Senior Hardware Engineer – High-Speed Digital & FPGA

A2E Technologies 1; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A2e Technologies is seeking a Lead Hardware Engineer in the San Diego area for a long-term contract/Perm role. You will design high-speed digital boards, bring them up in a lab, and ensure testability and reliability for space hardware programs.

The role requires expertise with DDR, FPGAs, networking, and schematic capture tools, plus a strong debugging mindset. Responsibilities include performing tests, generating test plans, and reporting results, while applying SI/PI methods and industry

Qualifications

• Experience designing high-speed digital boards (>1GHz signals) with DDR, FPGAs, Networking.
• Experience with EMC mitigation techniques and testing.
• Signal integrity and power integrity simulation experience; Vivado/Quartus familiarity.
• Schematic capture with Altium, OrCAD, or DxDesigner; test equipment usage including oscilloscopes and probes.
• Ability to bring up circuit boards in a professional lab and run test cases with thorough reporting.
• Knowledge of verification methodologies and space industry standards.

Responsibilities

• Bring up circuit boards and execute tests in a lab setting.
• Perform debugging and root-cause analysis with detailed reports.
• Develop test cases and document results for quality assurance.
• Work with power supplies, function generators, DMMs, scopes and probes.
• Apply verification methodologies suitable for space hardware.

Skills

High-speed design

Signal integrity

Power integrity

FPGA design

Schematic capture

Troubleshooting & debugging

Test execution & reporting

Space hardware standards

Tools

Altium

Vivado/Quartus

OrCAD/DxDesigner

HyperLynx

Xilinx/Intel device families

Job description

A2e Technologies is seeking a Lead Hardware Engineer in the San Diego area for a long-term contract/Perm role. You will design high-speed digital boards, bring them up in a lab, and ensure testability and reliability for space hardware programs.

The role requires expertise with DDR, FPGAs, networking, and schematic capture tools, plus a strong debugging mindset. Responsibilities include performing tests, generating test plans, and reporting results, while applying SI/PI methods and industry