Senior Electrical Engineer

Aegis Search Ltd; Herndon (VA); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Aegis Search Ltd is seeking a senior digital hardware engineer to drive board-level designs from concept through production in a hybrid role based in Herndon, VA. You will contribute across schematic capture, PCB layout, bring-up, and testing for space-grade applications.

You'll mentor junior engineers, own projects, and tackle challenging design analyses for extreme environments, with a strong emphasis on delivering robust hardware that meets space requirements.

Qualifications

• 8+ years commercial experience on digital hardware.
• High speed digital experience including DDR, SerDes, PCIe or similar interfaces.
• Track record of bringing products from paper to production.
• Strong schematic, simulations/analysis, and layout experience.

Responsibilities

• Take high speed digital boards from concept through to production.
• Design hardware around FPGAs, CPUs, and microcontrollers.
• Carry out design analysis for extreme/space environments.
• Own the schematic capture and PCB layout.
• Lead bring up and test efforts.

Skills

Digital hardware

High-speed digital

DDR

SerDes

PCIe

PCB layout

Schematic capture

Board bring-up

FPGA design

Job description

You'll join a small R&D team and will take board level digital designs through the entire lifecycle: schematic capture, simulation and analysis, PCB layout, board bring up, and test. You'll see your boards produced and be delivered to customers - who will send them to space.

This is a new role that's been created due to several large projects wins, if you want to, you'll have the opportunity to mentor junior engineers and take ownership over projects / products as well. There's plenty of interesting technical challenges here for you to work on.

They work on a hybrid basis- the site in the Herndon, Virginia, area, and you will be able to work from home twice a week if you want. The base salary is in the region of $160k - $200k dependent on experience, plus a bonus and comprehensive benefits package.

What you'll do

• Take high speed digital boards from concept through to production
• Design hardware around FPGAs, CPUs, and microcontrollers
• Carry out design analysis for extreme / space environments
• Own the schematic capture and PCB layout
• Lead bring up and test efforts

What you'll need

• 8+ years commercial experience on digital hardware
• High speed digital experience - including DDR, SerDes, PCIe, or similar interfaces
• Track record of bring products from from paper to production
• Strong schematic, simulations/analysis, and layout experience

This position requires access to information or technology controlled under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). To ensure compliance with U.S. government export controls, all applicants must be a U.S. person as defined by 22 CFR § 120.62 (i.e., a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident/Green Card holder, or eligible asylee/refugee) or the company must be able to obtain a required export authorization from the U.S. Department of State