Hardware Engineer - ELSYS

Job Purpose

Hardware Engineers develop mixed-signal design solutions including analog, RF, and digital portions for Electronic Warfare, Radar, Avionics, and Communication Systems. Specific activities include RF and analog development using system, circuit, or board design and simulation tools; development of digital systems (including high‑speed digital buses and FPGAs) via circuit simulation, schematic capture, board layout, and assembly design; bring‑up, test, and debug of the resulting hardware utilizing test equipment such as network analyzers and spectrum analyzers;

and integration with other system components. Additional activities include analysis of system performance, improvement analysis, test process and procedure design, and collaboration with other engineering teams.

• Perform circuit simulation, schematic capture, and board layout for submodules of a platform design.
• Generate documentation of hardware design and theory of operation.
• Perform lab testing activities.
• Integrate modules with other system components.
• Significant contributions to technical reports and presentations.
• Begin to take ownership of small team development, mentoring others.
• Significant contributions to white papers and competitive proposals.

• Develop requirements and architecture for RF/Analog systems.
• Develop RF and Analog hardware at a module level according to requirements, architecture, and design.
• Generate documentation of hardware design and theory of operation.
• Perform advanced RF and Analog lab testing activities.
• Integrate RF/Analog modules with other system components.
• Primary author of technical reports and presentations, and can lead team review of final deliverables.
• Primary author of pertinent white papers and competitive proposals.
• Begin to provide technical vision to sponsors.
• Take ownership of moderate team development, mentoring others.
• Lead the development and composition of new/updated open architectures and standards.
• Lead technical meetings with GTRI and sponsor personnel, and support issue tracking and hardware development planning.
• Lead proposal efforts or new research areas suitable for internal research and development (IR&D) funding.
• Lead teams of electrical, mechanical, and software/firmware researchers in support of sponsored research efforts.

• Experience with the definition and utilization of open architectures and standards such as OpenVPX, SOSA, HOST, OMS/UCI, Big Iron, AMS GRA, UC2, NIEM, OCI, etc.
• Experience developing hardware/software/firmware for embedded environments, including but not limited to FPGA designs, analog/digital circuits, or other embedded hardware.
• Knowledge of computer architectures as it relates to embedded hardware and communications standards (e.g., Ethernet, PCI Express).
• Familiarity with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and the utilization of SysML to execute the Systems Engineering ‘V’.

• Active Secret clearance.
• Experience architecting/developing mission systems and/or safety‑critical systems.
• Experience with full system lifecycle development from requirements definition to verification and validation within an MBSE environment.
• Experience architecting/developing reference architectures with an MBSE environment.
• Experience architecting/developing containerized software systems.
• Experience architecting/developing RF and EO/IR sensor systems.
• Knowledge of avionics protocols and interfaces, including but not limited to ARINC and VITA‑standard protocols, high‑speed serial, discrete signal, MIL‑STD‑1553 and analog interfaces.

10% travel.

• 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field of study.
• 3 years of related experience with a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field of study.
• 0 years of related experience with a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field of study.

Due to our research contracts with the U.S. federal government, candidates for this position…