Senior Hardware Engineer

You’ll play a key role in designing and developing advanced hardware for satellite communication products, working closely with FPGA, RF, software, and systems engineers to bring innovative solutions to life.

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, and document next-generation hardware for satellite modems and related products
• Develop FPGA-based satellite modem designs integrated on PCBs
• Own key aspects of the hardware development lifecycle, including:
• Component selection
• Schematic design and PCB layout
• Signal Integrity (SI) and Power Integrity (PI) analysis
• Board bring-up, testing, and debugging
• Work with high-speed digital interfaces, memory, clocks, power distribution, and communications hardware
• Collaborate closely with engineering leadership and multidisciplinary teams to solve complex technical challenges
• Help drive designs from initial concept through successful testing and implementation
• Communicate technical concepts clearly across engineering and cross-functional teams

• 5 years of hardware design experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline
• Strong experience designing communications systems and digital hardware
• Hands-on experience with:
• FPGAs and circuit design
• Microprocessors
• DDR/LPDDR, Flash, SPI NOR, and eMMC memory
• PLLs, clock distribution, and fanout buffers
• Differential and single-ended signaling and termination techniques
• Power Distribution Network (PDN) design and analysis
• Ethernet PHY and switch chips
• SERDES interfaces
• ADCs and DACs
• Experience with laboratory equipment including:
• Oscilloscopes
• Spectrum analyzers
• Vector network analyzers
• Logic analyzers
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with experience working in multidisciplinary, cross-functional, and matrixed engineering organizations
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio

Even Better If You Have

• Working knowledge of SATCOM waveforms and satellite communications
• Experience with RF/L-band design and PCB layout
• Hands-on soldering and hardware rework experience
• Experience mentoring engineers or taking on technical leadership responsibilities
• An active DoD clearance or the ability to obtain one