Junior Electrical Engineer

Position Overview

CoAspire (https://www.coaspire.com) is a cutting-edge defense manufacturing leader in Northern Virginia, specializing in the precision assembly of advanced weapons systems. With over twelve years of innovation, we build reliable, affordable mass weapons that protect and empower our nation’s warfighters. Based in a new 27,000+ sq. ft. facility, our tight-knit team values safety, quality, work-life balance, and professional growth. In this role, you will work directly on the production floor to drive electrical/avionics assembly process optimization, cost reduction, and design-for-manufacturability improvements while ensuring full compliance with government performance, EMI/EMC, environmental, and safety standards, collaborating closely with engineering, quality, procurement, and systems teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Support and contribute to electrical/avionics Design-for-Manufacturing/Assembly (DFM/DFA) reviews and value engineering initiatives to simplify harness designs, standardize connectors and components, reduce wire count and routing complexity, and minimize CCA variants.
• Identify and qualify lower-cost alternative connectors, cables, CCAs, power supplies, RF components, and electronics (COTS/mil-spec) that meet form, fit, function, EMI/EMC, environmental, and ITAR requirements while achieving cost savings.
• Optimize electrical assembly sequences, tooling, fixtures, work instructions, and test procedures to reduce assembly and test time, lower labor hours, and improve first-pass production yield.
• Perform root-cause analysis on production issues—including harness fit, continuity failures, EMI problems, non-conformances, and rework—and implement corrective actions through ECNs and schematic/redline updates.
• Collaborate with supply chain and vendors on make-vs-buy decisions, vendor qualifications, obsolescence management, and long-term agreements to secure cost-effective and reliable sources.
• Support and maintain electrical manufacturing bills of materials (MBOMs), cable drawings, schematics, and test documentation within ERP/PLM systems.
• Conduct time studies, line balancing, and capacity analyses for electrical assembly and test stations.
• Ensure all changes comply with AS9100D along with company and customer requirements.

Required Qualifications

• 0-8 years of hands-on electrical/electronics manufacturing or production engineering experience in aerospace/defense.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with cost-reduction and assembly/test time improvement programs (e.g., harness simplification, connector standardization, CCA redesign-for-cost, COTS insertion).
• Ability to read and redline schematics, harness drawings, and PCB layouts; experienced in releasing ECNs in PLM/ERP environments (e.g., Windchill).
• U.S. citizenship with a current Secret clearance or the ability to obtain/maintain one.
• Excellent communication skills and strong floor presence to confidently present data-driven recommendations to leadership and suppliers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or Manufacturing Engineering.
• Knowledge of military-grade and/or COTS connectors, cable/harness fabrication (IPC/WHMA-A-620), RF/coaxial assemblies, power distribution, and EMI shielding techniques.
• Familiarity with electrical manufacturing processes including crimping, soldering, automated wire processing, conformal coating, and functional/ESS testing.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive Pay
• Full benefits from day one: medical, dental, and vision
• 401(k) with generous company match and immediate vesting
• PTO and Federal holidays