Senior Systems Engineer
About this role
Job ID: 115110
The Leonardo DRS Naval Power Systems business is a trusted provider of innovative naval gas and hybrid power systems, control technology and support solutions for the U.S. Navy and navies around the world.
Job Summary
Join our Menomonee Falls, WI team as a Senior Systems Engineer. This position offers an opportunity to develop some of the world’s most highly power dense solutions, the ability to work on unique applications, the ability to provide technical oversight and guidance, and the opportunity to mentor and coach upcoming engineers. You will be responsible for conceptualizing, analyzing, and specifying the control and power architecture of complex systems and subsystems for motor drives, power converters, and uninterruptible power supplies ranging from several horsepower to multi-megawatts.
What You Will Do
- Review customer specifications and requirements, and develop designs to best support them, including cost as a key design variable.
- Conceptualize the architecture of complex systems and subsystems relating to power electronics, drives and uninterruptible power supplies.
- Create the system level technical documentation and budget estimates for proposals.
- Identify and develop strategies to retire key development risks.
- Verify product or subsystem performance through simulation, analysis, and/or laboratory test.
- Generate the necessary design requirements to specify components and subsystems of a product through the use of a requirements traceability matrix (RTM).
- Provide technical leadership on large projects, with the ability to identify and delegate tasks to an engineering team, and drive completion of activities on time and budget.
Education & Experience Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in the field of electrical engineering or an equivalent technical field.
- 8+ years of detailed design experience in power conversion applications.
- Proficiency with Matlab and Simulink simulation tools for simulation of electrical systems down to a component level.
- Model-based design experience of power electronic systems desired.
- Real-time modeling experience of power electronic systems desired.
- Experience with Navy applications and market.
U.S. Citizenship required. This position may require an active DOD security clearance or the ability to obtain such clearance within a reasonable time after commencement of employment.
Taking care of our people is a top priority at Leonardo DRS. We are proud to offer competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, a company contribution to a health savings account, telemedicine, life and disability insurance, legal insurance, and a 401(k) savings plan. We champion wellness programs that focus on physical, emotional, and financial well-being. We develop our talent by offering programs and activities to support career-growth, professional development, and skill enhancement. And we understand there is more to life than work, and the importance of offering flexible work schedules with our 9/80 program, competitive vacation, health/emergency leave, paid parental leave, and community service hours.
Leonardo DRS, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
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Company at a glance
DRS Daylight Solutions, a line of business under Leonardo DRS, provides photonics solutions to researchers, industry allies, and system manufacturers. Daylight specializes in manufacturing high-performance lasers across the spectrum from UV to IR, offering capabilities in broad tuning, narrow linewidth, and high power. The company’s core technologies include a family of quantum cascade lasers (QCL-IR), external cavity diode lasers (EC-DLs), and custom laser engines. Daylight’s lasers are deployed worldwide in a diverse array of applications, including aerospace and defense, life sciences, and material inspection. As a team of dedicated innovators, Daylight designs new technologies that aim to enable what’s next in scientific and technological advancements for those who are driving innovation forward.
Top Benefits
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Health savings account
- Telemedicine
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Legal insurance
- 401(k) savings plan
- Wellness programs
- Professional development
- Flexible work schedules
- Vacation
- Health leave
- Emergency leave
- Paid parental leave
- Community service hours
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