Senior Electrical Engineer

ECS; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Everforth ECS is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to join the RPL team in Chantilly, VA. The role focuses on high-performance RF systems for Radar and Flight Termination System (FTS).

You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to derive solutions, verify, troubleshoot, and perform hands-on testing. The ideal candidate has extensive experience with mixed-signal design, FPGA development, MIL-STD-461F, and proven ability to produce BOEs and technical documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering 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 generate 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.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop hardware and firmware for high-performance RF systems.
• Collaborate with RF, mechanical, and software engineers to derive solutions and perform verification testing.
• Create and execute test procedures, test reports, and engineering analyses; produce white papers and user manuals.
• Mentor junior engineers and communicate effectively with stakeholders.

Skills

Schematic Capture

HDI Layout

FPGA Design

High-speed digital

MIL-STD-461F

Basis of Estimates

Technical writing

DoD Security Clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Altium/Siemens PADS

MATLAB

SPICE/PSPICE

PathWave/ADS

Vivado

Quartus

HFSS

ModelSim

Job description

Job Description

Note: Contingent upon award.

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 generate 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.

Job Description

Everforth ECS is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to join the RPL team in Chantilly, VA. Note: Contingent upon award.

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 generate 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 UltraScape+ 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.

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