Compute Hardware Electrical Engineer

Title: Compute Hardware Electrical Engineer

Location: Remote (Team is based in Virginia & Must work EST Hours)

Duration: Minimum 1 year, with high likelihood of extension

Work Authorization: U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents only

Ideal Candidate:

Digital hardware EE with 4-8 years of experience working with processors, memory, embedded compute, and circuit-card hardware
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Strong at schematic/design work, engineering analysis, board bring-up/debug, and documentation, with enough Python/Linux knowledge to interact with and troubleshoot the compute platform.

Personal ownership of digital hardware design and the analysis behind it.

Ability to revise and re-release an existing controlled design, not only create prototypes.

Hands-on debug plus enough Python/Linux fluency to interact with the compute platform.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of relevant electrical hardware engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience with digital or mixed-signal hardware, processors, memory devices, embedded computing, or circuit-card assemblies.
• Experience reading and revising schematics using Cadence, OrCAD, Allegro, Altium, or similar ECAD tools.
• Experience with electrical design analysis, such as part-stress, worst-case, reliability, FMECA, or signal-integrity analysis.
• Hands-on board bring-up, hardware testing, and root-cause debugging experience.
• Ability to develop and execute test procedures and maintain engineering documentation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in aerospace, defense, space, or other high-reliability electronics environments.
• Radiation-effects analysis or radiation-tolerant electronics design experience.
• Python scripting for hardware communication, instrument control, or test automation.
• Linux experience supporting embedded computing platforms.
• High-speed digital design, Ethernet, memory interfaces, signal integrity, HDI PCB/PCA, or controlled-impedance design.
• Experience supporting production readiness or establishing production processes for complex electronics.

About the Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Compute Hardware Electrical Engineer to support the development, maintenance, analysis, and testing of advanced digital electronics for defense and space computing systems.

This position focuses on processor-based hardware, memory devices, embedded computing platforms, and digital circuit-card assemblies. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with digital hardware design, electrical analysis, board bring-up, troubleshooting, and configuration-controlled engineering documentation.

The role involves working across the complete hardware lifecycle, with an immediate emphasis on analyzing existing designs, implementing controlled engineering revisions, supporting production readiness, and resolving hardware-related issues.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain, analyze, and revise processor-, memory-, and digital-interface circuit-card designs.
• Perform electrical analyses, including part-stress, worst-case, reliability, and signal-integrity analysis.
• Support radiation analysis and radiation-mitigation activities.
  
  Review schematics, select components, implement CAD revisions, and release controlled engineering packages.
• Support high-speed digital interfaces, including Ethernet and memory interfaces.
• Perform board bring-up, hardware testing, and root-cause troubleshooting using oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
• Develop Python scripts to communicate with hardware and automate testing and diagnostics.
• Use Linux for computing platform bring-up and hardware/software troubleshooting.
• Maintain schematics, drawings, BOMs, test procedures, analysis reports, and production documentation.
• Collaborate with FPGA, embedded software, firmware, mechanical, RF, systems, and test engineering teams.