Hardware Digital CCA Designer
About The Position
The Airborne Radar Electronics Design (ARED) department is seeking a highly motivated, experienced Hardware Digital CCA Designer to work on Radar Control and Radar Processor electronics product development for defense applications. The position is available in El Segundo, California. The candidate will be responsible for digital circuit card design during hardware development and integration for Airborne Radar applications. They will work effectively in a cross-functional team environment under senior engineering guidance while also completing tasks independently. Responsibilities include performing component obsolescence evaluations, selecting electrical parts, participating in vendor trade studies, and conducting Signal Integrity and Power Integrity analyses. The candidate will guide junior engineers, collaborate with cross-functional teams—including systems, mechanical, and software—and deliver technical presentations. They will also work with government personnel and programs to define, refine, and validate hardware requirements for compliance. This position may require occasional business-related travel.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)
- 5+ years of applicable experience focused on architecting, designing, implementing, and testing digital Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) designs
- Experience with high-speed mixed signal circuit card design and/or high-density, high-speed digital circuit card design
- Experience in bus standards protocol such as: sRIO, SpaceWire, VME, PCI, PCIe, VPX, and Gb Ethernet
- Experience designing hardware boards that house Xilinx and Altera FPGAs
- The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance post-start
- U.S. citizenship
Nice To Haves
- Skills to handle fast pace and dynamic product development environment
- Strong team player with good interpersonal skills as well as excellent written/verbal communication skills
- 7+ years of applicable experience focused on architecting, designing, implementing, and testing digital Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) designs
- Experience managing and presenting technical data to stakeholders and customers in design reviews and technical interchange meetings
- Embedded Software and Firmware knowledge and experience
- Experience with Simulation tools such as Symulink, Modelsim; Logic Bus Analyzers, In-Circuit Emulators/Debugger
- Experience with C or C++, LabView, Matlab
- Experience with Electronic Circuit Simulators such as PSpice
- Familiar with Failure Analysis and worst-case analysis, HSpice /PSpice, Mentor xDx -Designer Hyperlynx
- Masters of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, or Computer Engineering is desirable
Responsibilities
- Performing component obsolescence evaluations
- Selecting electrical parts
- Participating in vendor trade studies
- Conducting Signal Integrity and Power Integrity analyses
- Guiding junior engineers
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams—including systems, mechanical, and software
- Delivering technical presentations
- Working with government personnel and programs to define, refine, and validate hardware requirements for compliance
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- life insurance
- short-term disability
- long-term disability
- 401(k) match
- flexible spending accounts
- flexible work schedules
- employee assistance program
- Employee Scholar Program
- parental leave
- paid time off
- holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
