Senior Electrical Product Design Engineer

SENIOR ELECTRICAL PRODUCT DESIGN ENGINEER

PAY RANGE: $85.00 - $95.00/hr (Paid Weekly)
LOCATION: Sterling, VA 20166 (Onsite Monday-Thursday, WFH Friday)
DURATION: 6-Month Contract-to-Hire (100% Career Opportunity)
BENEFITS: Medical, Dental, Vision available Day 1. 401(k) available after 90 days.

SUMMARY & RESPONSIBILITIES
The Senior Electrical Product Design Engineer will lead the design, development, integration, and validation of complex electronic hardware systems supporting advanced sensing, communications, surveillance, and autonomous technology platforms. This individual will play a key role throughout the product lifecycle, from system architecture and schematic design through prototype development, testing, manufacturing, and production release. The ideal candidate combines strong electrical hardware design experience with troubleshooting and analytical skills and has experience supporting mixed-signal, FPGA-based, and high-speed digital architectures involving advanced communication and data-transfer technologies.

Responsibilities:
Lead the design and development of complex electrical hardware systems from initial architecture through production deployment.
Create, review, and optimize schematics for high-speed digital, mixed-signal, FPGA-based, power, wireless communication, and high-speed interface designs.
Support PCB layout activities and ensure designs meet signal integrity, power integrity, manufacturability, reliability, and performance requirements.
Design, validate, and troubleshoot high-speed electrical interfaces and communication pathways involving technologies such as Ethernet, DDR memory, PCIe, USB, LVDS, SerDes, RF, etc.
Perform board bring-up, integration, debugging, and root-cause analysis of hardware design issues.
Conduct electrical analysis, simulation, and validation activities related to signal integrity, power integrity, thermal performance, EMI/EMC compliance, and high-speed digital performance.
Build, test, and iterate prototype hardware to drive designs toward production readiness. Develop and execute hardware verification, characterization, and validation test plans.
Collaborate with firmware, software, mechanical, manufacturing, and quality teams to deliver integrated solutions. Evaluate and integrate commercial off-the-shelf and custom-designed components.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field.
7+ years of experience designing complex electronic hardware systems from concept through production.
Strong experience with schematic capture, PCB design, and electrical hardware development.
Proficiency with PCB design tools such as Altium Designer, Cadence, OrCAD, or equivalent.
Experience with high-speed digital, mixed-signal, and FPGA-based hardware systems.
Experience or exposure to high-speed electrical and digital architectures, including technologies such as Ethernet, DDR memory, PCIe, USB, LVDS, SerDes, RF, 5G, or similar high-speed communication interfaces.
Strong understanding of signal integrity, power integrity, EMI/EMC, DFM, and DFT principles.
Experience performing board bring-up, hardware validation, root cause analysis, and troubleshooting.
Hands-on experience using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and other laboratory test equipment.

NICE-TO-HAVE
Experience within defense, aerospace, robotics, autonomous systems, satellite communications, wireless communications, electronic warfare, or related industries.
RF, wireless communications, networking hardware, 5G, or high-speed communication system design experience.
Experience with Ethernet, DDR3/DDR4/DDR5 memory architectures, PCIe, USB, LVDS, SerDes, or other high-speed communication technologies.
Development of ruggedized, mission-critical, highly reliable electronic systems, or power electronics/management systems.
Experience performing signal integrity analysis, high-speed interface validation, controlled impedance routing, differential pair design, and timing analysis.
Familiarity with embedded hardware, sensor integration, advanced sensing, surveillance, counter-UAS, radar, or autonomous technology platforms.

Preferred Technical Experience:
Electrical Hardware Design including schematic capture, PCB design, board bring-up, hardware validation, troubleshooting, and system integration.
High-Speed Digital Design including Ethernet, DDR3/DDR4/DDR5, PCIe, USB, LVDS, SerDes, FPGA-based systems, and high-speed communication interfaces.
Signal Integrity, Power Integrity, EMI/EMC testing, mixed-signal electronics, root cause analysis, and hardware performance optimization.
RF Communications, embedded hardware, sensing technologies, radar systems, autonomous platforms, and counter-UAS technologies.
Experience developing ruggedized, mission-critical electronic systems within aerospace, defense, robotics, communications, or related industries.


Compensation:
$85.00/hr - $95.00/hr

Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education.

Employees in this role will enjoy a comprehensive benefits package starting on day one of employment, including options for medical, dental, and vision insurance. Eligibility to enroll in the 401(k)-retirement plan begins after 90 days of employment. Additionally, employees in this role will have access to paid sick leave and other paid time off benefits as required under the applicable law of the worksite location.
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