Staff Hardware Engineer – Core Compute

Overview

Our client is seeking an experienced Staff Electrical Hardware Engineer to support the development of ruggedized computing and interface products for advanced military and defense platforms. This role is responsible for electrical hardware requirements development, circuit board design, debugging, testing, qualification, and production support. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with embedded hardware systems, target detection technologies, and open architecture standards including MOSA, SOSA, and GCIA.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop electrical hardware components and subsystems for computing and interface products
• Participate in requirements development and system architecture activities
• Support hardware development from concept through production, including design, debugging, testing, qualification, and sustainment
• Lead small engineering projects, including planning, budgeting, staffing, and customer interaction
• Perform hardware trade studies and participate in technical design reviews
• Develop and review hardware and software requirements, engineering documentation, and test procedures
• Support schematic creation, component selection, procurement, prototype builds, and hardware debugging
• Investigate technical issues and develop engineering design fixes and corrective actions
• Maintain detailed engineering documentation and configuration control of hardware/software revisions
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams throughout the product lifecycle

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
• 10+ years of electrical hardware design and development experience
• Experience using engineering development, integration, and test tools
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work effectively within cross-functional engineering teams
• Strong organizational and multitasking abilities
• Active Secret Security Clearance or ability to support Secret-cleared programs

Preferred Technical Experience

Candidates should have experience in many of the following areas:

Open Architecture & Defense Standards

• MOSA (Modular Open Systems Approach)
• SOSA (Sensor Open Systems Architecture)
• GCIA (Ground Combat Systems Common Infrastructure Architecture)
• TSN (Time Sensitive Networking)
• Target Detection systems

Hardware Design

• Digital and analog circuit design
• Power electronics and thermal analysis
• Schematic capture and PCB layout
• Component selection and circuit simulation
• EMI/EMC design and compliance
• High-speed signal integrity design

Embedded Systems

• Intel, AMD, and ARM-based hardware platforms
• VPX, VME, and COM Express architectures
• Embedded microcontrollers
• C/C++ development
• Microsoft Visual Studio

Interfaces & Communications

• PCIe
• DDR Memory Architectures
• USB
• SATA
• Ethernet
• CAN Bus
• RS-422/485
• MIL-STD-1553
• Solid-State Storage Technologies

Video & Display Technologies

• HDMI
• DisplayPort
• HD-SDI
• LVDS
• RS-170

FPGA & Advanced Design

• Xilinx FPGA design and simulation
• Hardware validation and qualification testing