Principal Electrical Engineer – Hardware

Responsibilities

• Electronic Circuit Design:
  Design high-speed digital Circuit Card Assemblies (CCAs) from requirements and schematic capture through PCB layout, integration, and production.
• Technical Mentoring:
  Mentor Hardware Engineers on high-speed digital design principles, PCB layout techniques, and hardware development best practices.
• SI/PI Optimization:
  Ensure robust signal and power integrity (SI/PI) via advanced modeling, simulation, and hardware validation.
• Design Optimization:
  Champion Design to Cost (DTC), Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Test (DFT) principles to ensure producible, cost-effective, and testable designs.
• Hardware Verification & Test Support:
  Perform hardware integration and Design Verification Testing (DVT), while providing technical support for Product Qualification Testing, factory production, and formal Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
• Cross-Functional & Stakeholder
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Collaborate across Systems, Software, and Mechanical Engineering teams while serving as the primary technical interface to align internal stakeholders, leadership and customers on program objectives.

• Expertise in high-speed digital design for complex multilayer PCBs (12+ layers) with strong understanding of DFM/DFT, PCB fabrication, controlled impedance design, board assembly, and design verification testing.
• Demonstrated end‑to‑end circuit card development experience — from concept through production — requirements, schematic capture, layout, bring up, and integration.
• Proficiency with PCB design tools like Xpedition, Cadence Allegro, or Altium Designer.
• Hands‑on SI/PI analysis experience with tools such as Hyper Lynx, ADS, or SPICE.
• A degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.