Job Title: Electrical Engineer - Unmanned Systems (Journeyman)
Job Category: Engineering
Time Type: Full time
Minimum Clearance Required to Start: Secret
Employee Type: Regular
Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 25%
Type of Travel: Continental US
The Opportunity:
CACI is seeking a highly capable Electrical Engineer to drive the design, integration, and advancement of embedded hardware and UAS technologies supporting critical defense missions. In this role, you will work hands-on with microcontrollers, SoMs, RF systems, and UAX platforms to deliver innovative technical solutions.
This position offers the chance to collaborate closely with cross-discipline engineering teams, evaluate emerging technologies, and contribute to mission-focused prototypes and operational systems. You’ll apply your expertise across hardware design, embedded Linux, firmware development, and RF analysis while helping shape next-generation capabilities for small UAS platforms and related ground software.
Responsibilities:
- Design custom embedded hardware using microcontrollers and SoMs or FPGAs
- Reverse-engineer circuit boards and embedded systems
- Set up and work with basic embedded Linux environments
- Evaluate and integrate new technologies into embedded platforms
- Collaborate with cross-discipline engineering teams
- Develop and integrate capabilities into small UAS/drone platforms and ground software
- Capture and analyze RF signals using SDR tools
- Document designs and communicate results clearly in writing and presentations
Qualifications:
Required:
- Active Secret security clearance
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience
- Strong circuit troubleshooting skills using scopes, analyzers, and meters
- Solid understanding of UART, SPI, I²C, CAN and control systems basics (e.g., PID)
- Programming experience in Python, C/C++, and or Rust for custom firmware and tooling
- Proven teamwork, technical communication, and ability to work independently
- Ability to prioritize and support multiple projects
- BS in Electrical, Computer, or related Engineering (ABET-accredited)
Desired:
- TS/SCI clearance
- Hands-on embedded system design with ARM SoMs and microcontrollers
- PCB design experience (KiCAD preferred), including library management
- Experience with reverse-engineering hardware, firmware, or protocols
- Docker use for build and deployment workflows
- Knowledge of cryptography, secure boot, and Linux/U-Boot signing
- Cybersecurity and networking background; familiarity with Ghidra/Binary Ninja
- RF/SDR experience (USRP, HackRF; modulation and signal processing)
- Additional EDA tools (Altium) and protocols (Ethernet, USB, RS-485, wireless)
- Experience with custom protocol analyzers and bus sniffers
- UAS/drone experience: PX4/ArduPilot/Betaflight, MAVLink, flight dynamics
- PID tuning, control loops, and autonomous flight/terminal guidance
- Familiarity with RC/telemetry/video links (SBUS, PPM, CRSF, etc.)
- Experience with JTAG/SWD, motor control, ESCs, PWM, and sensors (IMU, GPS, etc.)
- Understanding of battery management, power distribution, and load analysis for mobile systems
Company Overview:
BTS Software Solutions is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business who are community-focused innovators who transform ideas into technology to serve people. We recognize that innovation is only valuable when applied towards a needed solution. Technology has no value without the hard work to turn ideas into reality. Our roots are in helping save Soldiers’ lives through technology. We bring that ethos to serving our community. We create solutions that touch people's lives - products to communicate, to connect companies with customers, to stay informed, to save lives, and to enhance lives.
We have a small company persona with a large company ethos and capabilities; we create elegant solutions for complex problems that will enrich people’s lives. We offer one of the best benefits packages in the industry: Competitive health benefits package, PTO, 401K matching and vested from day one to name just a few of our benefits and perks.
BTS Software Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.
