Senior Digital Systems Architect – FPGA/SoC, Aerospace

Moog Inc; Gilbert (AZ); On-site; USD 185,000 - 202,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonuses

Employee stock purchase plan

Open paid time off

Region-specific benefits

Job summary

Moog Space & Defense Group in Phoenix, AZ, seeks a Staff Digital Systems Engineer to lead architecture, design, integration, and verification of high-reliability digital hardware for aerospace and defense applications.

The role partners with firmware, software, systems, mechanical, manufacturing, and test engineering, mentoring other engineers while ensuring compliance with environment and quality requirements. Onsite work with cross-functional teams is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering or related field.
• 10+ years designing complex digital hardware for aerospace, defense, embedded computing, or other high-reliability products.
• Experience designing FPGA-, ASIC-, processor-, or SoC-based digital systems.
• Experience with board bring-up, hardware integration, and laboratory debug.
• Experience with high-speed digital interfaces and timing analysis.
• Familiarity with signal integrity principles and collaboration with PCB layout teams.
• Excellent communication, technical leadership, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Architect FPGA-, ASIC-, and processor-based digital hardware for high-reliability systems.
• Lead digital hardware design including architecture, schematics, interface definition, timing constraints, and design reviews.
• Design, integrate, and verify high-speed digital interfaces such as DDR, PCIe, Ethernet, SerDes, LVDS, SPI, I2C, or similar technologies.
• Support board bring-up, hardware integration, debug, and system verification using standard laboratory equipment.
• Partner with PCB layout engineers to optimize signal integrity, power integrity, timing, and manufacturability.
• Develop and review technical documentation including architecture documents, interface specifications, design reviews, test plans, and verification reports.
• Provide technical mentorship and engineering leadership across multidisciplinary teams.
• Ensure designs satisfy aerospace and defense performance, reliability, environmental, and quality requirements.

Skills

Digital design

FPGA/SoC

High-speed interfaces

Signal integrity

Hardware debug

Technical leadership

Cross-functional

Communication

Education

Bachelors in EE/CE

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Lab equipment

Timing analysis tools

Job description

Moog Space & Defense Group in Phoenix, AZ, seeks a Staff Digital Systems Engineer to lead architecture, design, integration, and verification of high-reliability digital hardware for aerospace and defense applications.

The role partners with firmware, software, systems, mechanical, manufacturing, and test engineering, mentoring other engineers while ensuring compliance with environment and quality requirements. Onsite work with cross-functional teams is required.