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The Specialist Electrical Engineer owns electrical engineering tasks from requirements and design through test and integration for circuit card assemblies, cables, and wiring harnesses supporting advanced tactical weapon platforms, sensors, and avionics. The role works with limited supervision, resolves technical issues, and provides guidance to junior engineers. It supports next-generation unmanned air systems, radar, weapon systems, and RF sensor technologies.
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L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.
L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.
Job Title: Specialist, Electrical Engineer
Job Code: 47516
Job Location: Ashburn, VA
Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked - and have every other Friday off
Job Description:
As a Specialist Electrical Engineer, you will own assigned electrical engineering tasks from requirements and design through test and integration for circuit card assemblies (CCAs) containing analog, digital, power, and high-speed circuits, and supporting cables and wiring harnesses for advanced tactical weapon platforms, sensors, and avionics. You will work with limited supervision within your area of expertise, resolve technical issues, and provide technical guidance and mentoring to junior engineers.
The Agile Development Group specializes in developing disruptive, next-generation technologies for advanced Unmanned Air Systems (UAS / UAV), advanced radar systems, next-generation weapon systems, and other RF sensor technologies using small company agility and big company experience.
Essential Functions:
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Own assigned CCA design tasks, including requirements analysis, specifications, interface definition, component selection, simulation, schematic capture, and layout coordination; present design packages to electrical and program leadership.
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Simulate, prototype, and test electrical circuits; design and integrate supporting cables and wiring harnesses, and evaluate design alternatives and technical risks.
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Resolve CCA integration and production acceptance-test issues using structured troubleshooting and root-cause analysis; implement approved corrective actions.
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Develop and execute electrical subsystem test plans and procedures that verify requirements and document acceptance criteria.
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Analyze and report CCA test results; document conclusions, technical risks, and recommended actions, and communicate issues affecting quality or schedule.
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Prepare and present technical material in internal and external design reviews; coordinate interfaces and actions with multidisciplinary teams and guide junior engineers.
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Ability to lift up to 10 pounds
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Up to 10% travel may be required
Qualifications:
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Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field and a minimum of 4 years of prior electrical engineering experience. Graduate degree in a related field and a minimum of 2 years of prior electrical engineering experience. In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 8 years of prior electrical engineering experience.
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Active US Secret security clearance
Preferred Additional Skills:
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Experience with multilayer printed circuit board design, high-speed routing, and IPC Class 3 guidelines.
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Experience with signal and power integrity analysis and mixed-signal partitioning.
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Experience mentoring junior engineers and coordinating multidisciplinary technical interfaces.
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Experience presenting technical recommendations in design reviews.
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Experience with production support, requirements verification, and configuration control.
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Experience improving circuit design, test, or troubleshooting processes.
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Proficiency with Altium Designer or similar CCA design tools, including schematic capture and PCB layout practices.
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Demonstrated experience designing, analyzing, and testing analog, digital, or power circuits and completing assigned CCA design tasks with limited supervision.
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Hands-on proficiency with oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, and other applicable CCA test equipment.
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Strong troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and technical communication skills; ability to evaluate alternatives and risks using engineering data.
In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in Virginia (Greater D.C. area) is $92,500 - $171,500. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
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L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.
Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
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How this job compares
Set against the 3,087 open Electrical Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$93–172K/yr
- Virginia median$124–185K/yr63 salary ranges
- US median$126–201K/yr1,953 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $132K, is 17% below the Virginia median midpoint ($158K) — in the middle half of Electrical Engineering salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 89 open Electrical Engineering jobs in Virginia and 3,087 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
- M. C. Dean10 open
- Oracle9 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience — less than three in four Electrical Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for (median 6 years, across 2,230 postings).
- Education
- 1,575 of the 3,087 open Electrical Engineering jobs (51%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 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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