communication protocols such as SPI, I2C, and UART are a must. Experience with high-speed data transfer using protocols like PCIe and Aurora are desired.Basic QualificationsBachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or a related discipline from an ABET-accredited institution with 12+ years of relevant experience or 10+ years with MS degree.Experience with embedded Software/Firmware design.Experience working with embedded operating systemsHigh proficiency with C/C++, and TCL.Experience in FPGA system design and test from architecture through implementation.Familiarity with modern Xilinx FPGA families and design tools (7-series FPGAs, Ultrascale+, Vivado, Xilinx IP cores)Experience with multiple high-speed serial communication standards and interfaces (e.g. Aurora, 10Ge, PCIe, DDR4/3/2/1, JESD204B)Experience with standard internal interfaces such as AXI4, AXI4-Stream, AXI4-LiteMotivated self-starter and problem solver with experience executing in multi-disciplinary teams.Hands-on laboratory experience with instrumentation, test equipment, and debug/test methods.Candidate must be a US Citizen and possess (and be able to maintain) a Final Secret Clearance or meet the eligibility to obtain (and maintain) a Secret Clearance.Preferred QualificationsExperience working with SoC designs such as Zynq and Zynq Ultrascale+ including architecting and interfacing with peripherals, interrupts, and related bus architecturesWorking knowledge of digital/analog/mixed signal electronics, components, and interface/communication standardsExperience with FPGA PCBA hardware designOriginal Posting Date:2024-09-13While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.Pay Range:Pay Range $122,200.00 - $220,900.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Description The Aerospace Systems Group at Leidos currently has an opening for a talented Senior DSP Firmware Engineer supporting the Integrated RF Systems Branch in Huntsville, AL. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience in firmware design for ground-breaking advanced RF systems that provide critical information to a wide range of customers. Our team is passionate about our systems and products, and we get to see how our work makes a difference daily for our nation's warfighters. Come join our technically diverse team and put your knowledge, skills, and talent to great use!The Integrated RF Systems Branch primary mission is to analyze, understand, exploit, and defend against foreign threats. The ideal candidate for this position will lead and support DSP firmware development efforts across multiple projects and specialized RF platforms. The selected candidate will investigate advanced digital signal processing (DSP) techniques and methods of implementation within a Field Programmable Gated Array (FPGA) architecture. The selected candidate will develop, simulate, and test across multiple platforms with differing architectures.Basic Qualifications:A bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering (or related technical discipline) from an ABET accredited institute and seventeen (17+) years of relevant work history is needed. If candidate has an MS in a related field fifteen (15+) years of relevant work history is needed.Experience in FPGA firmware development from architecture through implementation, simulation, and hardware testing.Proven experience with hardware description languages such as VHDL or Verilog.Comprehensive understanding of digital signal processing techniques for communications and/or RF.Hands-on laboratory experience with instrumentation, test equipment, and debug/test methods for proving out FPGA development on hardware.Highly motivated personality with the ability to work independently and across a collaborative team environment.Requires the ability to maintain a TS/SCI clearance.Preferred QualificationsFamiliarity or experience with any of the following:Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC / RFSoC ArchitectureVirtex UltraScale+ ArchitectureZynq-7000 SoC ArchitectureXilinx IP IntegratorOriginal Posting Date:2024-09-11While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.Pay Range:Pay Range $144,300.00 - $260,850.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Description Leidos Defense Systems, is seeking a talentedJunior Electrical Hardware Design Engineerto join a diverse team to create unique solutions for complex problems. We have offices across the United States that provide responsive, cost-effective engineering, scientific, and IT solutions in the defense, space, cyber, and commercial fields. The ideal candidate will thrive in a learning environment that encourages leadership and technicalgrowth.The Electrical Systems Department is a design-focused group of engineers specializing in advanced hardware products. The individual selected for this position will be a design engineer with varied technical interests and demonstrated engineering skills. The individual must be a self-starter with experience working with inter-disciplinary teams to solve challenging technical problems. The engineer will work closely with electronics integrated into a diverse range of aerospace and military systems including manned/unmanned ground/air vehicles, missiles, defensive radars, and space systems.The selected candidate will be expected to execute in a fast-paced, small team environment through all phases of the product life cycle from concept development and detailed design through manufacturing, qualification testing, and post-delivery support. The engineer will be responsible for architecting, implementing, and testing printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs) including power supply, mixed-signal, FPGA, and microcontroller designs. Additional skills such as signal integrity analysis, power distribution network design, basic VHDL proficiency, experience with technical trade studies, and evaluation of technology improvements are a plus.With a product