Senior Hardware Design Engineer
NPAworldwide
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Job summary
NPAworldwide is seeking a Senior Hardware Design Engineer in Huntsville, AL, to lead the design of rugged embedded hardware for defense, aerospace, and industrial applications. You will design, develop, test, and bring-up complex systems with Intel/ARM processors, FPGAs, and high-speed interfaces, working with cross-functional teams in a mission-critical environment.
Ideal candidates bring 7+ years in embedded hardware, strong leadership, and hands-on PCB design and validation experience.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field.
- 7+ years of relevant experience in embedded hardware design.
- Experience with digital circuit design for complex embedded systems.
- Hands-on hardware bring-up, validation, and debugging expertise.
- Experience with high-speed interfaces (DDR4/DDR5, PCIe, Ethernet).
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and support advanced embedded hardware systems.
- Provide technical leadership on complex engineering efforts.
- Own architecture and design decisions from concept to production release.
- Collaborate with software, FPGA, systems, and manufacturing teams to ensure reliability.
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Job description
Join a global leader in rugged embedded computing solutions serving some of the world's most demanding defense, aerospace, industrial, and commercial applications. With a strong reputation for high-performance, open-architecture computing, the organization develops advanced electronics designed to operate reliably in mission-critical environments.
Join a global leader in rugged embedded computing solutions serving some of the world's most demanding defense, aerospace, industrial, and commercial applications. With a strong reputation for high-performance, open-architecture computing, the organization develops advanced electronics designed to operate reliably in mission-critical environments.
The Huntsville engineering organization works on sophisticated embedded computing platforms used across air, land, and sea defense programs, as well as high-reliability industrial applications.
- Work on advanced Single Board Computers (SBCs), FPGA/DSP carrier boards, sensor processing modules, and I/O products
- Design next-generation hardware using Intel and ARM processors, DDR4/DDR5, FPGAs, MPSoCs, and RFSoCs
- Develop high-speed digital architectures involving PCIe and multi-Gigabit Ethernet
- Take technical ownership of complex hardware programs from architecture and design through board bring-up, validation, and production release
- Collaborate with experienced hardware, FPGA, software, systems, product management, manufacturing, and program teams
- Have the opportunity to influence product architecture, engineering processes, emerging technologies, and best practices
- Join a Huntsville engineering organization working on technology where performance, reliability, and ruggedization are critical
This is an opportunity to join an engineering-driven organization where senior engineers are trusted with significant technical ownership and are encouraged to bring forward new ideas and approaches.
As a Senior Hardware Design Engineer, you will serve as a senior technical contributor and design authority for complex embedded hardware programs. You will design, develop, test, debug, and support advanced electronic systems while working with a high degree of independence. You will design digital hardware incorporating Intel and ARM-based processors, DDR memory, FPGAs, MPSoCs, and RFSoCs, along with high-speed interfaces such as DDR4/DDR5, PCIe, and multi-Gigabit Ethernet.
Huntsville, Alabama, known as Rocket City, is one of the country's leading engineering and technology communities. The city has a strong concentration of aerospace, defense, advanced manufacturing, and technology employers, creating an environment with a deep technical talent base.
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
- 7+ years of relevant experience in electrical engineering, embedded hardware design, or related electronics development
- Strong experience with digital circuit design for complex embedded systems
- Hands-on experience designing hardware incorporating Intel and/or ARM processors
- Experience with FPGAs, MPSoCs, RFSoCs, or similar advanced processing devices
- Experience designing high-speed interfaces such as DDR4/DDR5, PCIe, and multi-Gigabit Ethernet
- Strong experience with schematic capture and circuit-board design
- Hands-on experience with hardware bring-up, validation, troubleshooting, and debug
- Experience using laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, signal generators, spectrum analyzers, and digital multimeters
- Ability to work independently and take ownership of complex technical deliverables
- Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership on complex engineering efforts or technology areas
- Experience with Mentor Expedition Dx or comparable schematic/layout tools
- Experience with signal integrity analysis
- Experience with design for manufacturability and production releaseExperience designing ruggedized electronics for defense, aerospace, industrial, or other high-reliability applications
- Experience with Embedded Linux
- Experience with low-level software development using C/C++
- Experience with system backplanes and I/O architectures
- Experience supporting products through their complete lifecycle, including engineering changes and post-release troubleshooting
- Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve engineering productivity, decision-making, work quality, and cost efficiency, while critically evaluating AI-generated outputs
This is an opportunity to join an engineering-driven organization where senior engineers are trusted with significant technical ownership and are encouraged to bring forward new ideas and approaches.
Annual Salary
$ 150000
$ 170000
USD
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