Electronic Hardware Engineer - ELSYS

Overview

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The Applied Embedded Systems (AES) Division in the Electronic Systems Laboratory (ELSYS) is currently seeking a RF/Radar Systems Engineer. AES is predominantly focused on the research, development, testing, and deployment of embedded electronic and electromechanical systems. These systems provide our sponsors with technological solutions in the fields of Electronic Warfare, command and control, communications, avionics, entertainment, health monitoring, and other applications.

Many of these systems serve a national security mission by providing advanced capabilities for fulfilling multiple missions and protecting against a variety of adversarial threat types. The RF/Radar Systems Engineer selected for this position will design, develop, field, and support RF solutions for these and other complex systems.

The Electronics Hardware Engineer develops mixed‑signal design solutions including analog, RF and digital portions for Electronic Warfare, Radar, Avionics, Instrumentation, Automation, Communication and other complex systems. Specific activities of the Electronics Hardware Engineer 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;

test and debug of the resulting hardware utilizing test equipment such as network analyzers and spectrum analyzers; and integration with other system components. Additionally, the Electronics Hardware Engineer conducts analysis of system performance, develops test process and procedure designs and collaborates with other engineering teams.

• Develop requirements for RF, analog or digital systems
• Perform complex RF, analog or digital circuit design
• Perform circuit simulation, schematic capture, and board layout for submodules of a platform design
• Generate documentation of hardware design and theory of operation
• Conduct and supervise lab testing activities
• Integrate modules with other system components
• Provide significant contributions to technical reports and presentations
• Lead small teams performing RF, analog or digital circuit design
• Provide significant contributions to white papers and competitive proposals
• Other related duties, as assigned

• Experience with printed circuit board (PCB) layout
• Knowledge of best practices for embedded systems design
• Knowledge of analog and digital circuit analysis and synthesis
• Knowledge of object‑oriented software design, implementation, testing and troubleshooting

• Active Secret Clearance
• Experience with Altium Designer for PCB design
• Experience with lab test equipment such as logic analyzers, multimeters, and oscilloscopes
• Experience with Analog‑to‑Digital (ADC) and Digital‑to‑Analog (DAC) Converters
• Experience with complex mixed domain circuit board design (RF, Digital, Analog)
• Experience with DDR4 memory, multi‑gigabit speeds, 5GHz and higher radio frequencies