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# Hardware Engineer - ELSYS - (Open Rank)

- **Company:** Everforth Apex
- **Location:** Atlanta, GA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Board Bringup, Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, Digital Electronics, Ethernet, Firmware, Hardware Design, PCI Express, Schematic Capture, Systems Modeling Language, Systems Integration
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/29f28e7d-e745-4aab-905d-0626499be68a

## About the Role

This is a hands-on hardware development role for an experienced engineer who will design rugged embedded electronics from concept through integration and laboratory testing. The position involves working on mixed-signal and digital hardware, including circuit cards, high-speed interfaces, wiring, interconnects, and modular platforms. The successful candidate must be a well-rounded circuit-card designer capable of reading datasheets, making sound component decisions, performing board bring-up, and communicating designs clearly to technical teams., Education: Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

Experience: Five years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree, three years with a Master's degree, or a Ph.D. with demonstrated applied engineering capability in hardware development.

Technical Skills: Hands-on experience with circuit design, schematic capture, and printed circuit board development. Strong understanding of embedded computer architectures and communications interfaces, specifically Ethernet and PCI Express. Experience developing hardware for rugged, deployable, or constrained environments.

Preferred Qualifications

 * Experience with open architectures and open standards such as OpenVPX, SOSA, HOST, or OMS/UCI.
 * Background in mixed-signal hardware development, including analog and digital circuitry.
 * Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering, SysML, and the Systems Engineering V model.
 * Experience with high-speed digital buses, modular embedded computing, and size, weight, and power constraints.
 * Knowledge of avionics interfaces and protocols such as ARINC, VITA, MIL-STD-1553, or high-speed serial interfaces.
 * Experience producing technical reports, white papers, and research proposals.

## Description

* Perform circuit simulation, schematic capture, and board layout for submodules of a platform design.
 * Generate detailed documentation of hardware design and theory of operation.
 * Conduct laboratory testing, troubleshooting, and prototype bring-up.
 * Integrate electronic modules with software, firmware, mechanical, and other system components.
 * Contribute to technical reports, design reviews, presentations, and proposals.
 * Take ownership of moderate development efforts and mentor less-experienced engineers.
 * Support the complete hardware workflow from component selection through to final system integration.
 * Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to support research and development initiatives.