Senior Electrical Engineer

TRIDENT SYSTEMS LLC

7h

About The Position

The Senior Electrical Engineer is a key contributor within Trident Systems’ Space Electronic Systems (SES) division, responsible for the design, development, integration, and test of advanced mixed-signal embedded hardware for space and defense applications. This role leads full life-cycle PCB/PCA development efforts, applying rigorous engineering principles to deliver high-performance, radiation-mitigated electronic solutions that meet demanding mission requirements. The Senior Hardware Engineer collaborates closely with cross-disciplinary teams—including mechanical, RF, software, firmware, and program management—to solve complex technical challenges and support the successful delivery of reliable, high-speed space electronics for DoD, Intelligence Community, and Civil space customers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related technical degree
• 6+ years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree OR 4+ years with a Master’s degree
• Experience in aspects of the hardware development process, including requirements specification, characterization, simulation, high-speed digital design, signal processing, schematic capture, layout, routing, testing, and integration.
• Demonstrated mixed-signal circuit card assembly development experience, from concept to delivery, utilizing High Density Interconnect (HDI) PCBs and high speed (> 1 GHz) components/circuits.
• Experience with circuit simulation, circuit analysis and signal integrity tools/techniques
• Experience (as applicable) with FPGA and microprocessor development including hardware descriptor languages (e.g. Verilog, VHDL)
• Experience with hardware integration, test and debug tools (logic analyzers, scopes, emulators)
• Working knowledge of PCI, PCIe, cPCI, VME, and VPX standards (VITA 46 and VITA 65) and demonstrated experience implementing embedded hardware

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Xilinx family devices, including Zynq UltraScale+ architecture highly desired
• Experience with design for extremely demanding/rugged environments (e.g. high temp, shock/vibe, etc.)
• Experience with writing test software in C/C++ or assembly language to test hardware
• Experience with schematic capture and PCB layouts using Altium design tools within IPC standards
• Familiarity with embedded Linux development
• Familiarity with Linux kernel module and driver development

Responsibilities

• Leads efforts to design, implement and test mixed-signal Printed Circuit Board (PCB) and Printed Circuit Assembly (PCA), utilizing High Density Interconnect (HDI) and high-speed (> 1 GHz) components/circuits
• Schematic capture
• PCB layout and routing
• PCA integration, test, and debug
• Completes full life-cycle design in one or more areas related to embedded hardware / electronics design such as:
• FPGA / signal processing PCAs with tightly coupled memory interfaces
• High-speed (Gsps) data capture and conversion (ADC/DAC) PCAs
• High-speed (> 1 GHz) interconnect (backplane) PCAs
• High-speed (> 1 GHz) clock distribution and synchronization
• Support and enhance existing embedded hardware primarily at the Printed Circuit Board (PCB)/Printed Circuit Assembly (PCA) level
• Supports interfacing disciplines such as mechanical, RF, software, firmware, and project management
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Health benefits
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Basic life with AD&D
• Short term disability
• Long term disability
• Ancillary (Voluntary life with AD&D, accident, critical illness, hospital, and pet)
• Spending accounts (HSA, FSA, and DCFSA)
• Paid time off
• Holidays
• 401(k) (including company match)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Leaves (Parental, maternity, and military)
• Annual discretionary bonus (for eligible roles)

What This Job Offers

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