Electrical Hardware Design Engineer

Our client, a leading federal defense contractor has an immediate opening for an Electrical Hardware Design Engineer responsible for developing weapons and navigation system hardware. This role includes schematic design and layout of hardware with FPGAs, DDR RAM (DDR3, DDR4, LPDDR4) memory interfaces, and digital interfaces (e.g. I2C, SPI, SDIO).-

We encourage you to apply if you have any of these preferred skills or experiences: schematic capture and layout design of digital subsystems and components, use of lab test equipment including multimeters, oscilloscopes, and other test equipment, experience designing PCBs/PWBs using Siemens Xpedition or similar tools.

Required Skills

- Requires a Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, or a STEM field and 5+ years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree plus 3 years of job-related experience.
- An understanding of the hardware development process throughout the lifecycle of a program, including design for manufacturing and design for test.
- Knowledge of Siemens Xpedition or similar tools for schematic entry, constraint definition, and signal integrity/power integrity analysis.
- Experience designing PCBs/PWBs, including using advanced materials, packaging techniques, and high-speed interfaces.
- Problem-solving and critical thinking skills, breaking down complex technical problems logically and finding efficient solutions.
- Cross-disciplinary communication skills, working effectively with software, mechanical, and manufacturing teams.
- Team collaboration, offering and receiving feedback constructively, and mentoring junior engineers when needed.