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# Hardware Engineer - Munition System

- **Company:** Supplied Talent
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Altium Designer, Software Debugging, Desktop Publishing, Electronic Design Automation, Firmware, Schematic Capture, Systems Integration, Pcb Layout
- **Published:** June 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=05357b1bf33c5e78

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Soldering tools?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * 5+ years of professional electronics design experience

 * Strong knowledge of low-power MCUs, mixed-signal systems, power supplies, sensors, and RF-adjacent layout
 * Expertise with PCB layout tools such as Altium, KiCad, or Cadence
 * Hands-on lab debugging experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, DMMs, and soldering tools
 * Experience debugging complex hardware issues including EMC, brown-out, and edge-case failures
 * Strong written and verbal English communication

Nice to Have

 * Safety-critical hardware or fail-safe design experience
 * Experience with S&A or fuzing electronics
 * Familiarity with MIL-STD-810 / MIL-STD-461 testing
 * FPV or small-UAV electronics experience
 * DFT experience for high-mix, low-volume manufacturing

## Description

Our client is developing a small, safety-critical kinetic munition deployed via an FPV-class airframe. At the core of the system is an Electro-Mechanical Safe and Arm Device (EMSAD) responsible for compute, safety, and arming logic.
This role owns the entire electronics stack - from schematic architecture through PCB layout, bring-up, validation, and qualification.

What You'll Do

 * EMSAD Architecture - Architect and design the main EMSAD board and all auxiliary boards.
 * Schematic & PCB Design - Lead schematic capture and multilayer PCB layout for mixed-signal, low-power, and RF-adjacent systems.
 * Safety Architecture - Define hardware safety architecture with redundant interlocks and fail-safe defaults.
 * Bring-Up & Validation - Build bring-up benches, execute first-article validation, and document results.
 * Firmware Collaboration - Work closely with firmware engineers on drivers, timing, and hardware-software integration.
 * Environmental Qualification - Drive thermal, vibration, EMC, ESD, and drop-test qualification.
 * Manufacturing Readiness - Own BOM management, DFM/DFT, and factory tester development.
 * Lab Debugging - Perform hands-on debugging using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, DMMs, and soldering tools., A small, fast-moving engineering team with weekly hardware iterations and constant prototyping. Engineers are expected to:
 * Drive electrical decisions
 * Document design choices clearly
 * Stand behind their work during qualification and field validation


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