Engineer Electrical 3

Date: Oct 21, 2025

Location: Virginia Beach, VA, Virginia, United States

Company: HII's Mission Technologies division

Requisition Number: 25873

Required Travel: 0 - 10%

Employment Type: Full Time/Salaried/Exempt

Anticipated Salary Range: $86, $122,763.00

Security Clearance: Secret

Level of Experience: Mid

This opportunity resides with Uncrewed Systems (UxS), a business group within HII's Mission Technologies division. Uncrewed Systems comprises unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) and autonomy software.

HII creates advanced unmanned solutions for defense, marine research and commercial applications. Serving customers in more than 30 countries, HII provides design, autonomy, manufacturing, testing, operations and sustainment of unmanned systems, including unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) and unmanned surface vessels (USVs).

Meet HII's Mission Technologies Division

Our team of more than 7,000 professionals worldwide delivers all-domain expertise and advanced technologies in service of mission partners across the globe. Mission Technologies is leading the next evolution of national defense – the data evolution - by accelerating a breadth of national security solutions for government and commercial customers. Our capabilities range from C5ISR, AI and Big Data, cyber operations and synthetic training environments to fleet sustainment, environmental remediation and the largest family of unmanned underwater vehicles in every class. Find the role that's right for you. Apply today. We look forward to meeting you.

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HII Unmanned Systems is seeking an experienced professional to come join our electrical engineering group We are looking for an individual to contribute to the development of advanced capabilities for integration into our autonomous systems for our Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs). System and subsystem design space includes common platform engineering areas, including energy subsystems, navigation subsystems, propulsion subsystems, sensor subsystems, and control subsystems, as well as launch and recovery systems. As an electrical engineer you will be responsible for the participation in product life cycle analysis and the development and management of technical data packages on new and existing designs. Working in a cross functional design team, the candidate will be responsible for bringing designs through first article release, test, integration, delivery to manufacturing, and manufacturing support and improvements.

Responsibilities may include the following:

• Support the design and documentation of electrical system wiring diagrams and cable assemblies for both new development, production, and sustaining efforts.
• Support the manufacturing team on production issues relating to hardware, wiring, cabling, drawings, or other design aspects.
• Demonstrate proficiency with industry design tools such as OrCAD.
• Support PC board layout and electrical hardware design implementation.
• Work as part of a multi-discipline team. Communicate designs and issues to each corresponding department.
• Assist in the design of electrical & electronics systems, firmware coding and circuit simulation.
• Assist in the design and fabrication of test fixtures and prototype designs.
• Develop electrical test procedures for new circuit boards and various types of assemblies and subassemblies.
• Maintains accurate bills of materials, update design documents, process sheets and incorporates Engineering Changes.
• Assist in electrical and electronics equivalent components research to resolve manufacturer or material shortages.
• Assist in the development of engineering estimates and proposals
• Perform project management duties as assigned.
• Travel to offsite and possibly overseas locations, as required.

Researches, develops, designs, and tests electrical components, equipment, software systems, and networks. Designs electrical equipment, facilities, components, products, and systems for commercial, industrial, and domestic purposes.

• 5 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 3 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; or 0 years experience with PhD or Juris Doctorate in related field.
• Marine electrical system and power distribution design experience.
• Experience with development of electrical system design documentation including block diagrams, wiring diagrams, electrical cable assembly/wiring harness drawings.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a government clearance #LI-MH1

• Experience with OrCAD for electrical designs
• Experience with Programmable Logic Controllers, Siemens a plus
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary product development teams, including technical leadership of small projects
• Experience architecting platform electrical and power systems.
• Experience working with cybersecurity products
• Familiar with marine systems that include hardware and software components developed and produced for DoD use
• Demonstrates attention to detail and develops and maintains accurate documentation.

May require working in an office, industrial, shipboard, or laboratory environment. Capable of climbing ladders and tolerating confined spaces and extreme temperature variances.

HII is more than a job - it's an opportunity to build a new future. We offer competitive benefits such as best-in-class medical, dental and vision plan choices; wellness resources; employee assistance programs; Savings Plan Options (401(k)); financial planning tools, life insurance; employee discounts; paid holidays and paid time off; tuition reimbursement; as well as early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships. Bonus/other non-recurrent compensation is occasionally offered for qualified positions, and if applicable to this role will be addressed by the recruiter at the screening phase of application.

Why HII

We build the world's most powerful, survivable naval ships and defense technology solutions that safeguard our seas, sky, land, space and cyber. Our workforce includes skilled tradespeople; artificial intelligence, machine learning (AI/ML) experts; engineers; technologists; scientists; logistics experts; and business administration professionals.

Recognized as one of America's top large company employers, we are a values and ethics driven organization that puts people's safety and well-being first. Regardless of your role or where you serve, at HII, you'll find a supportive and welcoming environment, competitive benefits, and valuable educational and training programs for continual career growth at every stage of your career.

Together we are working to ensure a future where everyone can be free and thrive.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

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