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Amentum

Government engineering and technical services provider

Senior Electrical Engineer

Controls & Automation EngineeringUpdated on Nov 11
Full-timeMcLean, VA, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • A minimum of 12 years of engineering experience, including specialized engineering involving major project management responsibilities.
  • Experience with all phases of engineering support, including problem formulation and specification, system design, data collection, systems engineering and analysis, problem resolution, and documentation of results.
  • Good oral and written communication skills, working knowledge of word-processing and integrated software applications, organizational skills, and ability to perform detail-oriented work.
  • Ability to pass and maintain a security clearance; ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret or higher U.S. security clearance, for which U.S. citizenship is required.
  • Ability to work on-site; the position may require travel.
  • Ability to meet the physical and work-environment demands of the position, including working under deadlines, constant computer use and sitting, and—depending on assignment—working around equipment and lifting up to 50 pounds.

Responsibilities

  • Perform as a task leader on complex project assignments under the guidance of a team leader, providing engineering expertise for building operations and maintenance efforts and related work.
  • Independently perform design development, analysis, or review tasks and provide supervision to contributing engineers.
  • Complete designs, analyses, or design reviews independently or as group leader.
  • Generate complete design specifications for complex projects.
  • Develop, maintain, and produce technical documentation and system or subsystem specifications.
  • Serve as the direct interface and liaison with internal and external customers from quotation through final design and test activities, including design reviews and technical working group meetings, to comply with requirements and specifications.
  • Conduct site visits and experimental investigations; analyze engineering problems, propose solutions and alternatives, and provide recommendations.
  • Prepare oral presentations and written reports to management that rank possible solutions or alternatives by desirability and probability of success when no single solution exists.
  • Design, develop, and implement electrical power systems, including transformers, motors, switchgear, breakers, motor control centers, and switches.
  • Develop and review one-line, elementary, and three-line diagrams.
  • Analyze existing electrical systems and recommend efficiency and safety improvements.
  • Perform short-circuit and load-flow analysis.
  • Select and specify electrical equipment based on project requirements.
  • Design and develop control systems using programmable logic controllers.
  • Configure and program network switches for industrial applications.
  • Develop and interpret logic diagrams.
  • Implement supervisory control and data acquisition systems.
  • Integrate control systems with other engineering disciplines, such as mechanical and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning engineering.

Desired Qualifications

  • A bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from an accredited university is preferred.
  • Experience with Allen-Bradley programmable logic controllers is preferred.
  • Experience with Foxboro and/or iFIX supervisory control and data acquisition systems is a plus.

About the Company

Amentum

Government engineering and technical services provider

Amentum provides technical and engineering services to government agencies to support high-stakes missions such as space launch, nuclear cleanup, and military operations. Its offerings combine workforce, engineering, and mission-support capabilities across the full lifecycle—from planning and design to operations and sustainment—delivered as contracted services. The company differentiates itself through scale and breadth: formed from a spin-off and expanded by acquiring DynCorp and PAE, and later merging with Jacobs’ Critical Mission Solutions and Cyber & Intelligence units, making it one of the largest government services contractors with about 53,000 employees and a public listing (AMTM). Its main goal is to help the U.S. and its allies achieve mission success for critical national programs by providing comprehensive, reliable government-focused technical services.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Chantilly, VA
Founded
2020

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