Hybrid Systems Engineer: Electronics & Embedded Software

WGS Systems, LLC; Frederick (MD); Hybrid; USD 106,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

401(k) matching

Company parties

Competitive salary

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Training & development

Tuition assistance

Vision insurance

Wellness resources

Job summary

WGS Systems, LLC is seeking an early‑career multidisciplinary engineer to support product development across electronics design, hardware integration, and software development. The hybrid role offers exposure to both hardware and software disciplines in the defense/aerospace sector.

The position involves collaborating with RF engineers, data scientists, and senior systems engineers to integrate subsystems, while helping build data pipelines and real-time processing capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer/Electronics engineering or related field.
• 2–5 years in electronics design and embedded software, preferably in defense/aerospace/RF.
• U.S. Citizen required for contract work; ability to obtain USG Security Clearance.
• Proficiency in Altium Designer and multi-layer PCB design.
• Strong C/C++ for embedded systems; Python for scripting.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop analog and digital circuits for RF sensor platforms.
• Create PCB layouts and schematics with Altium Designer; manage board bring-up and testing.
• Integrate RF components, cameras, processors, and sensors into custom electronics assemblies.
• Debug hardware with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and other test equipment.
• EMI/EMC testing and design for MIL‑STD‑461 and other standards.
• Support thermal management and coordinate with mechanical team on cooling and packaging.
• Create and maintain electrical schematics, BOMs, wiring diagrams, and documentation per AS9100.
• Work with contract manufacturers and PCB fabrication houses to transition designs to production.
• Develop embedded firmware for microcontrollers and embedded Linux systems for RF sensors.
• Write device drivers and HALs for sensors.
• Build data pipelines and ETL to ingest sensor data into analytics infrastructure.
• Develop preprocessing and feature extraction for sensor data for ML model development.
• Create APIs and protocols between embedded systems and cloud analytics platforms.
• Implement real-time data processing and low-latency sensor applications.
• Develop test automation and HIL testing frameworks for electronics validation.
• Contribute to Git, CI/CD, and firmware documentation.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Embedded software

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or related field

Tools

Altium Designer

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Testing frameworks

Job description

WGS Systems, LLC is seeking an early‑career multidisciplinary engineer to support product development across electronics design, hardware integration, and software development. The hybrid role offers exposure to both hardware and software disciplines in the defense/aerospace sector.

The position involves collaborating with RF engineers, data scientists, and senior systems engineers to integrate subsystems, while helping build data pipelines and real-time processing capabilities.