Cyber-Physical Hardware Engineer (Embedded & FPGA)

Peraton Labs; Bedford (NH); On-site; USD 135,000 - 216,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Life insurance

Health Savings Account

Short/long term disability

Employee assistance program

Parental leave

401(k)

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

Peraton Labs is seeking a Hardware Engineer to join a small, focused team to architect, develop, implement, and test modular software tools for emulating cyber‑physical systems. You will work in a lab environment with oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, and VNAs to characterize and debug complex electronic systems and lead lab‑based acquisition and control platform development.

You will collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to support HWIL, surrogate designs, and processor implementations

Qualifications

• BS/BA with 5+ years in relevant field; MS can substitute for experience.
• US Citizenship with ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance.
• Experience developing rapid prototypes using COTS and custom designs.
• PCB-based designs and FPGA/embedded software for HWIL and surrogate designs.
• Ability to extend emulation frameworks (e.g., QEMU) in C/C++ and Python.

Responsibilities

• Architect, develop, implement, and test modular software applications for emulation.
• Characterize and debug complex electronic systems in a lab environment.
• Lead development of lab-based acquisition and control platforms.
• Act as hardware team representative on interdisciplinary efforts.
• Contribute to proposals with technical path, BOM/cost, and schedule estimates.
• Rehost firmware for emulation environments by analyzing binaries.
• Ensure model quality through unit and system testing and validation.
• Communicate technical foundations of models and algorithms via reports.

Skills

C/C++

Python

QEMU emulation

FPGA development

Embedded software

Hardware debugging

PCB design

Binary analysis

System emulation

Education

BS/BA in CS/CE/EE

Tools

QEMU

Embedded debuggers

Job description

Peraton Labs is seeking a Hardware Engineer to join a small, focused team to architect, develop, implement, and test modular software tools for emulating cyber‑physical systems. You will work in a lab environment with oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, and VNAs to characterize and debug complex electronic systems and lead lab‑based acquisition and control platform development.

You will collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to support HWIL, surrogate designs, and processor implementations