focus, the individual is also expected to actively partner with other engineers, project managers, technicians, and the customer to develop solutions that adhere to a diverse set of requirements. Additionally, the engineer will support resolution of technical issues that are discovered during the manufacture and test of deliverable products. This will include troubleshooting board-level issues, assessing failures for root cause, and identifying corrective actions.The ideal candidate will thrive in a learning environment that encourages leadership and technical growth.Basic QualificationsBachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent degree from an ABET-accredited institution with a 3.0 or higher GPAKnowledge of digital/analog/mixed signal electronics, components, and interface/communication standardsExperience in electronics design and test from architecture through implementationCapable of performing in a collaborative engineering environment working closely with multi-disciplinary teamsDemonstrated experience effectively communicating within a team environmentHands-on laboratory experience with instrumentation, test equipment, and debug/test methodsCandidates must be a resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville - North Alabama, AL areaPreferred QualificationsPreference shown to candidates who possess aBachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent degree from an ABET-accredited institution with a3.5 or higher GPAPreference shown to candidates who possess a Master's Degree inElectrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent degree from an ABET-accredited universityPreference shown to candidates who have experience and/or working knowledge of:Design, test, troubleshooting, and manufacture of complex multi-layer electronic circuit card assembliesDigital design and troubleshooting in the area of embedded processors, microcontrollers, or VHDL-based FPGAsSwitched-mode power supply (SMPS) designMentor Graphics electrical engineering development toolsSecurity Requirements:Candidate must be a US Citizen and possess (and be able to maintain) a Final Secret Clearance or meet the eligibility to obtain (and maintain) a Secret Clearance.Original Posting Date:2024-09-03While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.Pay Range:Pay Range $53,950.00 - $97,525.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Description Leidos Defense Systems is seeking a talented Electrical Engineer to join a diverse team to create unique solutions for complex problems in our Test Instrumentation & Lethal Mechanisms Portfolio which develops Fuzing Systems (Ignition Safety Devices for igniting rocket motors, Electronic Safe & Arm Devices for initiating warheads), Proximity Sensors, as well as telemetry systems for rocket, missile and unmanned aerial system applications.These products are in current production in support of several weapons systems customers with increased production over the next several years.Primary Responsibilities.In this unique you will be responsible for the design, development, and testing of complex electronic hardware for defense applications. Projects will involve diverse technology areas including electronic design, payload integration, and system integration. We support our manufacturing team for existing products as well as launching new products in this role.Basic QualificationsBSEE degree plus 12 plus years of prior relevant experience including:Concept development and circuit design for a variety of productsExperience using Mentor Graphics or similar E-CAD schematic capture softwareDebugging electronic hardware with standard laboratory equipmentProduct manufacturing supportExperience leading design effort on new or existing products and bringing to marketExperience providing oversight, mentoring, and training to younger engineersExperience designing products for military systems and familiarity with military standardsMust be a US citizen and a resident of Huntsville, Alabama, or be willing to relocate to the Huntsville, Alabama area.Must possess (and be able to maintain) a final secret clearance or meet the eligibility to obtain (and maintain) a Secret Clearance.Preferred QualificationsFamiliarity with Altium schematic capture and PCB layout E-CADExperience designing and testing Electronic Safe & Arm Devices (ESAD) and Ignition Safety Device (ISD)C programming abilities for embedded micro-processorsGUI development for test interfaces using Python, LabView, etc.Excellent communication skillsOriginal Posting Date:2024-08-23While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.Pay Range:Pay Range $122,200.00 - $220,900.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Description Leidos Defense Systems is seeking a talented Electrical Engineer to join a diverse team to create unique solutions for complex problems in our Test Instrumentation & Lethal Mechanisms Portfolio which develops Fuzing Systems (Ignition Safety Devices for igniting rocket motors, Electronic Safe & Arm Devices for initiating warheads), Proximity Sensors, as well as telemetry systems for rocket, missile and unmanned aerial system applications.These products are in current production in support of several weapons systems customers with increased production over the next several years.Primary Responsibilities.In this unique you will be responsible for the design, development, and testing of complex electronic hardware for defense applications. Projects will involve diverse technology areas including electronic design, payload integration, and system integration. We support our manufacturing team for existing products as well as launching new products in this role.Basic QualificationsBSEE degree plus 8 years of prior relevant experience including:Concept development and circuit design for a variety of productsExperience using Mentor Graphics E-CAD schematic capture softwareDebugging electronic hardware with standard laboratory equipmentMust be a US citizen and a resident of Huntsville, Alabama, or be willing to relocate to the Huntsville, Alabama area.Must be a US Citizen, possess (and be able to maintain) a final secret clearance or meet the eligibility to obtain (and maintain) a Secret Clearance.Preferred QualificationsFamiliarity with Altium schematic capture and PCB layout E-CADC programming abilities for embedded micro-processorsGUI development for test interfaces using Python, LabView, etc.Excellent communication skillsProduct manufacturing supportOriginal Posting Date:2024-08-16While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.Pay Range:Pay Range $101,400.00 - $183,300.