Senior Electrical Engineer

Ecstech; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Everforth ECS seeks a senior electrical engineer to join the RPL team in Chantilly, VA. You will work on high‑performance RF systems for radar and flight termination, collaborating across RF, mechanical, and software disciplines to derive solutions and verify designs.

The role involves hardware and firmware development, hands‑on testing, and mentoring junior engineers to ensure robust, compliant implementations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering, with 5+–8+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience with schematic capture and layout of complex mixed-signal designs.
• HDI layout experience for high-density layouts and tight tolerances.
• 5+ years hardware development using FPGAs, microprocessors, high-speed digital circuits.

Responsibilities

• Design hardware and firmware for high-performance RF systems used in radar and FTS.
• Perform verification testing, troubleshoot issues, and iterate hardware solutions.
• Collaborate with RF, Mechanical, and Software teams to derive robust designs.
• Develop test procedures, design reviews, and engineering analyses with stakeholders.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to project planning and estimates.

Job description

Job Description

Everforth ECS is seeking a senior electrical engineer to join the RPL team in Chantilly, VA. As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you will work on high performance RF systems used for radar and flight termination system (FTS). Based on system requirements, you will collaborate with a multidisciplinary engineering team of RF Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, and Software Engineers to derive solutions, perform verification testing, and troubleshoot any issues. A successful candidate will solve complex problems and complete hardware and firmware designs and perform hands‑on testing.

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, with 8+ years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering, with 5+ years related experience.
• Experience with schematic capture and layout of complex mixed‑signal designs.
• HDI layout experience understanding the complexities and tradeoffs of complex high‑density layouts.
• +5 years hardware development experience using FPGAs, microprocessors, high‑speed digital circuits in embedded designs.
• In‑depth knowledge of engineering standards, theories, concepts, and techniques relevant to electrical and electronic systems built to MIL‑STD‑461F and above.
• Experience generating basis of estimates (BOE) to produce scope and pricing for new work.
• Experience developing and publishing technical content from concept to completion, including test procedures, test reports, engineering analyses, white papers, operations/user manuals, and design review materials, in collaboration with engineers, technicians, and stakeholders.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical information to non‑technical stakeholders.
• Strong team player with the ability to work independently and collaboratively with cross‑functional teams.
• Experience in mentoring junior engineers to complete tasks.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government DoD Security Clearance.

Desired Skills

• Proficiency in electronic circuit analysis and design applications, such as:
• Altium or Siemens/Mentor Graphics PADS
• MATLAB
• SPICE/PSPICE
• Keysight Pathwave/Genesys/ADS, AWR Microwave Office or Ansys HFSS
• ModelSim, Vivado, Vitis or Quartus
• Experience in Radio Frequency (RF) circuit modeling, analysis and design and/or Digital Signal Processing (DSP).
• 5+ years of experience with FPGA designs, VHDL and/or Verilog.
• Experience with FPGA soft CPU cores similar to AMD Microblaze or Altera Nios II.
• Experience with designing/debugging high‑speed interfaces (1GE, PCIe, and DDRx).
• Experience with hardware & software codesign in Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoCs.
• PCB design experience, including mixed‑signal circuitry.
• Experience with antenna theory, design and measurement techniques.
• Familiarity with Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Test (DFT).
• Coursework or direct experience with radar systems, including:
• Radar system design and analysis
• Radar signal processing and simulation
• Understanding of basic RF and microwave engineering principles, including:
• Transmission lines and matching networks
• Filter design and analysis
• Harmonic balance and non‑linear effects
• Cascaded noise figure and signal‑to‑noise analyses
• Radio Frequency/Electromagnetic Interference (RFI/EMI) effects and mitigation techniques
• Time‑and-frequency‑domain relationships and analysis techniques
• Active US Government DoD Secret Security Clearance or higher.

ECS Federal LLC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of any characteristic protected by law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local jurisdiction law.