Principal Digital Design Engineer

Leonardo DRS, Inc.•Frederick, MD

About The Position

The Leonardo DRS Airborne and Intelligence Systems business is a global leader and strategic partner committed to delivering world-class, full life-cycle defense and intelligence products that protect the security of our nation and our allies. From air combat training to state-of-the-art electronic warfare systems, our technology is deployed by virtually all U.S. military and government agencies around the world.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field with a minimum of 8 years of experience
Mastery of technologies and domain knowledge
Expected to have knowledge and significant experience in multiple engineering disciplines

Responsibilities

Involved in FPGA Design, System Simulation, Synthesis, Resource and Power Utilization analysis, Place and Route, Timing analysis, Verification, and Integration activities.
Generate and execute constraint driven synthesis and timing closure techniques.
May also be involved with design, build, and test of cutting-edge devices containing both digital and optical hardware.
Contribute to digital hardware requirements analysis, definition, and management.
Conduct functional analysis, performance analysis (e.g. signal integrity, power, etc.), interface analysis and definition for the design, integration, and verification of digital components, equipment, and systems.
Responsible for driving technology and completion of activity on time and budget
Design, develop, analyze, document and support testing of products, systems, or subsystems
Ability to complete a technical project independently
Mentor and coach other engineers.
Review customer specifications and requirements, and develop designs to best support them, including cost as a key design variable
Provide budget, cost, and schedule input for design assignments
Document component and subsystem specifications and material requirements
Analyze designs as necessary
Specify and evaluate supplier components, subsystems, and services
Support the program design to cost and design for manufacture requirements
Develop prototypes to retire key development risks
Communicate clearly (written and oral) with manufacturing, supply chain, program management and the customer as required
Participate heavily in preparation of the more complex and significant proposals
Provide technical expertise and assistance to other engineers and support personnel
Interact with technical management, other professionals, technicians, and support personnel to coordinate, recommend, and confer regarding technical activities and progress
Support, communicate, reinforce, and defend the mission, values and culture of the organization
Attend appropriate engineering, customer, or business meetings
Mentor and coach less-experienced engineers