Electronic Hardware Engineer, ELSYS

About the Role

The Applied Embedded Systems (AES) Division in the Electronic Systems Laboratory (ELSYS) is seeking an Electronics Hardware Engineer. This role involves developing mixed-signal design solutions for complex systems including Electronic Warfare, Radar, Avionics, Instrumentation, Automation, and Communication.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop requirements for RF, analog, or digital systems
• Perform complex RF, analog, or digital circuit design
• Perform circuit simulation, schematic capture, and board layout for submodules of a platform design
• Generate documentation of hardware design and theory of operation
• Conduct and supervise lab testing activities
• Integrate modules with other system components
• Provide significant contributions to technical reports and presentations
• Lead small teams performing RF, analog, or digital circuit design
• Provide significant contributions to white papers, and competitive proposals
• Other related duties, as assigned

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Experience with printed circuit board (PCB) layout
• Knowledge of best practices for embedded systems design
• Knowledge of analog and digital circuit analysis and synthesis
• Experience with RF and analog development using system, circuit or board design and simulation tools
• Experience with digital systems development (including high-speed digital buses and FPGAs) via circuit simulation, schematic capture, board layout and assembly design
• Experience with test and debug of resulting hardware utilizing test equipment such as network analyzers and spectrum analyzers
• Experience with integration with other system components
• Conduct analysis of system performance
• Develop test process and procedure designs
• Collaborate with other engineering teams

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace, Computer Science, Physics, or a STEM-related field of study with 5 years of related experience.
• Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace, Computer Science, Physics, or a STEM-related field of study with 3 years of related experience.
• Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace, Computer Science, Physics, or a STEM-related field of study with 0 years of related experience.
• U.S. Citizenship is required due to research contracts with the U.S. federal government.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain an active security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active Secret Clearance
• Experience with Altium Designer for PCB design
• Experience with lab test equipment such as logic analyzers, multimeters, and oscilloscopes
• Experience with Analog-to-Digital (ADC) and Digital-to-Analog (DAC) Converters
• Experience with complex mixed domain circuit board design (RF, Digital, Analog)
• Experience with DDR4 memory, multi-gigabit speeds, 5GHz and higher radio frequencies