Senior Staff Electrical Engineer
Core
Senior technical leadership for high-reliability digital electronics used in aerospace and military applications, spanning architecture, design, verification, and sustainment.
Role type
Senior Staff Electrical Engineer (Digital Hardware)
Builds
High-speed digital circuit cards and subsystems for aerospace and defense platforms
Domain
Defense / Aerospace / High-Reliability Electronics
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Digital circuit design, Signal integrity analysis, Power integrity analysis, High-speed board design, FPGA integration, PCB layout strategy, Cross-disciplinary technical leadership, Hardware verification, Failure analysis
Preferred skills
Avionics platform experience, Altium Designer, SI/PI analysis tools (HyperLynx, Sigrity, ADS, Ansys SIwave), High-speed interfaces (DDR, PCIe, Ethernet, JESD204, SERDES, LVDS), EMI/EMC mitigation, Aerospace standards (RTCA/DO-160, MIL-STD-461)
Technologies
FPGAs, Processors, Memory devices, Data converters, High-speed serial interfaces, Altium Designer, HyperLynx, Sigrity, ADS, Ansys SIwave
Responsibilities
Lead design and technical execution of high-speed digital circuit cards and subsystems; Lead design and review of complex PCBAs involving FPGAs and mixed-signal boundaries; Define digital hardware architecture trades balancing performance and reliability; Develop and promote design practices for board design and SI/PI analysis; Resolve complex cross-disciplinary technical issues involving RF coexistence and thermal behavior; Define and review PCB layout strategy for controlled impedance and grounding; Serve as senior technical interface with customers and vendors; Mentor engineers and coordinate activities across digital, FPGA, embedded software, and RF teams; Lead technical direction for hardware integration, verification, and production transition.
Seniority
Senior Staff, hands-on IC with strategic leadership