Senior Embedded Systems Architect – Space Applications

National MS Society; Lexington (MA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision plans

MIT-funded pension

Matching 401K

Paid leave (vacation, sick, parental,)

Job summary

MIT Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, MA seeks an embedded systems architect to lead the design, development and fielding of embedded systems for space applications. You will contribute to multi-disciplinary teams and tackle advanced research challenges, with occasional travel to sponsor events.

The ideal candidate has experience in FPGA, microcontroller design, and system integration, plus strong communication skills and the ability to work across hardware and software disciplines.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in electrical/computer engineering with 8 years of experience.
• In lieu of the above, bachelor's degree or equivalent and at least 10 years of relevant experience will be considered.
• Experience decomposing processing chains into component modules for development.
• Experience developing synthesizable VHDL, Verilog, and/or SystemVerilog.
• Experience implementing FPGA designs in hardware, including constraint files.
• Experience testing and debugging firmware designs in simulation and hardware.
• Experience integrating with digital interfaces such as SPI, PCIe and Gigabit Ethernet.
• Laboratory experience, including interface debugging and verification at circuit-card assembly level.
• Digital signal processing experience in analysis or implementation.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development and fielding of embedded systems for space applications.
• Contribute to multi-disciplinary research teams and solve technical challenges.
• Travel occasionally for field exercises, sponsor presentations, and events.

Skills

Embedded systems

System architecture

Microcontroller design

Runtime optimization

Linux development

Python scripting

C/C++

FPGA design

Verilog/VHDL/SystemVerilog

Laboratory testing

Education

Master's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering

PhD in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Bachelor's degree +10 years relevant experience

Tools

Schematic capture

Layout and bring-up

SPI/PCIe/Gigabit Ethernet interfaces

Job description

MIT Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, MA seeks an embedded systems architect to lead the design, development and fielding of embedded systems for space applications. You will contribute to multi-disciplinary teams and tackle advanced research challenges, with occasional travel to sponsor events.

The ideal candidate has experience in FPGA, microcontroller design, and system integration, plus strong communication skills and the ability to work across hardware and software disciplines.