Associate Staff - Embedded Systems Engineer

MIT Lincoln Laboratory; Lexington (MA); On-site; USD 116,000 - 182,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans

MIT-funded pension

401K matching

Paid leave

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

MIT Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, MA seeks an embedded systems engineer to design, develop, and field embedded systems for space applications. The role spans multi-disciplinary teams, with potential travel for field exercises and sponsor presentations.

The candidate should have strong FPGA/VHDL/Verilog skills, experience with digital interfaces (SPI, PCIe, Gigabit Ethernet), and lab debugging. A Master’s degree with 2 years’ experience or a Bachelor’s with 3+ years is preferred.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, computer engineering or other relevant field with 2 years of experience
• In lieu of Master’s, Bachelor’s +3 years of relevant experience will be considered
• Experience developing synthesizable VHDL, Verilog, and/or SystemVerilog
• Experience implementing FPGA designs in hardware and constraint files
• Experience testing and debugging firmware in simulation and hardware
• Experience with SPI, PCIe and Gigabit Ethernet digital interfaces
• Lab experience, including interface debugging and verification at the circuit card assembly level
• DSP experience in analysis or implementation
• Ability to work safely in lab and establish productive relationships and clear communication
• Willingness to travel for field exercises and sponsor interactions

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and field embedded systems for space applications
• Contribute to multi-disciplinary teams on advanced research
• Support field exercises and sponsor presentations

Skills

FPGA design

VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog

Embedded systems

Digital interfaces

Laboratory testing

Education

Master’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Bachelor’s degree with 3+ years experience

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Spectrum analyzers

Logic analyzers

Job description

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Associate Staff - Embedded Systems Engineer

The Electronics for Contested Space Group develops advanced electronic systems and technology for the protection of our Nation’s most important space capabilities. We design and develop state-of-the‑art satellites and satellite payloads, novel concepts for resilient space architectures, and the Nation’s most sensitive radars, optics, and passive RF systems. The group also provides engineering rigor and experience to some of the most critical National Security programs through Laboratory-wide collaboration and acts in an advisory capacity to the U.S. Government. Recently we have prototyped electronic systems and effects, conducted hardware-in-the-loop testing of tactically relevant payloads with surrogate threat systems, developed RF subsystems for satellites, and analyzed spacecraft mission dynamics, environments, and resiliency.

Job Description

Group 94, Electronics for Contested Space, is seeking an embedded systems engineer to design, develop and field embedded systems to support novel space applications. The successful candidate will be able to contribute to multi-disciplinary teams executing advanced research and independently solve technical challenges. Occasional travel to support field exercises, presentations to sponsors and the community, and other events may be required.

Applicants must have significant coursework and/or experience in at least one of the following areas: digital (FPGA-based) circuits, microcontroller design and/or embedded systems. Previous experience with runtime optimization, system architecture design, and integration of hardware and software is desirable. Experience with laboratory/field test equipment (spectrum analyzers, digital oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, etc.) is desirable.

Requirements

• A Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, computer engineering or another relevant technical field with 2 years of experience.
  • In lieu of a Master's degree, a Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent and at least 3 years of relevant experience will be considered
• Experience developing synthesizable VHDL, Verilog, and/or SystemVerilog
• Experience implementing FPGA designs in hardware, including the creation of constraint files
• Experience testing and debugging firmware designs in both simulation and in hardware
• Experience implementing and integrating with digital interfaces, such as SPI, PCIe and Gigabit Ethernet
• Laboratory experience, including interface debugging and verification, at the circuit card assembly level
• Digital signal processing experience in either analysis and/or implementation
• Demonstrable ability to:
  • Work responsibly and safely in laboratory and assembly environments
  • Develop respectful, productive working relationships
  • Communicate clearly, precisely, and concisely to technical and non-technical audiences
  • Solve broad and/or complex technical or engineering problems
  • Learn and apply advanced technical knowledge quickly and proficiently

Desired Skills

• Active Top Secret Security Clearance highly desired
• Expertise in computer architecture, particularly with respect to making trades between bare-metal, or real-time operating systems
• Ability to operate in a Linux development environment
• Familiarity with scripting and task automation leveraging Python, bash, TCL or perl
• Familiarity with MATLAB, C/C++, Python or other scientific programming languages
• Experience working with modern development best practices, including use of revision control
• Hardware design experience, including schematic capture, layout, routing and initial bring up

Recent Graduate Hiring Range:$116,400-$140,000
Experienced Hiring Range: $116,400-$182,200

Disclaimer: MIT Lincoln Laboratory provides a typical hiring range as a good faith estimate of what we reasonably expect to offer for this position at the time of posting. The final salary offered to a selected candidate will depend on various factors, including—and not limited to—the scope and responsibilities of the role, the candidate’s experience, skills and education/training, internal equity considerations and applicable legal requirements. This range reflects base salary only and does not include additional forms of compensation or benefits.

At MIT Lincoln Laboratory, our exceptional career opportunities include many outstanding benefits to help you stay healthy, feel supported, and enjoy a fulfilling work-life balance. Benefits offered to employees include:

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans
• MIT-funded pension
• Matching 401K
• Paid leave (including vacation, sick, parental, military, etc.)
• Tuition reimbursement and continuing education programs

Selected candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation and must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret level DoD security clearance.

MIT Lincoln Laboratory is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or genetic information; U.S. citizenship is required.