Electrical Hardware Engineer – Microdisplay Systems (Onsite)

Kopin Corporation; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Kopin Corporation in Reston, VA is seeking a hands-on Hardware Electrical Engineer to design and bring up the electronics behind our microdisplay products. You will lead boards from schematic through prototype bring-up and into production, collaborating with firmware, FPGA, optics, and manufacturing teams.

This role emphasizes working with display driver boards, interface boards, and hardware that connects displays to processors, SOMs, cameras, and sensors, including testing, prototyping, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of hands-on PCB-level hardware design experience.
• US Citizenship or permanent residency due to ITAR compliance.

Responsibilities

• Design schematics and guide PCB layout for display driver and compute boards.
• Bring up and debug hardware in the lab, including power-on and functional tests.
• Integrate boards with microdisplays, SOMs, processors, cameras, and sensors.
• Build prototypes, test setups, and fixtures to evaluate concepts and verify designs.
• Define electrical interfaces with mechanical/firmware teams and specify pinouts and power budgets.
• Maintain schematics, BOMs, test procedures, and ECOs under revision control.
• Support design reviews, contract manufacturer builds, failure analysis, and production transitions.

Skills

PCB hardware design

Altium Designer

Power supply design

Digital interfaces SPI/I2C/UART/USB/Mi

MCU/Processor/SOM/FPGA design

Bench skills: oscilloscope/LA

Soldering & rework

Ability to explain trade-offs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscope

Logic Analyzer

Power Supply

Job description

Kopin Corporation in Reston, VA is seeking a hands-on Hardware Electrical Engineer to design and bring up the electronics behind our microdisplay products. You will lead boards from schematic through prototype bring-up and into production, collaborating with firmware, FPGA, optics, and manufacturing teams.

This role emphasizes working with display driver boards, interface boards, and hardware that connects displays to processors, SOMs, cameras, and sensors, including testing, prototyping, and