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Description Leidos Defense Systems is seeking a Principal Radar Engineer to join a talented team within the RF System Technologies Department. The department’s goals include radar system development, integration, and testing. These goals include the inhouse development of hardware subsystems to include T/R modules antennas, and digital receiver/ exciters using a combination of IRAD and customer funding. The department performs radar design, hardware builds, algorithm development, software development, HWIL testing and analysis across a variety of both research and development and operational tasks.Primary ResponsibilitiesThe candidate will support a broad set of phased array radar hardware and software design, prototyping, integration, testing, and analysis activities. Experience in following areas is desired:RF design – Up/Down converters, oscillators, analog and digital beamforming networks, RF cascades, transceivers, phased array antenna performance tradesSignal processing – Waveform design, matched filtering, detections processing, clutter rejection, target feature extractionCalibration – Far-field and/or near-field calibration techniques for AESAsTracking – Design and analysis of Kalman filters, IMMs, detection to track association varietiesRadar Resource Management – Scheduling techniques for optimally commanded the AESAs front end hardwareRF Test Equipment – Experience with RF troubleshooting equipment such as Vector Network Analyzers, oscilloscopes, and signal generatorsBasic QualificationsBS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent degree from an ABET-accredited institution.12+ years of experience in the design, development, and testing of Radar systems or 10+ with MS degree.Demonstrated performance in one or more of the experience areas.Must be a US citizen and be a resident of Huntsville, Alabama, or be willing to relocate to the Huntsville, Alabama area.Candidate must be a US Citizen and possess (and be able to maintain) a Final Secret Clearance.Preferred QualificationsMaster of Science in Electrical Engineering or equivalent degree from an ABET-accredited institution.Demonstrated performance in all the experience areas.Original Posting Date:2024-08-06While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.Pay Range:Pay Range $122,200.00 - $220,900.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Description Leidos Defense Systems currently has an opening in our Uncrewed Systems Integration and Test Team for a Communications Signal Processing Engineer to work in our Huntsville, AL office. This is an exciting opportunity to help DoD Uncrewed Systems pioneer new data communications technology ensuring mission success.Primary Responsibilities.The Communications Signal Processing Engineer will research and develop advanced signal processing algorithms and perform test and analysis of advanced protected (anti-jam [AJ] / low probability of detection [LPD]) waveforms, providing performance and vulnerability assessments to our DoD customers for existing and candidate UAS data link waveforms. Our team provides technical subject matter expertise (SME) for government product offices to aid in product improvement and acquisitions, thus ensuring our customers can cost-effectively maximize capability as new, advanced communications capabilities are sought.Basic QualificationsMS in Electrical Engineering or Physics plus 5 years of relevant signal processing experience in communications and/or Electronic Warfare (EW) environments.Requires excellent communication and organizational skills, attention to detail, and a strong background and demonstrated skills in the following:• General signal processing expertise (signal modeling, filter modeling, noise modeling, Fourier transforms, etc.)• Communications waveform modulation theory (PSK, QAM, etc.)• Spread LPD waveforms (DSSS, FHSS, MCSS, hybrid methods, etc.)• Signal detection theory (energy detection, feature detection, etc.)• Cyclostationary feature analysis (cyclic autocorrelation, cepstral analysis, etc.)• Basic MATLAB programming (cell arrays, structs, tables, graphics, MATLAB path, data import and export, etc.)• Object Oriented MATLAB programming (methods, properties, and their attributes; value and handle classes; object arrays; etc.)• Technical research experience (IEEE journals, etc.) and implementation of findings via algorithm development• Data analysis• Strong knowledge of RF concepts (RF testing, RF propagation, RF schematics, link budgets, etc.), especially in relation to over-the-air signal detection• Hands-on test equipment experience (spectrum/signal analyzer, signal/function generator, oscilloscope)• Technical writing and report/presentation generation with great attention to detail and professionalism (to formally convey analysis results to customers)The candidate must be a US citizen and possess (and be able to maintain) a Final Secret Clearance and meet the eligibility to obtain a Top-Secret Clearance.Must be a resident of Huntsville, Alabama, or be willing to relocate to the Huntsville, Alabama area.Original Posting Date:2024-08-09While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.Pay Range:Pay Range $122,200.00 - $220,900.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.