Electrical Engineer - Top Secret Clearance

SGS Consulting; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

SGS Consulting in Boston, MA is seeking an embedded systems engineer to help define system architecture and translate high-level designs into hardware and software requirements for real-time applications. You will design analog, digital, and power circuits, perform schematic capture and board layout, and work with a multidisciplinary team to validate performance through simulations and hardware tests.

This role emphasizes robust debugging, characterization, and qualification of new circuits and

Qualifications

• Experience developing real-time embedded systems for hardware control.
• Experience integrating software with physical hardware systems.
• Strong background in analog, digital, and power circuit design.
• Experience with full hardware lifecycle: design, schematic capture, layout, debugging, and testing.
• Experience with SPICE modeling and circuit simulation.
• Experience with Mentor Graphics / Xpedition / DxDesigner or similar tools.
• Experience with power electronics and control/conversion systems.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a small, multidisciplinary team to define system architecture and derive software and hardware requirements from high-level system designs.
• Design, simulate, and implement analog, digital, and power circuits, including schematic capture and board layout
• Conduct system trade studies and performance benchmarking across hardware and software implementations
• Debug, characterize, and qualify new circuits and embedded systems
• Utilize laboratory instrumentation (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, signal generators, etc.) for validation and troubleshooting
• Document designs, test results, and system performance

Skills

C/C++ embedded

RTOS experience

Real-time systems

Education

Real-time embedded hardware experience

Software-hardware integration

Analog/digital/power circuit design

Hardware lifecycle knowledge

SPICE modeling/simulation

Mentor Graphics/Xpedition/DxDesigner

Power electronics and control

Job description

Job Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a small, multidisciplinary team to define system architecture and derive software and hardware requirements from high-level system designs.
• Design, simulate, and implement analog, digital, and power circuits, including schematic capture and board layout
• Conduct system trade studies and performance benchmarking across hardware and software implementations
• Debug, characterize, and qualify new circuits and embedded systems
• Utilize laboratory instrumentation (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, signal generators, etc.) for validation and troubleshooting
• Document designs, test results, and system performance

Skills

• Strong proficiency in C/C++ programming for embedded applications
• Experience with RTOS environments (e.g., VxWorks, real-time Linux, Xenomai)
• Experience with multi-threaded, interrupt-driven, and deterministic systems

Education/Experience

• Extensive experience developing real-time embedded systems for hardware control
• Experience integrating software with physical hardware systems
• Strong background in analog, digital, and power circuit design
• Experience with full hardware lifecycle: design, schematic capture, layout, debugging, and testing
• Experience with SPICE modeling and circuit simulation
• Experience with Mentor Graphics / Xpedition / DxDesigner or similar tools
• Experience with power electronics and control/conversion systems