CareerPlan

Hardware Systems Engineer

USAFull-time$130k–$155k2026-11-06 → 2026-11-09
Citizens onlySecurity clearance required

Core

Design and develop hardware systems for telemetry and mission-critical communications solutions, focusing on high-speed interfaces, FPGA implementation, and signal processing.

Role type

Senior Hardware Systems Engineer

Builds

Telemetry data systems and electronic communications hardware

Domain

Defense/Telecommunications hardware engineering

Required skills

High-speed interface design (PCIe, DDR, Ethernet PHY), SoC FPGA design, HDL coding (VHDL, Verilog/SystemVerilog), circuit-level design and verification, hardware debugging, simulation (Riviera Pro, VCS, MATLAB), signal integrity analysis, noise reduction techniques

Preferred skills

FPGA timing closure, RF design and debugging, EMC/EMI qualification, DSP functional blocks (filtering, FFT), Python scripting

Technologies

Ethernet, FPGA, Matlab, Python, SystemVerilog, Verilog, VHDL, Quartus Prime, Vivado, Vitis, Cadence, PSPICE, Riviera Pro, Active-HDL, Questa, VCS

Responsibilities

Develop hardware design specifications and circuit-level designs; conduct functional and timing analyses; lead architecture planning and schematics; oversee layout and first article debugging; coordinate system and software integration; maintain existing products and manage obsolescence

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC