Staff Engineer, Electronics – Hardware Integration

Jobtailor; California (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced hardware engineer to support NGAS programs, focusing on RF/electromagnetics, avionics integration, and subsystem testing.

You will translate customer requirements into hardware specifications, develop and test components with suppliers, and document designs with detailed schematics and specs. U.S. citizenship and Top Secret SCI clearance are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline required.
• 12+ years of related engineering experience or 10+ with Master’s or 8+ with Ph.D.
• Active TS SCI clearance and U.S. citizenship are required.
• Experience with RF equipment for airborne platforms is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on interdisciplinary teams to develop hardware integration and testing for NGAS programs.
• Translate customer requirements into hardware specifications and performance analyses.
• Design, develop, build, and test electrical components and systems with suppliers.
• Document designs using schematics, diagrams, and specifications.
• Travel up to 10%.

Skills

RF Equipment Design

Hardware Integration

Requirements Management

MATLAB Programming

Python

C/C++

Interdisciplinary Teamwork

Communication

Top Secret SCI Security Clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline

Master’s degree in a STEM discipline

Ph.D. in a STEM discipline

Top Secret SCI Security Clearance

Tools

MATLAB

Python

C/C++

DOORS

Cameo

Job description

Responsibilities

• • Perform as a member of an interdisciplinary team developing novel hardware integration and testing for developmental NGAS programs
• • Contribute to development of hardware subsystems by developing functional architectures, analyzing performance, managing requirements and interfaces, and verifying/validating allocated requirements
• • Design, develop, build, and test electrical components, equipment, systems, and networks with key suppliers
• • Translate customer requirements into hardware specifications
• • Collaborate with engineers and program stakeholders to integrate avionics and mission subsystems
• • Work with hardware, software, and firmware engineers
• • Develop supplier procurement specifications and statements of work, and review supplier development artifacts
• • Document designs using detailed schematics, diagrams, and specifications
• • Support development and integration of hardware subsystems and components
• • Develop integrated hardware integration and test
• • Perform functional and performance analyses and detailed trade studies
• • Estimate component, subsystem, and system performance according to governmental and commercial standards
• • Configure, test, document, and troubleshoot avionics and mission systems
• • Travel up to 10%

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university and 12 years of related professional/military engineering experience; OR Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 10 years of related professional/military engineering experience; OR Ph.D. and 8 years of related professional/military engineering experience
• Knowledge of electromagnetics in the RF spectrum (VHF through Ka bands)
• Familiarity with one or more RF sensing modalities and their applications
• Experience designing, developing, integrating, and/or testing RF equipment for airborne platforms
• Active U.S. Government-issued Top Secret SCI Security Clearance and Special Program Access (SAP) within a reasonable period determined by the company
• U.S. Citizenship required for positions with a government clearance
• Preferred: Experience in RF/EW applications, including MATLAB, Python, and/or C/C++, tracking and algorithm development
• Preferred: Experience designing, developing, integrating, and/or testing EW or Radar subsystems for airborne platforms
• Preferred: Experience with RF antenna and component design and performance analysis
• Preferred: Experience with model-based systems engineering using Cameo or similar SysML tools
• Preferred: Experience generating and managing requirements in DOORS
• Preferred: Experience with performance analysis using MATLAB and Excel or similar tools
• Preferred: Familiarity with Atlassian collaboration tools (Jira and Confluence)
• Preferred: Experience in supplier/subcontract management
• Preferred: Experience developing supplier documentation, performance-based specifications, and statements of work
• Preferred: Knowledge of NGAS Sector Engineering procedures
• Preferred: Experience building supplier evaluation criteria and conducting technical evaluations
• Preferred: Experience decomposing, deriving, allocating, and tracing requirements from system to component level
• Preferred: Experience working on multidisciplinary teams and writing technical proposals
• Preferred: Knowledge of systems engineering design methods, including requirements analysis and flow-down, specification derivation, and interface control documentation

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in hardware integration and testing, with a strong focus on RF equipment design and performance analysis. Proficient in managing requirements and collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to deliver complex avionics and mission subsystems.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• RF Equipment Design
• Hardware Integration
• Requirements Management
• MATLAB Programming
• Top Secret SCI Security Clearance

Hard Skills

• Electromagnetics Knowledge
• RF Sensing Modalities
• Performance Analysis
• Subsystem Testing
• Technical Documentation

Soft Skills

• Collaboration
• Interdisciplinary Teamwork
• Communication

Certifications & Qualifications

• Top Secret SCI Security Clearance
• U.S. Citizenship

Industry Keywords

• NGAS Programs
• RF/EW Applications
• Supplier Management
• Systems Engineering
• Technical Proposals

Tools & Technologies

• MATLAB
• Python
• C/C++
• DOORS
• Cameo