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Electrical Design Engineer

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.

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Location
Dallastown, PA
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Security clearanceBachelor's degree

Job overview

Kratos C5ISR develops mission-critical technologies for defense, intelligence, and national security customers. This role designs AC and DC electrical systems from customer specifications, reviews requirements for contract compliance, and supports proposals, testing, and validation. The posting’s general job summary describes mechanical design work, while its essential functions focus on electrical systems.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Electrical System DesignComputer SkillsCommunicationReading InstructionsLearning Company TechnologyStandingSittingRepetitive MotionLifting

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering or Similar2+ Years Engineering ExperienceAbility to Obtain Security Clearance

Full job description

Job Descriptions:

Kratos C5ISR designs, engineers, and manufactures advanced mission-critical technologies for defense, intelligence, and national security customers. These are innovative solutions that enhance situational awareness, strengthen decision-making, and support those on the front lines. Our teams develop and deliver specialty mobility systems, electromagnetic interference (EMI)-shielded shelter platforms, missile launcher and transporter systems, and related ground support hardware. These highly engineered solutions support C5ISR applications, missile defense and radar systems, unmanned vehicle platforms, command and control programs, SATCOM systems, shipboard systems, directed energy weapons, and strategic deterrence. We offer competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for growth in a mission-driven environment. Join us and help shape the future of national security.

GENERAL JOB SUMMARY:

The Mechanical Design Engineer is responsible for developing, evaluating, and implementing mechanical designs that meet customer requirements, technical specifications, cost targets, and project schedules. The role ensures compliance with applicable engineering standards and requirements while supporting proposal development, engineering execution, and continuous product improvement through design optimization, technical problem-solving, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

  • Reviews customer requirements including customer specifications, Statements of Work, and interface drawings in order to ensure compliance with contract.

  • Designs AC & DC electrical systems from customer specifications.

  • Interfaces with other departments to resolve questions and technical issues.

  • Creates technical proposals, technical materials, procurement specifications, and electrical analyses.

  • Support company and customer test development and validation.

Required Experience:

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES:

  • Possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the assigned duties, including computer skills.

  • Maintain sensitive and confidential information as required by company and government requirements.

  • Communicate and interact effectively with peers, supervisors, and the public, including maintaining respect for others, and following company policies.

  • Have a willingness and ability to learn and utilize company technology for company required purposes, including, for example training, reviewing, and signing policies and procedures, benefits enrollment, and changes, and more.

  • Ability to read, understand, and follow instructions.

  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

  • Ability to maintain knowledge, skills, and abilities as it pertains to your job.

  • Ability to obtain a security clearance.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

  • Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree in Electrical Engineering or similar field.

  • 2+ years of professional engineering experience preferred.

WORK ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

  • Office environment.

  • Ability to stand and sit for long periods of time.

  • Ability to perform repetitive motion (keyboarding, 10-key, phones).

  • Ability to lift up to 10 pounds.

  • Travel up to 10%.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: Yes, as required

Keyword: electrical, design, cad, proposals

Kratos Defense is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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Pay Transparency

The company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

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From: Kratos Defense

How this job compares

Set against the 10,304 open Electrical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Pennsylvania median$100–153K/yr185 salary ranges
  • Pennsylvania median$42–49/hr20 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 379 open Electrical Engineer jobs in Pennsylvania and 10,304 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
Experience
Electrical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (8,591 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 6,955 of the 10,304 open Electrical Engineer jobs (67%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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