Hardware Engineer - Munition System

Supplied Talent • Washington, DC

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

Our client is developing a small, safety-critical kinetic munition deployed via an FPV-class airframe. At the core of the system is an Electro-Mechanical Safe and Arm Device (EMSAD) responsible for compute, safety, and arming logic. This role owns the entire electronics stack — from schematic architecture through PCB layout, bring-up, validation, and qualification.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional electronics design experience
• Strong knowledge of low-power MCUs, mixed-signal systems, power supplies, sensors, and RF-adjacent layout
• Expertise with PCB layout tools such as Altium, KiCad, or Cadence
• Hands-on lab debugging experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, DMMs, and soldering tools
• Experience debugging complex hardware issues including EMC, brown-out, and edge-case failures
• Strong written and verbal English communication

Nice To Haves

• Safety-critical hardware or fail-safe design experience
• Experience with S&A or fuzing electronics
• Familiarity with MIL-STD-810 / MIL-STD-461 testing
• FPV or small-UAV electronics experience
• DFT experience for high-mix, low-volume manufacturing

Responsibilities

• Architect and design the main EMSAD board and all auxiliary boards.
• Lead schematic capture and multilayer PCB layout for mixed-signal, low-power, and RF-adjacent systems.
• Define hardware safety architecture with redundant interlocks and fail-safe defaults.
• Build bring-up benches, execute first-article validation, and document results.
• Work closely with firmware engineers on drivers, timing, and hardware-software integration.
• Drive thermal, vibration, EMC, ESD, and drop-test qualification.
• Own BOM management, DFM/DFT, and factory tester development.
• Perform hands-on debugging using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, DMMs, and soldering tools.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level