Senior Electrical Engineer: AI-Enabled Hardware & RF

Evolving Solution Services; Wichita, Northern (KS, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Senior Electrical Engineer role at Evolving Solution Services in Wichita, KS. This position focuses on rapid development of AI-enabled hardware and sensor platforms for cUAS and multi-sensor applications, designing high-speed digital, mixed-signal, and RF-supporting electronics.

Work with FPGA/SoC, embedded software, RF, DSP, and mechanical teams to move concepts to reusable platform designs; requires hands-on bring-up and test, and the ability to document decisions clearly.

Qualifications

• Eligible to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance - U.S. Citizenship required.
• B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience designing high-speed digital, mixed-signal, embedded electronics, FPGA/SoC carrier boards, RF-adjacent hardware, or similar systems.
• Strong schematic capture and PCB design experience; Altium experience preferred.
• Working knowledge of high-speed serial design, differential signaling, controlled impedance, stack-up planning, timing, clocking, reset, and board-level signal integrity.
• Experience with power supplies, power sequencing, power integrity, thermal constraints, and dense embedded hardware design.
• Ability to design hardware that supports FPGA/SoC integration, ADC/DAC or sensor interfaces, memory, PCIe/DMA-capable data paths, and application-facing control needs.
• Hands-on board bring-up and troubleshooting experience with common lab and test equipment.
• Ability to read datasheets, schematics, layout constraints, interface specifications, and system requirements, then turn them into practical hardware designs.
• Clear communicator who documents decisions and works well across electrical, FPGA, embedded software, RF, DSP, mechanical, and systems teams.
• Experience with AMD/Xilinx, Intel/Altera, or other FPGA/SoC platforms, carrier boards, SOMs, RFSoC-class devices, or high-pin-count digital designs.
• Experience with PCIe, USB 3.x, 10G/40G Ethernet, SFP/QSFP, JESD204, DDR memory, raw transceivers, or other high-speed interfaces.
• Experience with Analog Devices RF transceivers, SDR platforms, ADC/DAC signal chains, or products similar to ADRV9009.
• Experience with low-SWaP, ruggedized, outdoor-deployed, military/aerospace, or mission-critical hardware.
• Experience with RF-adjacent or mixed-domain design from DC to microwave frequencies, including grounding, shielding, filtering, and interconnect strategy.
• Experience with signal-integrity or power-integrity simulation, EMI/EMC mitigation, and high-density PCB layout practices.
• Experience with MCUs such as STM32, ESP32, or similar devices for board control, monitoring, or support functions.
• Experience with SMD rework, fine-pitch PCB modification, prototype assembly, cable/harness assembly, enclosures, 3D printing, or basic fabrication.
• Experience in cUAS, RF sensing, SDR, radar, electronic warfare, distributed sensor systems, or rapid R&D prototyping.
• Active DoD clearance or prior clearance eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Design high-speed digital and mixed-domain PCBs for RF and multi-sensor platforms.
• Architect board-level hardware around FPGAs/SoCs, RF transceivers, ADCs/DACs, MCUs, memory, clocks, power, and high-speed interconnects.
• Create schematics, BOMs, layout constraints, design notes, and release packages using tools such as Altium.
• Support interfaces such as PCIe, USB, Ethernet, SFP/QSFP28, JESD204, QSPI, I2C, RS-422, and similar board-level buses.
• Develop clocking, synchronization, reset, and power-sequencing approaches for coherent sensors and high-throughput data paths.
• Collaborate with FPGA and embedded software engineers to define clean hardware interfaces, bring-up paths, debug hooks, control signals, and data-movement needs.
• Collaborate with RF engineers on mixed-domain partitioning, RF/digital layout, transceiver integration, signal integrity, power integrity, and EMI/EMC considerations.
• Bring up new boards using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, VNAs, power analyzers, protocol analyzers, and related lab tools.
• Troubleshoot hardware, firmware, and system-level issues from bench prototypes through integration and field testing.
• Iterate designs quickly based on test results, evolving requirements, manufacturing feedback, and field observations.
• Support design reviews, DFM/DFT activities, vendor coordination, prototype builds, and transition from proof-of-concept hardware toward reusable platform designs.
• Keep schematics, layout files, test plans, bring-up notes, validation results, and engineering documentation clear and current.

Skills

High-speed digital design

RF electronics

PCB layout

Schematic capture

Signal integrity

FPGA/SoC knowledge

Power integrity

Documentation

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Altium

Job description

Senior Electrical Engineer role at Evolving Solution Services in Wichita, KS. This position focuses on rapid development of AI-enabled hardware and sensor platforms for cUAS and multi-sensor applications, designing high-speed digital, mixed-signal, and RF-supporting electronics.

Work with FPGA/SoC, embedded software, RF, DSP, and mechanical teams to move concepts to reusable platform designs; requires hands-on bring-up and test, and the ability to document decisions clearly.