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Senior Electrical Engineer
Accepting applicationsReal Time Recruitment Solutions (RTRS) · Reston, VA
Full-Time Mid_senior DFTFPGAJTAGMentorSoC
Posted
2d ago
Category
Design
Experience
Mid_senior
Country
United States
Senior Electrical Engineer
About the job
The Senior Electrical Engineer - (Hardware) leads the design, integration, and validation of custom electronics used in microdisplay-based solutions. This includes microdisplay driver boards, interface modules, imaging electronics, sensor/camera interface boards, and system-level hardware for weapon sights, HMDs, medical viewers, FPV goggles, and related embedded platforms.
The role owns complex PCB-level designs from concept through prototype validation and production transition, leads hardware trade studies, mentors less experienced engineers, and serves as a technical lead with Systems, Embedded Software, FPGA, Optics, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and suppliers. Strong embedded hardware, power, high-speed digital, mixed-signal, SWaP-optimized design, and hands-on lab debug experience are required.
JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provide technical direction for PCB layout in Altium, including stack-up definition, controlled-impedance routing, high-speed placement, grounding, shielding, thermal management, manufacturability, testability, and rigid-flex/flex considerations where applicable.
Define and document electrical interfaces to optics, mechanical, firmware, FPGA, and system teams, including pinouts, timing, power budgets, connector/harness requirements, EMI/ESD concerns, and interface constraints.
Lead board bring-up, integration, and debug activities, including:
Power-on sequencing, functional validation, and margin evaluation
Signal integrity, timing, interface reliability, and noise investigations
Integration with firmware, FPGA logic, optics modules, microdisplays, sensors, and host systems
Environmental, thermal, vibration, EMI/EMC, and ruggedization testing
Build and characterize prototypes, development boards, evaluation setups, and test fixtures for concept evaluation, verification, and troubleshooting.
Lead design reviews, peer reviews, risk reviews, and trade studies; identify technical risks early and drive closure through analysis, prototyping, simulation, or test.
Generate and maintain schematics, BoMs, design reports, ICDs, ECOs, test procedures, verification records, and revision-controlled hardware artifacts.
Mentor junior and mid-level electrical engineers, review designs, and help establish practical design guidelines, reusable circuits, and hardware best practices.
Support DFM/DFT reviews, NPI, supplier and contract manufacturer interactions, failure analysis, sustaining engineering, and transition from prototype into production.
Contribute technical inputs to estimates, schedules, proposals, customer discussions, and program planning involving hardware scope, risk, or architecture.
MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS:
Defense contractor and is subject to International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). You must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident (green card holder) to be considered for this position.
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
8 to 12 years of PCB-level hardware development experience for embedded systems, including ownership of complex designs from concept through prototype validation and production release.
Proficiency with Altium Designer or comparable schematic/layout tools, with the ability to create, review, and release high-quality design packages.
Demonstrated experience with:
Power supply design, sequencing, protection, power budgeting, grounding, and noise control
High-speed digital interfaces, mixed-signal board design, and embedded interface validation
FPGA/MCU/SoC-based board implementation, bring-up, and hardware/software integration
Component selection, trade studies, margin analysis, and lifecycle/availability risk management
Strong hands-on lab experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power/protocol analyzers, JTAG/debug tools, soldering/rework equipment, and related bench instrumentation.
Ability to lead designs independently from requirements definition through architecture, schematic design, layout guidance, bring-up, integration, verification, and production transition.
Experience leading or participating in design reviews, peer reviews, root-cause investigations, and cross-functional integration.
Working knowledge of DFM/DFT, PCB fabrication/assembly, test-point strategy, BoM control, ECO/ECN processes, and supplier or contract manufacturer interactions.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present tradeoffs, risks, and recommendations to engineering leadership and cross-functional teams.
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About the job
The Senior Electrical Engineer - (Hardware) leads the design, integration, and validation of custom electronics used in microdisplay-based solutions. This includes microdisplay driver boards, interface modules, imaging electronics, sensor/camera interface boards, and system-level hardware for weapon sights, HMDs, medical viewers, FPV goggles, and related embedded platforms.
The role owns complex PCB-level designs from concept through prototype validation and production transition, leads hardware trade studies, mentors less experienced engineers, and serves as a technical lead with Systems, Embedded Software, FPGA, Optics, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and suppliers. Strong embedded hardware, power, high-speed digital, mixed-signal, SWaP-optimized design, and hands-on lab debug experience are required.
JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provide technical direction for PCB layout in Altium, including stack-up definition, controlled-impedance routing, high-speed placement, grounding, shielding, thermal management, manufacturability, testability, and rigid-flex/flex considerations where applicable.
Define and document electrical interfaces to optics, mechanical, firmware, FPGA, and system teams, including pinouts, timing, power budgets, connector/harness requirements, EMI/ESD concerns, and interface constraints.
Lead board bring-up, integration, and debug activities, including:
Power-on sequencing, functional validation, and margin evaluation
Signal integrity, timing, interface reliability, and noise investigations
Integration with firmware, FPGA logic, optics modules, microdisplays, sensors, and host systems
Environmental, thermal, vibration, EMI/EMC, and ruggedization testing
Build and characterize prototypes, development boards, evaluation setups, and test fixtures for concept evaluation, verification, and troubleshooting.
Lead design reviews, peer reviews, risk reviews, and trade studies; identify technical risks early and drive closure through analysis, prototyping, simulation, or test.
Generate and maintain schematics, BoMs, design reports, ICDs, ECOs, test procedures, verification records, and revision-controlled hardware artifacts.
Mentor junior and mid-level electrical engineers, review designs, and help establish practical design guidelines, reusable circuits, and hardware best practices.
Support DFM/DFT reviews, NPI, supplier and contract manufacturer interactions, failure analysis, sustaining engineering, and transition from prototype into production.
Contribute technical inputs to estimates, schedules, proposals, customer discussions, and program planning involving hardware scope, risk, or architecture.
MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS:
Defense contractor and is subject to International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). You must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident (green card holder) to be considered for this position.
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
8 to 12 years of PCB-level hardware development experience for embedded systems, including ownership of complex designs from concept through prototype validation and production release.
Proficiency with Altium Designer or comparable schematic/layout tools, with the ability to create, review, and release high-quality design packages.
Demonstrated experience with:
Power supply design, sequencing, protection, power budgeting, grounding, and noise control
High-speed digital interfaces, mixed-signal board design, and embedded interface validation
FPGA/MCU/SoC-based board implementation, bring-up, and hardware/software integration
Component selection, trade studies, margin analysis, and lifecycle/availability risk management
Strong hands-on lab experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power/protocol analyzers, JTAG/debug tools, soldering/rework equipment, and related bench instrumentation.
Ability to lead designs independently from requirements definition through architecture, schematic design, layout guidance, bring-up, integration, verification, and production transition.
Experience leading or participating in design reviews, peer reviews, root-cause investigations, and cross-functional integration.
Working knowledge of DFM/DFT, PCB fabrication/assembly, test-point strategy, BoM control, ECO/ECN processes, and supplier or contract manufacturer interactions.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present tradeoffs, risks, and recommendations to engineering leadership and cross-functional teams.
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