Senior Hardware Design Engineer

Senior Hardware Design Engineer

Requirements

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of prior work experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of prior work experience.
• Combined experience in one or more of the following areas: Digital design and/or test, Hands-on experience with design simulation tools (e.g., HyperLynx, LTSpice) and analytical tools (e.g., Matlab), Hands-on experience with design development tools (e.g., Mentor Graphics’ Xpedition schematic capture and layout)
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued Secret security clearance post-start is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Circuit and sub-system architecture, design, modeling, simulation, and verification.
• Integration and test at component, CCA, and subsystem levels.
• Transition to production and technical support to manufacturing and test engineers.
• Occasional travel to supplier, integration, and customer sites may be required.
• Opportunities to manage small projects or processes within area of responsibility.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience interfacing and testing with testing Digital to Analog Converters (D/A) and Analog to Digital Converters (A/D).
• Experience with various digital high-speed interfaces such as JESD204B, Memory (DDR3, DDR4), SERDES, 10G+ Ethernet, Fiber Channel.
• Background in FPGA hardware inference designs including SERDES, LVDS chip-to-chip and board-to-board.
• Understanding of allocating and flowing down requirements from the system to the component level.
• Knowledge of cost estimating, plus budget and schedule management.
• Experience working in a laboratory environment using logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, phase noise analyzer (PNA), and spectrum analyzer to test and verify the functions of digital and mixed signal circuits and systems.
• Experience in a production environment.
• Experience in technical writing, proposal writing, and oral presentations.
• Active / Existing Secret U.S. Security Clearance.