Hardware Systems Engineer, Mid
About The Position
The Hardware Systems Engineer will support national security space missions by helping develop and deploy strategic military satellite communications capabilities. Working with Booz Allen colleagues, other support contractors, and U.S. Space Force and Air Force personnel, the engineer will support the government as an avionics hardware technical lead, ensuring an Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) and receiver card are successfully integrated to meet user needs. The role includes independently assessing contractor hardware designs across the program lifecycle, developing and refining government hardware requirements and verification approaches, and integrating requirements into the program baseline in direct support of the Lead Systems Engineer. The engineer will represent the government in vendor and Integrated Program Team (IPT) working groups, identify and elevate risks through program risk management, and brief findings and recommendations to senior government leadership. The position is located in El Segundo, California.
Requirements
- At least 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 documents such as TRDs.
- Experience with risk processes and risk management.
- Ability to coordinate across IPTs and component vendors to resolve technical issues without direct authority.
- Ability to interact well in cross-functional team meetings and professional environments, and to work collaboratively and independently with initiative to complete complex tasks.
- Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.
- Secret clearance required.
- Bachelor's degree.
Nice To Haves
- At least 10 years of experience with avionics hardware engineering supporting DoD programs.
- Experience supporting Air Force, Space Force, or other DoD programs.
- Experience with VHDL/Verilog, embedded C, or board bring-up and debug.
- Experience with Aviation GPS Receiver Cards.
- Experience with ASICs or FPGAs.
- Experience working with new technology programs for embedded systems.
- Experience in 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 environments such as salt fog, EMI/EMC, and shock and vibration qualification.
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
Responsibilities
- Assess contractor hardware designs independently across the program lifecycle.
- Develop, review, and refine government hardware requirements and verification approaches.
- Represent the government as a technical lead in vendor and Integrated Program Team working groups.
- Capture technical risks and surface them through the program's risk management process.
- Brief findings and recommendations to senior government leadership.
- Support the Lead Systems Engineer and manage integration of requirements into the program baseline.
- Help ensure successful integration of the ASIC and receiver card to meet user needs.
- Coordinate with IPTs and component vendors to resolve technical issues.
Benefits
- Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits.
- Paid leave.
- Professional development.
- Tuition assistance.
- Work-life programs.
- Dependent care.
- Recognition awards program.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
