Lead Hardware Engineer

A2e-Technologies; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A2e Technologies is seeking a Lead Hardware Engineer to design and bring up high-speed digital boards, focusing on DDR, FPGAs, and networking in a professional lab environment.

Proficiency with Altium and EDA tools, plus experience in signal integrity and power integrity simulations, is highly valued. This role requires a hands-on engineer capable of delivering test plans and failure analyses.

Qualifications

• Experience designing high-speed digital boards (>1 GHz) with DDR, FPGAs, and networking.
• Experience with Altium schematic capture.
• EMC mitigation techniques and testing experience.
• Signal integrity and PI (power integrity) simulation experience.
• FPGA design toolsets familiarity is a plus.
• Board bring-up in a professional lab; test execution and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Bringing up circuit boards.
• Test execution, including test case generation, execution and reporting.
• Debugging and problem-solving to identify root causes and provide detailed analysis.
• Knowledge of verification methodologies and space industry standards.

Skills

High-speed design

DDR

FPGAs

Networking

Signal integrity

Power integrity

FPGA design

Test execution

Troubleshooting

Tools

Altium

OrCAD

DxDesigner

Vivado

Quartus

HyperLynx

Job description

Title: Lead Hardware Engineer

Term: Long-Term Contract/Perm

Location: San Diego, Ca, Irvine, Ca, Los Angeles, Ca, Virginia

Start Date: ASAP

• Experience designing high-speed digital boards (>1GHz signals) with DDR, FPGAs, Networking, etc.
• Experience with Altium schematic capture
• Experience with EMC mitigation techniques and testing
• Signal Integrity simulation experience.
• Power Integrity simulation experience *A Plus!
• Some experience with FPGA design and toolsets *A Plus!
• Quality candidates will have experience with:
• Bringing up circuit boards.
• With technical equipment such as but notlimited to power supplies, function generators, DMMs, Oscilloscopes with specialized probes.
• Working in a professional laboratory setting.
• With test execution, including test case generation, execution, and reporting.
• Debugging and problem-solving skills to identify root causes and provide detailed analysis.
• Knowledge of verification methodologies and standards relevant to the space industry.

Additional Requirements:

• Verilog / VHDL/SystemVerilog/Vitis, Versal
• Experience with latest versions of some Xilinx / Altera devices such as: Kintex, Artix, Zynq, Cyclone V, Cyclone V SoC, Stratix, Arria
• Experience with Vivado and/or latest version of Quartus
• Schematic Capture with OrCAD, DxDesigner, or Altium
• Use of signal integrity tools such as HyperLynx a plus

A2e Technologies is an equal opportunity employer and federal contractor. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a protected veteran and need a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, please contact [e-mail].