Staff Electrical Engineer
Core
Lead mixed-signal electrical design for plasma-enhanced antenna and communications systems, owning designs from schematic capture through PCB layout and integration testing.
Role type
Staff Electrical Engineer (mixed-signal, hardware design)
Builds
Mixed-signal control, sensing, and power circuitry for plasma-enabled aperture communications systems
Domain
Defense, aerospace, national security
Required skills
Mixed-signal design, PCB layout, FPGA/microcontroller interfaces, data converters, power electronics, signal integrity, thermal management, EMI/EMC compliance, hardware debugging, technical leadership, mentorship
Preferred skills
RF power amplifiers, impedance matching, high-voltage supplies, pulsed-power circuits, plasma systems, electrically small antennas, embedded firmware, MIL-STD-461, SBIR/STTR programs
Technologies
Altium Designer, KiCad, OrCAD, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, signal generators, power supplies, electronic loads
Responsibilities
Architect radio front-end mixed-signal backbone, lead design reviews and mentor engineers, design microcontroller/FPGA-based control and drive circuitry, bring up and debug prototypes, execute integration and test campaigns, define fabrication and assembly approaches, ensure EMC compliance for defense qualification
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with technical leadership