Sr. Principal Digital Integration and Test Engineer - R10210555

Overview

Sr. Principal Digital Integration and Test Engineer – R

Base pay range: $/yr - $/yr

Relocation assistance may be available. Clearance Type:
Top Secret. Travel:
Yes, 10% of the time.

Location:

Linthicum, MD.

• Provide or present I&T tests and/or plans, activities or status at program technical reviews or other technical meetings
• Develop I&T Verification and Validation matrices for processing subsystems, board designs and FPGA logic designs based on compliance requirements, and support validation at the component, board and subsystem levels
• Design, develop, create and modify Electric Ground Support Equipment (EGSE) for I&T activities
• Lead and direct engineering teams during integration & test of digital subsystems and products
• Design, develop, create and modify test scripts utilizing Xilinx and Microchip FPGAs
• Plan, execute, and oversee the integration and test activities for Payload Support Electronics (PSE)
• Ensure PSE meets performance, functional, interface and requirements before delivery to Payload level
• Develop PSE integration plans and procedures
• Coordinate with ECA designers and systems to ensure test readiness
• Manage integration of HW/SW and FW at the PSE level
• Coordinate with the Test Equipment Team
• Develop and execute detailed test procedures to verify functionality and interfaces
• Participate in design reviews, Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs) and formal verification activities
• Support payload level integration with higher level assemblies and tests
• Flat Sat planning for PSE
• Assist Integrated Product Team lead with test plan development, I&T schedule development, resource requirements and risk management
• Document I&T specifications for internal and external development teams
• Evaluate and mitigate technical risk of I&T system requirements and implementations
• HW troubleshooting/debug skills and ability to read/understand electrical schematics
• Work with lab resource team and network administrator to define lab requirements and develop lab setup

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or STEM-related discipline with 8 years of relevant engineering experience (6+ years with MS degree; or 3+ years with PhD)
• Experience with the use of various FPGAs or the development of HDL (Verilog and VHDL) code within the corresponding Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
• U.S. Citizenship required
• No Clearance required to start, but must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Top-Secret security clearance

• Experience as technical lead or other similar leadership role with demonstrated team building, organizational, and interpersonal skills
• Experience translating customer requirements and/or functional block diagrams into realized I&T test plans, procedures or test scripts
• Fluency with developing and executing technical development plans
• Basic understanding of the Design, Manufacturing, and Test process
• Problem-solving experience in a team environment
• Active TS/SCI
• Digital test and Digital test requirements development experience
• Deep technical skills covering subsystem (box/LRU level), ASIC, FPGA and/or board design and troubleshooting skills
• Embedded networking or high-speed protocols experience (Ethernet, PCIe, Interlaken, Infini Band, etc.)
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and troubleshoot RF subsystems, complex mixed-signal ECAs and RF modules using schematics, component design documents, and basic lab test equipment
• Ability to provide solutions to a broad variety of RF/Microwave design and test related problems of complex difficulty
• Basic understanding of the Design, Manufacturing, and Test process
• Exhibit intermediate to expert proficiency with industry standard RF/Microwave modeling, simulation and PCB design tools (e.g. ANSYS HFSS/Maxwell, CST Microwave, Eagleware/Genesys, Keysight ADS, Xpedition, Altium, FEKO, TICRA)
• Interest in mentoring/teaching/growing junior engineers
• Some signal processing familiarity
• Experience with scripting languages such as TCL, Python or Perl
• Experience Integrating a system containing digital hardware, software and firmware
• Ability to multi-task and apply good time management

The above salary range represents a…