Staff Digital Systems Engineer — Aerospace & Defense

Moog Inc.; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 185,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

Moog Space & Defense Group in Phoenix, AZ is seeking a Staff Digital Systems Engineer to provide technical leadership in architecture, design, integration, and verification of complex digital hardware for mission-critical aerospace and defense applications.

You will partner with firmware, software, systems, mechanical, manufacturing, and test engineering while mentoring other engineers, ensuring designs meet performance, reliability, environmental, and quality requirements for high‑reliability

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years designing complex digital hardware for aerospace, defense, or high-reliability products.
• Experience with FPGA-, ASIC-, processor-, or SoC-based digital systems.
• Experience with board bring-up, hardware integration, and laboratory debug.
• Experience with high-speed digital interfaces and timing analysis.
• Familiarity with signal integrity principles and collaboration with PCB layout teams.
• Excellent communication, technical leadership, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Architect FPGA-, ASIC-, and processor-based digital hardware for high‑reliability systems.
• Lead digital hardware design including architecture, schematics, interface definition, timing constraints, and design reviews.
• Design, integrate, and verify high‑speed digital interfaces such as DDR, PCIe, Ethernet, SerDes, LVDS, SPI, I2C, or similar technologies.
• Support board bring‑up, hardware integration, debug, and system verification using standard laboratory equipment.
• Partner with PCB layout engineers to optimize signal integrity, power integrity, timing, and manufacturability.
• Develop and review technical documentation including architecture documents, interface specifications, design reviews, test plans, and verification reports.
• Provide technical mentorship and engineering leadership across multidisciplinary teams.
• Ensure designs satisfy aerospace and defense performance, reliability, environmental, and quality requirements.

Skills

Digital hardware design

FPGA/ASIC/SoC design

Board bring-up & debug

High-speed interfaces

Signal integrity

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentorship

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering

Tools

FPGA development tools

Timing analysis tools

Lab equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers)

Linux BSPs / embedded systems

Job description

Moog Space & Defense Group in Phoenix, AZ is seeking a Staff Digital Systems Engineer to provide technical leadership in architecture, design, integration, and verification of complex digital hardware for mission-critical aerospace and defense applications.

You will partner with firmware, software, systems, mechanical, manufacturing, and test engineering while mentoring other engineers, ensuring designs meet performance, reliability, environmental, and quality requirements for high‑reliability