Hardware Systems Engineer - Military GPS User Equipment Program

Stellar Solutions•El Segundo, CA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Stellar Solutions is seeking a Hardware Systems Engineer, (mid-level) to support the development and deployment of next-generation strategic military satellite communications capabilities. This role will provide avionics hardware engineering expertise to help ensure successful integration of an Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) and receiver card, while providing independent technical assessment of hardware designs across the program lifecycle. The engineer will work closely with government personnel, program stakeholders, vendors, and integrated product teams to help deliver mission capabilities that address evolving national security needs.

Requirements

5+ years of experience with hardware engineering.
Experience reviewing avionics hardware designs at PDR, CDR, and TRR milestones, including schematics, PCB layouts, and parts-selection rationale.
Experience authoring or evaluating hardware requirements specifications, ICDs, and verification matrices traceable to system-level requirements.
Experience developing requirements documentation, including TRDs.
Experience with risk processes and risk management.
Ability to coordinate across Integrated Program Teams and component vendors to resolve technical issues without direct authority.
Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively in cross-functional team meetings and professional environments.
Ability to work both collaboratively and independently and demonstrate initiative in completing complex tasks.
Bachelor’s degree.

Nice To Haves

10+ years of experience with avionics hardware engineering supporting DoD programs.
Experience supporting Air Force, Space Force, or other DoW programs.
Experience with VHDL, Verilog, embedded C, or board bring-up and debug.
Experience with Aviation GPS Receiver Cards.
Experience with ASICs and FPGAs.
Experience working with new technology programs for embedded systems.
Experience with obsolescence management, supply chain risk, or trusted microelectronics.
Knowledge of DO-254 design assurance or equivalent airworthiness and safety-of-flight processes.
Knowledge of electronics qualification environments, including salt fog, EMI/EMC, shock, and vibration.
Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

Provide independent technical assessments of avionics hardware designs throughout the program lifecycle.
Evaluate hardware designs at Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review, and Test Readiness Review milestones, including schematics, PCB layouts, and parts-selection rationale.
Develop, review, and refine government hardware requirements and associated verification approaches.
Author or evaluate hardware requirements specifications, interface control documents, technical requirements documentation, and verification matrices traceable to system-level requirements.
Support successful integration of ASIC and receiver-card hardware to meet user and mission needs.
Represent the government as a technical lead in vendor and Integrated Program Team working groups.
Identify, document, and communicate technical risks through the program’s established risk management process.
Coordinate across Integrated Program Teams and component vendors to resolve technical issues without direct authority.
Brief technical findings, risks, and recommendations to senior government leadership.
Provide direct technical support to the Lead Systems Engineer.
Manage the integration of hardware requirements into the program baseline.
Work collaboratively and independently to complete complex technical tasks and support delivery of capabilities aligned with mission needs.