
Lead Electrical\Computer Engineer (5623)
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The Lead Electrical/Computer Engineer leads major technical projects, provides technical expertise to colleagues, and interfaces with customers and stakeholders. The role includes setting project objectives and schedules, preparing proposals and cost estimates, and advancing engineering technologies. The engineer also mentors members of the electrical engineering family and may travel up to 5% of the time. The position requires U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a DOE security clearance.
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Duties and Responsibilities - May influence strategic planning for major technical projects or more than one project of major scope and complexity that significantly impact the business. - Provides significant external leadership including extensive customer and stakeholder interface. - Advises and consults as technical expert to other technical and administrative personnel to drive and implement short and long-term projects. - Prepares comprehensive proposals, schedules, and cost estimates; may set, modify and/or negotiate schedule changes and dates. - Leads, directs, influences, or coordinates the work of a major project, program, product or component with responsibility for project objectives, completion dates, and technical specifications. - Drives technical advances and innovation and/or improvement in existing technologies to make substantial impacts. - Stays current with relevant emerging technology and business trends. Uses business knowledge to evaluate and prioritize business opportunities based on economic and technical factors. - Leads, trains and mentors all engineers within the electrical engineer family on various test processes and procedures. ## You Must Have - Bachelors degree in Science from an ABET accredited program in Engineering or Physics - 7 or more years of relevant experience in Engineering, Analytical, or related technical activities - Ability to travel up to 5% of the time - United States Citizenship - Ability to work on-site as directed by management and as determined by the needs of the business - Regular and reliable attendance is an essential function of this job - Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) security clearance (some positions require additional DOE designations) ## We Value - Demonstrates application of advanced engineering and analytical concepts and techniques to complex technical projects - Demonstrates working without supervision and provides technical consultation and guidance to others - Engineers with practical experience in HDL development who enjoy turning requirements into clear, reliable digital logic and who understand timing, design constraints, and simulation-based verification to help create dependable hardware - Engineers who like setting technical direction, shaping a forward-looking roadmap, and helping teammates grow through mentorship, collaboration, and thoughtful use of new technologies - Engineers who care about building high-quality, maintainable designs, using peer reviews, shared standards, and good documentation to support long-term scalability - Curious problem-solvers who are comfortable in the lab, using tools like oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and FPGA environments to bring up and validate designs with a structured, methodical approach - Bachelors degree in Science from an ABET accredited program in Engineering or Physics
How this job compares
Set against the 2,848 open Electrical Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Missouri median$134–190K/yr27 salary ranges
- US median$25–35/hr263 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 42 open Electrical Engineering jobs in Missouri and 2,848 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience; Electrical Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (1,932 postings).
- Education
- 1,373 of the 2,848 open Electrical Engineering jobs (48%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 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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