Senior Electrical Hardware Engineer

At Spectrum Control, most departments operate on a 4-day, 10-hour work schedule in exchange for a 3-day weekend. We offer competitive wages and PTO, plus our benefits begin on day 1 of employment. Come join a workforce where we put you first!

Team Environment: Join a tight, highly capable engineering team in a small division with meaningful latitude to be creative, influence product direction, and improve how hardware is developed and released.

Role Summary: We are seeking a 7+ year electrical engineer who can develop hardware, integrate designs into complete products, introduce them to the factory, and support them throughout the product lifecycle.

Compensation Range: $130,000 - $180,000 annually.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, integrate, verify, and release electrical hardware for custom products and subsystems.
• Partner with RF/Microwave, power, embedded, mechanical, manufacturing, quality, and test teams to deliver robust products.
• Support transition from concept through prototype, qualification, production release, and sustaining engineering.
• Drive strong documentation, configuration control, and engineering change practices.
• Help the team improve design reviews, requirements flow-down, verification, and release discipline.
• Support troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and corrective actions during build, test, and field support.
• Incorporate environmental, EMI/EMC, assembly, and manufacturability considerations, including MIL-STD-810 and MIL-STD-461.
• Mentor less-experienced engineers and reinforce practical hardware integration best practices.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
• 7+ years of experience developing electrical hardware and supporting products through factory introduction.
• Experience with product integration, documentation, change management, and production support.
• Working knowledge of environmental and EMI/EMC design considerations.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Preferred Background

• Defense, aerospace, FAA, or other regulated hardware environments.
• Mixed-signal, subsystem, power, or ruggedized electronics development.
• Experience improving team process and coaching peers on sound hardware development practices.

Work Environment

• This hybrid role requires regular on-site presence at our Frederick, MD manufacturing facility, with flexibility for remote work to support collaboration and program needs.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor 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. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
 

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