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This role works across circuit design, embedded computing, flight control hardware, sensors, and imaging systems to rapidly prototype and mature integrated hardware capabilities. This position is located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.\nMore About the Role\nAs an Electrical Engineer, you'll provide hands-on engineering support from system architecture and component selection through schematic design, PCB development, firmware integration, board bring-up, and system testing. You'll work closely with software, mechanical, autonomy, and systems engineers to integrate flight controllers, processors, sensors, cameras, communications hardware, and other embedded components into complete platforms.\nRequired Qualifications\nActive TS/SCI security clearance.\nBachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.\nExperience designing and developing embedded electronic systems, including schematic design, component selection, PCB development, and hardware bring-up.\nExperience with microcontrollers, embedded processors, or SoCsand associated peripheral circuitry.\nExperience developing or integrating flight control hardware, avionics, robotics, or other real-time embedded systems.\nWorking knowledge of embedded interfaces such as SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, USB, Ethernet, or similar.\nExperience developing, modifying, or debugging embedded firmwarein C/C++ or similar languages.\nHands-on experience troubleshooting hardware and firmware using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, and other laboratory equipment.\nAbility to integrate sensors, communications devices, and other peripherals into embedded platforms.\nDesired Qualifications\nExperience developing hardware for UAS, robotics, autonomous systems, or aerospace platforms.\nExperience with flight controllers, IMUs, GNSS receivers, ESCs, servos, motor control, or related avionics.\nExperience integrating cameras, image sensors, video processing hardware, or electro-optical systems.\nFamiliarity with camera interfaces such as MIPI CSI, USB, Ethernet, or similar high-speed interfaces.\nExperience with embedded Linux, RTOS environments, or bare-metal firmware development.\nFamiliarity with STM32, NXP, TI, Microchip, NVIDIA Jetson, Raspberry Pi Compute Module, or similar embedded platforms.\nExperience with power distribution, battery-powered systems, DC/DC conversion, and power integrity.\nExperience with PCB layout considerations for mixed-signal, high-speed digital, or compact embedded systems.\nFamiliarity with PX4, ArduPilot, MAVLink, ROS/ROS 2, or similar flight control and robotics ecosystems.\nExperience rapidly prototyping and integrating custom embedded hardware into operational or test platforms.\nWhy Join PCG\nParra Consulting Group offers a collaborative, mission-focused environment where your expertise directly supports national security operations. 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