Senior Hardware Engineer - High‑Speed Embedded & FPGA

Kopin Corporation; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Kopin Corporation Senior Electrical Engineer - Hardware leads design, integration, and validation of custom electronics for microdisplay-based solutions, including driver boards, interface modules, imaging electronics, and rugged embedded platforms. Role spans concept to production with ownership of complex PCB designs and system-level hardware.

You will mentor engineers, drive hardware trade studies, and collaborate across Systems, FPGA, Optics, Mechanical, and suppliers to deliver

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 8–12 years of PCB‑level hardware development for embedded systems.
• Proficiency with Altium Designer for schematic/layout.
• US citizenship or Permanent Resident (green card) to be considered due to ITAR.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical direction for PCB layout including stack‑up definition, controlled‑impedance routing, high‑speed placement, grounding, shielding, thermal management, manufacturability, testability, and rigid‑flex/flex considerations where applicable.
• Define and document electrical interfaces to optics, mechanical, firmware, FPGA, and system teams, including pinouts, timing, power budgets, connector/harness requirements, EMI/ESD concerns, and interface constraints.
• Lead board bring‑up, integration, and debug activities, including power‑on sequencing, functional validation, and margin evaluation; signal integrity, timing, interface reliability, and noise investigations; integration with firmware, FPGA logic, optics modules, microdisplays, sensors, and host systems; environmental, thermal, vibration, EMI/EMC, and ruggedization testing; build and characterize prototypes and test fixtures.
• Lead design reviews, peer reviews, risk reviews, and trade studies; identify technical risks early and drive closure through analysis, prototyping, simulation, or test.
• Generate and maintain schematics, BoMs, design reports, ICDs, ECOs, test procedures, verification records, and revision‑controlled hardware artifacts.
• Mentor junior and mid‑level electrical engineers, review designs, and help establish practical design guidelines, reusable circuits, and hardware best practices.
• Support DFM/DFT reviews, NPI, supplier and contract manufacturer interactions, failure analysis, sustaining engineering, and transition from prototype into production.
• Contribute technical inputs to estimates, schedules, proposals, customer discussions, and program planning involving hardware scope, risk, or architecture.

Skills

Power design

High-speed digital

FPGA/SoC integration

Schematic/layout review

Lab debugging

Mentoring

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Altium Designer

Oscilloscopes & test equipment

Job description

Kopin Corporation Senior Electrical Engineer - Hardware leads design, integration, and validation of custom electronics for microdisplay-based solutions, including driver boards, interface modules, imaging electronics, and rugged embedded platforms. Role spans concept to production with ownership of complex PCB designs and system-level hardware.

You will mentor engineers, drive hardware trade studies, and collaborate across Systems, FPGA, Optics, Mechanical, and suppliers to deliver