Embedded Electronics Design Engineer

About This Role

Design, prototype, and test embedded hardware for rugged ocean systems, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. This role involves circuit board design, analog and digital sensor integration, and battery/power supply development for Department of Defense projects.

Responsibilities

• Identify engineering challenges and recommend component and/or system designs to solve them
• Design, prototype, and test system components in collaboration with project leads and team members
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team to integrate prototype components into full-scale engineering prototype systems
• Contribute to component-level and system-level testing throughout development
• Conduct research and testing to understand and correct component-level design and manufacturing flaws
• Develop and maintain design and manufacturing documentation and procedures
• Mentor early-career electrical engineers assigned to the engineering team

Requirements

• Ability to obtain a Secret security clearance
• 3+ years of experience in circuit design and CAD layout software (Altium Designer, OrCAD, PADS, etc.)
• 3+ years of experience in detailed design and prototyping of electronic components
• Experience in analog and digital circuit board design, layout, manufacturing and testing
• Experience with microcontroller firmware design and test (C preferred)
• Experience with FPGA firmware design and test (VHDL preferred)
• Experience with embedded digital signal processing (DSP)
• Experience with Linux kernel device driver development
• Experience with fiber-optics hardware design and test
• Experience with battery assembly, welding tabs and related tooling
• Technical proficiency with mechanical assembly, soldering and electrical connectors
• Working knowledge of common test equipment (DC power supplies, digital multimeters, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, vendor specific programmers or debuggers)
• Knowledge of electronics fabrication and assembly
• Familiarity with electrical testing equipment and data logging tools
• Familiarity with basic electrical safety and lab best practices
• Proficiency in Electrical CAD software
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office software (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio)

Qualifications

• Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited college/university
• 3+ years of experience in circuit design and CAD layout software; 3+ years in detailed design and prototyping of electronic components

Nice to Have

• Possession of a Secret security clearance
• Master's degree

Skills

* Required skills