
Field Electrical Engineer
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MANTECH seeks a Field Electrical Engineer to join its team onsite in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The role involves constructing and testing equipment, compiling engineering data, and assisting with design modifications. Minimum qualifications include a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and five or more years of electrical system design experience, including shipboard systems and EMI design and testing. U.S. citizenship and an active Secret clearance are required.
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MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Field Electrical Engineer to join our team in Virginia Beach, Virginia. This is an onsite position.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
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Constructing components, subunits, or simple models or adapting standard equipment; may troubleshoot and correct malfunctions;
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Following specific layout and scientific diagrams to construct and package simple devices and subunits of equipment.
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Conducting various tests or experiments which may require minor modifications in test setups or procedures as well as subjective judgments in measurement, selecting, preparing, and operating standard test equipment and recording test data
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Extracting and compiling a variety of engineering data from field notes, manuals, lab reports, processing data, identifying errors or inconsistencies, selecting methods of data presentation.
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Assisting in design modification by compiling data related to design, specifications, and materials that are pertinent to specific items of equipment or component parts; developing information concerning previous operational failures and modifications and using judgment and initiative to recognize inconsistencies or gaps in data and seeking sources to clarify information.
Minimum Qualifications:
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Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering
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5+ years of experience in electrical system design with at least three years of specific experience in designing shipboard systems using Variable Frequency Drives (VFD) and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) for the US Navy or vessels governed by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and two years of specific experience in designing systems for Electro-Magnetic Interference (EMI) as well as experience in testing for EMI.
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Experience with Electrical Systems (Power distribution, Generators, Batteries).
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Experience with Electronics & Navigation (Comms, Radar, Cyber).
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Experience with Auxiliary Systems (Piping, Steering, HVAC, Bilge).
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Knowledge of how shipyard build contracts are written and how to document design rationale.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working with the Navy Small Craft division
Clearance Requirements:
- US Citizenship required an active Secret Clearance
Physical Requirements:
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Ability to move equipment weighing up to 50 Lbs
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Must be able to remain in a stationary position up to 50%
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Be able to ascend and descend ladders as required for installations
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Must be able to position oneself to install communications systems, server racks, or potentially running transmission lines as required
MANTECH International Corporation considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to disability or veteran status or any other status protected under any federal, state, or local law or regulation.
If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a position with MANTECH, please email us at [email protected] and provide your name and contact information.
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