Job Description
Are you looking for an exciting, innovative company with over 100 years of excellence and commitment to ethical business? Amentum is a trusted partner to United States government agencies.
Join a mission-driven team supporting strategic U.S. defense systems. As an Electronic Component Engineering SME, you’ll use your technical expertise to influence part selection, ensure reliability, support testing, and help guide critical military programs from concept through sustainment. This role is ideal for a hands-on engineer who enjoys solving complex component challenges, collaborating across government and industry, and staying deeply engaged in quality, reliability, and standards work.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide component engineering support to technologists, including authoring clear and well‑structured technical reports.
- Advise military programs and hardware designers on part selection to ensure performance, reliability, and long‑term sustainment.
- Troubleshoot component-level technical issues and recommend effective solutions.
- Apply knowledge of electrical test methods, radiation effects, failure analysis techniques, and material analysis tools.
- Collaborate with program offices, prime contractors, designers, parts manufacturers, test labs, and government stakeholders.
- Create, review, and refine detailed test plans and related documentation.
- Provide full life‑cycle engineering support for strategic defense systems.
- Participate in DLA audits, JEDEC working groups, and reviews of military performance specs and test methods—helping shape industry and defense standards.
- Travel 25% to support audits, reviews, meetings, and program engagements.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field (Electrical Engineering preferred) and 5+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent.
- Component engineering experience with emphasis on quality and reliability of IEEE parts.
- Familiarity with (or willingness to learn) best design practices for IEEE components.
- Basic understanding of military industry standards (MIL‑STD).
- Ability to analyze differences across part standards and apply them appropriately.
- Strong communication skills for engagement with customers, program offices, colleagues, and contractors.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and ability to learn advanced functions.
- Ability to write clear, accurate technical reports.
- Basic understanding of electrical testing of IEEE parts.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Security Clearance; U.S. citizenship required
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced component engineering experience focused on quality and reliability of IEEE parts.
- Experience with discrete, passive, digital, or analog devices.
- Deep knowledge of best design practices for IEEE components, especially ICs and related manufacturing processes.
- Understanding differences between military, industry, commercial, and automotive standards.
- Strong Excel skills (complex formulas, macros, automation).
- Strong understanding of electrical testing of IEEE parts and ability to perform basic benchtop testing.
- Active Secret Clearance.
Compensation Details:
$150,000 - $190,000 annually
The compensation range or hourly rate listed for this position is provided as a good-faith estimate of what the company intends to offer for this role at the time this posting was issued. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as job responsibilities, education, experience, skills, internal equity, market data, applicable collective bargaining agreements, and relevant laws.
Benefits Overview:
Our health and welfare benefits are designed to support you and your priorities. Offerings include:
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Paid time off and holidays
Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)
Educational reimbursement
Parental leave
Employee stock purchase plan
Tax-saving options
Disability and life insurance
Pet insurance
Note: Benefits may vary based on employment type, location, and applicable agreements. Positions governed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA), or other employment contracts may include different provisions/benefits.
Original Posting:
10/02/2026 - Until FilledAmentum anticipates this job requisition will remain open for at least three days, with a closing date no earlier than three days after the original posting. This timeline may change based on business needs.
Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, ancestry, United States military or veteran status, color, religion, creed, marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low-income status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal laws and supplemental language at Labor Laws Posters.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM field, preferably Electrical Engineering, and 5+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent experience
- Component engineering experience emphasizing quality and reliability of IEEE parts
- Familiarity with or willingness to learn best design practices for IEEE components
- Basic understanding of military industry standards, including MIL-STD
- Ability to analyze differences across part standards and apply them appropriately
- Strong communication skills for working with customers, program offices, colleagues, and contractors
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and ability to learn advanced functions
- Ability to write clear, accurate technical reports
- Basic understanding of electrical testing of IEEE parts
- Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance
- U.S. citizenship
- Advanced component engineering experience focused on quality and reliability of IEEE parts
- Experience with discrete, passive, digital, or analog devices
- Deep knowledge of IEEE component design practices, including ICs and manufacturing processes
- Understanding of military, industry, commercial, and automotive standards
- Strong Excel skills, including complex formulas, macros, and automation
- Strong understanding of electrical testing of IEEE parts and basic benchtop testing experience
- Active Secret Clearance
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare offerings are described as comprehensive, with medical, dental, and vision plans and multiple PPO/HSA options. Mental health support via an employee assistance program and other wellness resources is also included in the benefits mix.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a meaningful part of total rewards through a 401(k) plan with employer matching. Profit-sharing contributions and immediate or near-term vesting in some cases further strengthen the retirement value proposition.
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What We Do
Amentum is a premier global technical and engineering services partner supporting critical programs of national significance across defense, security, intelligence, energy, and environment. We draw from a century-old heritage of operational excellence, mission focus, and successful execution underpinned by a strong culture of safety and ethics. Headquartered in Germantown, Md., we employ more than 20,000 people in 48 states and 28 foreign countries and territories. Visit us at amentum.com to explore how we deliver excellence for our customers’ most vital missions.
