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# Network Design Engineer

- **Company:** General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** Pittsfield, MA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $100,219.0 - $111,180.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer Networks, Digital Electronics, Ethernet, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Hardware Description Language, Hardware Security Module, Networking Hardware, Multicasting, Network Planning and Design, Network Segmentation, Network Protocols, Static Timing Analysis, SystemVerilog, TCP/IP, Verilog, VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL), Virtual Local Area Networks, Fpga Hardware, U-Boot
- **Published:** September 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/88229428/1

## About the Role

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field, plus a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree, plus 6 months relevant experience., * Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering, or Mathematics field, plus a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience; or a Master's degree plus a minimum of 6 months of relevant experience.

 * Working knowledge of electrical engineering concepts, principles, processes, and design tools.
 * Experience or demonstrated coursework in one or more of the following: FPGA/HDL development, digital hardware design, PCB design, networking hardware, telecommunications, or hardware cybersecurity.
 * Ability to communicate technical issues, impacts, and corrective actions clearly.
 * Ability to work independently on assignments, exercise sound judgment, and address increasingly complex technical problems.
 * Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance, as required.

Preferred Qualifications

 * Experience with Verilog, VHDL, SystemVerilog, or related FPGA development tools.
 * Experience with commercial networking hardware, telecommunications, semiconductor products, or defense systems.
 * Familiarity with high-speed serial interfaces, Ethernet PHY/MAC architectures, or network-stack implementation.
 * Familiarity with VLANs and other methods of network traffic separation and data isolation.
 * Familiarity with hardware security technologies, including encryption algorithms, secure boot, and trusted platform concepts.

## Description

As an Electrical Hardware Engineer specializing in FPGA, networking, and cyber infrastructure at General Dynamics Mission Systems, you will support the design, development, integration, and verification of secure, high-performance hardware subsystems for mission-critical defense systems. FPGA design and development will be a core focus, supporting reconfigurable hardware solutions within networking and cyber-resilient architectures.

You will work with a multidisciplinary engineering team through requirements analysis, design, integration, test, and technical reviews. This fully on-site position is based in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Responsibilities

 * Apply electrical engineering principles to develop, test, and integrate FPGA- and networking-focused hardware.
 * Participate in requirements analysis, definition, management, functional analysis, performance analysis, design, integration, and verification.
 * Support FPGA development activities, including HDL design, simulation, synthesis, timing analysis, verification, and laboratory bring-up.
 * Support schematic analysis, component selection, PCB design and layout reviews, and hardware troubleshooting.
 * Contribute to network hardware and physical-layer design, including Ethernet interfaces and high-speed digital connectivity.
 * Apply knowledge of networking protocols, such as Ethernet, TCP/IP, UDP, ARP, switching, routing, and multicast, as applicable to the program.
 * Support implementation of network segmentation and data-isolation approaches, including VLANs, subnetting, interface separation, and access-control boundaries.
 * Apply hardware cybersecurity principles, including encryption, secure boot, trusted platform architectures, root of trust, and secure key handling.
 * Conduct root-cause investigations, experimental testing, and corrective-action development for hardware issues.
 * Participate in technical reviews and contribute to continuous improvement of electrical engineering processes.
 * Collaborate with systems, software, cyber, test, manufacturing, project leadership, and external customers.