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, based in Frederick, Maryland, seeks an early-career multidisciplinary engineer to support product development across electronics design, hardware integration, and software development. This hybrid role provides exposure to both hardware and software disciplines in the defense/aerospace sector.

You will spend ~50% on electronics engineering tasks (circuit design, PCB layout, debugging, sensor integration) and ~50% on software development (embedded systems, firmware, data

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Design and develop analog and digital circuits, power distribution, and signal conditioning for RF sensor platforms.
• Create PCB layouts and schematics using Altium Designer; manage board bring-up and testing.
• Integrate RF components, cameras, processors, and sensors into custom electronics assemblies.
• Debug hardware issues with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers.
• EMI/EMC testing and MIL-STD-461 compliance design.
• Support thermal management and cooling solutions with mechanical team.
• Maintain electrical schematics, BOMs, wiring diagrams per AS9100.
• Coordinate with contract manufacturers for production transition.
• Develop embedded firmware for microcontrollers and embedded Linux systems (C/C++, Python).
• Write device drivers and hardware abstraction layers.
• Build data pipelines and ETL for sensor data into analytics.
• Develop preprocessing and feature extraction for ML model development.
• APIs and protocols between embedded systems and cloud analytics platforms.
• Real-time data processing and low-latency sensor applications.
• Test automation and hardware-in-the-loop testing frameworks.
• Version control, CI/CD, and documentation for firmware deliverables.
• Collaborate with RF engineers, data scientists, and senior systems engineers to integrate subsystems.
• Support FAT, demonstrations, and field testing activities.
• Participate in design reviews and root cause investigations.

Skills

Electronics design

Embedded software

C/C++

Python

System integration

Education

Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Spectrum analyzers

Job description

WGS Systems, LLC, based in Frederick, Maryland, seeks an early-career multidisciplinary engineer to support product development across electronics design, hardware integration, and software development. This hybrid role provides exposure to both hardware and software disciplines in the defense/aerospace sector.

You will spend ~50% on electronics engineering tasks (circuit design, PCB layout, debugging, sensor integration) and ~50% on software development (embedded systems, firmware, data