Senior Systems Engineer - Embedded Hardware & RF

Liberty Defense; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Liberty Defense is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to architect, integrate, and validate subsystems for advanced people screening platforms. You will work with RF, mechanical, hardware, and software teams to develop and verify designs, enabling reliable, manufacturable products.

You will lead hardware architecture, drive critical design reviews, and support production testing, qualification, and transition to manufacturing in a Linux-based embedded environment.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 7–10 years of relevant experience in hardware/embedded systems.
• Experience leading hardware architecture and subsystem integration.
• Strong understanding of analog/digital, RF interfaces, and thermal envelopes.
• Experience with Linux-based embedded systems and real-time debugging.
• Familiarity with schematic entry (Altium a plus).

Responsibilities

• Lead system-level hardware architecture and integration of complex electro-mechanical subsystems.
• Own and maintain system and interface requirements across RF, digital, embedded, mechanical, and software teams.
• Support hardware/software integration and real-time system bring-up in the lab and in the field.
• Provide sustaining engineering support for existing products: troubleshoot issues, drive root cause analysis, and implement ECOs.
• Collaborate with manufacturing to release production test procedures and address yield/quality issues.
• Balance new development with field support and factory production needs.
• Drive design reviews and ensure compliance with standards.
• Support EMC/FCC/UL/environmental testing and transition to production.
• Coordinate with suppliers for DFM/DFA and smooth ramp to manufacturing.

Skills

Hardware architecture

Embedded systems

Linux

FPGA development

Python scripting

Signal processing

System diagnostics

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Altium

Verilog/VHDL

Python

Job description

Liberty Defense is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to architect, integrate, and validate subsystems for advanced people screening platforms. You will work with RF, mechanical, hardware, and software teams to develop and verify designs, enabling reliable, manufacturable products.

You will lead hardware architecture, drive critical design reviews, and support production testing, qualification, and transition to manufacturing in a Linux-based embedded environment.