Lead Electrical Engineer (Defense & Aerospace Electronics)
📍 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
🕒 Schedule: 4/10 Work Week (Four 10-Hour Days)
💼 Employment Type: Full-Time
💰 Base Salary: $142,000 – $161,000
🚚 Relocation Assistance: Available for Ideal Candidates
✈️ Travel: Occasional
🔒 Security Clearance: Must be Eligible to Obtain Secret Clearance
🚫 Visa Sponsorship: Not Available
Overview
A leading defense and aerospace organization is seeking a Lead Electrical Engineer to support the design and development of ruggedized electronic systems for advanced ordnance and mission-critical applications.
This role combines hands-on electrical design with technical leadership responsibilities, including product development, testing, root cause investigations, customer interaction, proposal support, and mentoring engineering teams. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in analog and digital circuit design, power electronics, testing, and product lifecycle development within highly regulated environments.
Key Responsibilities
Electrical Design & Development
Design analog and digital electronics for ruggedized defense applications.
Perform circuit analysis, simulations, and tolerance studies using SPICE and engineering calculations.
Develop and refine technical requirements and ensure compliance.
Generate schematics, engineering documentation, and change proposals.
Support product development from concept through qualification and production.
Testing & Validation
Develop test plans and test reports for:
Design Verification
Qualification Testing
Product Performance Testing
Firing Properties Testing
Lead testing activities throughout the product lifecycle.
Troubleshoot hardware using oscilloscopes, function generators, meters, and lab equipment.
Technical Leadership
Lead design reviews throughout all development phases.
Serve as primary technical interface for internal and external customers.
Lead root cause investigations using structured methodologies:
8D
Fishbone Analysis
Cause & Effect Analysis
Provide technical input for proposals, labor estimates, and project planning.
Mentor and develop junior electrical engineers.
Manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Required Qualifications
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
Experience
9+ years of relevant electrical engineering experience.
5+ years designing analog circuits including:
Operational Amplifiers
Differential Amplifiers
Filters
LDOs
Data Converters
5+ years designing digital circuits including:
Logic Gates
Flip-Flops
Timers
Digital Filters
4+ years working with power conversion systems:
AC/DC
DC/DC
DC/AC
Linear & Switching Power Supplies
5+ years troubleshooting electronic systems using laboratory equipment.
4+ years using schematic capture and PCB design tools such as:
Altium
PADS
4+ years leading technical projects from concept through completion.
4+ years creating engineering documentation and participating in design reviews.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with:
MEMS Accelerometers
Temperature Sensors
Pressure Sensors
Gyroscopes
Serial communication protocols:
UART
SPI
I2C
Root Cause Analysis methodologies.
EMI, ESD, and protection circuit design.
Power conditioning and power supply design.
Design for extreme environments:
Shock
Vibration
Temperature
Humidity
Experience with Electronic Safety & Arming Devices (ESADs).
Experience working to MIL-STD-1316 and MIL-STD-1901A standards.
Experience presenting designs to military safety review boards.
Energetic materials testing and integration experience.
Key Skills
✔ Analog Circuit Design
✔ Digital Circuit Design
✔ Power Electronics
✔ PCB Design (Altium, PADS)
✔ SPICE Simulation
✔ Root Cause Analysis
✔ Test & Validation Engineering
✔ Technical Leadership
✔ Requirements Development
✔ Defense Electronics
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is a senior electrical engineer with experience designing ruggedized electronics for aerospace, defense, ordnance, or other high-reliability applications. They should possess strong technical leadership skills, experience leading development programs, and the ability to guide projects from concept through qualification and production.
Candidate Snapshot
Requirement
Details
Experience
9+ Years
Seniority
Mid-Senior
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Industry
Aerospace / Defense
Leadership
Technical Lead
Security Clearance
Eligible for Secret Clearance
Travel
Occasional
Relocation
Available
Why Consider This Opportunity?
Four-day work week (4/10 schedule).
Lead cutting-edge defense and aerospace electronics programs.
High visibility technical leadership role.
Opportunity to mentor engineers and influence product strategy.
Work on mission-critical systems supporting national defense applications.