Lead Hardware Engineer

A2e Technologies • San Diego, CA

10d • Onsite

About The Position

A2e Technologies is seeking a Lead Hardware Engineer for a long-term contract or permanent position. The role requires extensive experience in designing high-speed digital boards with advanced components and technologies. The engineer will be responsible for the full lifecycle of hardware development, from schematic capture and simulation to board bring-up, testing, and debugging in a professional laboratory setting. Knowledge of verification methodologies and space industry standards is also important.

Requirements

• Experience designing high-speed digital boards (>1GHz signals) with DDR, FPGAs, Networking, etc.
• Experience with Altium schematic capture
• Experience with EMC mitigation techniques and testing
• Signal Integrity simulation experience
• Verilog / VHDL/SystemVerilog/Vitis
• Experience with latest versions of some Xilinx / Altera devices such as: Kintex, Artix, Zynq, Cyclone V, Cyclone V SoC, Stratix, Arria
• Experience with Vivado and/or latest version of Quartus
• Schematic Capture with OrCAD, DxDesigner, or Altium
• Bringing up circuit boards
• Working with technical equipment such as but not limited to power supplies, function generators, DMMs, Oscilloscopes with specialized probes
• Working in a professional laboratory setting
• Working with test execution, including test case generation, execution, and reporting
• Debugging and problem-solving skills to identify root causes and provide detailed analysis
• Knowledge of verification methodologies and standards relevant to the space industry

Nice To Haves

• Power Integrity simulation experience
• Some experience with FPGA design and toolsets
• Use of signal integrity tools such as HyperLynx

Responsibilities

• Designing high-speed digital boards (>1GHz signals) with DDR, FPGAs, Networking, etc.
• Schematic capture using Altium
• Implementing and testing EMC mitigation techniques
• Performing Signal Integrity simulations
• Performing Power Integrity simulations (a plus)
• Bringing up circuit boards
• Utilizing technical equipment such as power supplies, function generators, DMMs, and Oscilloscopes with specialized probes
• Working in a professional laboratory setting
• Executing tests, including test case generation, execution, and reporting
• Debugging and problem-solving to identify root causes and provide detailed analysis
• Applying knowledge of verification methodologies and standards relevant to the space industry
• Designing with FPGAs and associated toolsets (a plus)

Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer
• Federal contractor
• Consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed