Hardware Development Engineer

Responsibilities

• Learn applicable product technology, architecture, and design requirements for space-based sensor systems
• Collaborate with the larger product team to effectively produce optimal hardware designs for the space environment
• Analyze and document design specifications, design verification plans and reports, parts stress analysis, worst-case analysis including radiation effects, and failure modes and effects analysis
• Work with the software team to bring up and debug PCB, FPGA, and system-level designs
• Maintain hardware throughout the development cycle
• Design and support build of any special equipment needed including interface adapters, cables, and associated commercial support equipment
• Conduct design verification stress testing to validate analysis and design margins
• Evaluate any non-compliance issues and develop solutions to bring the product into compliance
• Develop novel system design approaches to mitigate radiation hazards to improve sensor availability or extend mission life
• Support product release cycles, including manufacturing and test

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field with two or more years of relevant design experience
• MSEE is a plus
• Experience designing embedded electronics, including analog circuitry (amplifiers, filters, ADC/DAC interfaces, power sequencing) and digital hardware (microcontrollers, memory, mixed-signal components)
• Experience with common digital communication interfaces such as UART, SPI/QSPI, I2C, Ethernet, USB, or MIPI
• Hands-on experience with building circuits, using power supplies, oscilloscopes, and other laboratory equipment in a manual or automated environment
• Experience using schematic and PCB design tools (Altium is preferred)
• Exposure to the hardware development lifecycle including requirements, design, implementation, and verification
• Ability to obtain a DoD Security Clearance

Qualifications

• Familiar with analysis such as reliability, worst-case, parts stress/derating, or thermal analysis
• Experience with isolated and non-isolated DC/DC power supplies, voltage/current monitoring techniques, and protection circuitry
• Excellent oral and written communication skills that enable effective collaboration, status reporting, and documenting analysis and results
• Knowledge of professional engineering tools including version control (Git), SPICE, synthesis/simulation tools, or signal integrity analysis
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, for documentation, analysis, and presentation of engineering work
• Interest in learning about radiation effects in space-based electronics (TID, SEE, TNID) and designing for the space environment
• Exposure to EMC considerations (MIL-STD-461 RE/CE/RS/CS) or ESD-robust design
• Driven to advance your career by learning, acting on feedback, and putting in the effort to get the job done

Skills

• Familiar with analysis such as reliability, worst-case, parts stress/derating, or thermal analysis
• Experience with isolated and non-isolated DC/DC power supplies, voltage/current monitoring techniques, and protection circuitry
• Excellent oral and written communication skills that enable effective collaboration, status reporting, and documenting analysis and results
• Knowledge of professional engineering tools including version control (Git), SPICE, synthesis/simulation tools, or signal integrity analysis
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, for documentation, analysis, and presentation of engineering work
• Interest in learning about radiation effects in space-based electronics (TID, SEE, TNID) and designing for the space environment
• Exposure to EMC considerations (MIL-STD-461 RE/CE/RS/CS) or ESD-robust design
• Driven to advance your career by learning, acting on feedback, and putting in the effort to get the job done

Pay

Salary range: $92K/yr. - $135K/yr.

Benefits

We offer a highly competitive benefits package along with a commitment to our core values of Integrity, Innovation, Impact, Inclusion, and Excellence.