Principal Digital Hardware/FPGA Engineer

Leonardo DRS; Frederick (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking defense contractor as a Principal Digital Hardware/FPGA Engineer, where you will lead cutting-edge projects that protect national security. This role involves driving technology decisions, managing digital electronics development, and ensuring compliance with operational requirements. You will collaborate with a talented team, contributing to innovative solutions in electronic warfare, radar systems, and network communications. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a company dedicated to excellence in defense technology, offering a dynamic work environment and the chance to shape the future of military systems.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in digital electronics and engineering disciplines.
• Mastery of technologies and domain knowledge across multiple engineering fields.

Responsibilities

• Lead digital design and verification activities, ensuring all requirements are met.
• Conduct root cause analysis and communicate solutions to complex issues.
• Develop trusted engineering contacts with customers to provide innovative solutions.

Skills

Digital Electronics Design

Signal Processing

Radar Systems

Network Communications

Electronic Warfare

Project Leadership

Requirements Analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree in Engineering

Tools

Formal Methodologies/Tools

Job description

Principal Digital Hardware/FPGA Engineer

Pay: Competitive

Location: Frederick/Maryland

Employment type: Full-Time

Job Description

The Leonardo DRS Airborne and Intelligence Systems business is a global leader and strategic partner committed to delivering world-class, full life-cycle defense and intelligence products that protect the security of our nation and our allies. From air combat training to state-of-the-art electronic warfare systems, our technology is deployed by virtually all U.S. military and government agencies around the world.

We're looking for a team-oriented Principal Electrical Engineer to add to our team in Germantown, MD.

Job Summary

You will drive technology decisions and assure completion of activities on time and budget. Possess the ability to complete a technical project independently and determine detailed design approach. Participate in preparation of more complex and significant proposals. Research, design, develop, analyze, verify, and validate digital electronic products, systems and subsystems including signal and radar processing systems, network communications, electronic warfare systems, and air combat systems.

You will be responsible for most, if not all, requirement decomposition/definition/clarification, design, verification, associated documentation for digital electronics development, design revision control and archival. Provide substantial contributions to test and verification plans that establish functional criteria to ensure requirements have been met. Verify test results against requirements and analyze performance. Evaluate and tailor process flow including but not limited to high level architecture/design and detailed implementations for programs. Function in a project leadership role and may provide direction to lower level employees.

Job Responsibilities

• Review customer specifications and requirements, decompose system requirements and Statements of Work (SOW) into digital configuration item (CI) requirements by using formal methodologies/tools to capture and track requirements. Work with other IPT (Integrated Product Team) members to ensure product/system meets operational requirements.
• Lead digital design, review, or verification activities to ensure implementation and verification of all requirements, including cost as a key design variable. Support programs design to cost and design for manufacturability requirements.
• Apply a strong understanding of the organization’s defined digital processes throughout the lifecycle of the program or project. Regularly participate in the improvement of the organization’s digital and other processes.
• Contribute to the development of new theories/methods and present concepts, designs, decisions, and results to internal management.
• Lead root cause analysis for complex issues, conduct experimental tests, evaluate results to formulate and implement solutions to issues and support regaining or attaining customer partner status.
• Responsible for design technical planning, scheduling support, risk analysis and successful execution of small to medium programs or major subsystems of a larger program containing substantial digital engineering content.
• Analyze designs as necessary. Responsible for higher-level product line architecture, and providing guidance and oversight to a development team to ensure different technologies inter-operate or connect to each other appropriately.
• Develop trusted engineering contacts with the customer, understanding the customer's gaps/deficiencies in the progress, and participate in providing targeted innovative solutions that close those gaps.
• Contributions to technical subcontract management that may include Statement of Work (SOW) development, proposal evaluation, source selection, technical oversight, and subcontractor work product evaluation and acceptance.
• Highly skilled at communicating issues, impacts, and corrective actions. Communicate clearly (written and oral) with manufacturing, supply chain, program management and the customer as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field with a minimum of 8 years of experience or Masters and 6 years of experience.
• Mastery of technologies and domain knowledge.
• Expected to have knowledge and significant experience in multiple engineering disciplines.

Leonardo DRS, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates are equal opportunity employers and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. #AIS

About the Company

Leonardo DRS, formerly DRS Technologies, Inc., is a US-based defense contractor.