Senior Electronics Design Engineer
About The Position
Silvus Technologies is dedicated to one mission: connecting those who keep us safe. We do so by delivering the most advanced Mobile Ad-hoc Network (MANET) radios powered by our custom and ever-evolving Mobile-Networked MIMO waveform. Together, our radios and waveform provide the vital communications for mission critical applications in the harshest environments from underground tunnels to high altitude balloons. Silvus StreamCaster® radios are being rapidly adopted by customers all over the world ranging from the U.S Departments of Defense, to International, Federal, State and Local Law Enforcement agencies, all the way to the Super Bowl, Grammys and industry-leading drone, robot, and other unmanned systems manufacturers. Wouldn’t you like to join an incredibly talented group of people, doing very challenging work, with the prime directive of “ Keeping Our Heroes Connected ”? Following its acquisition by Motorola Solutions, Silvus Technologies is entering a new phase of scale and strategic impact. We are expanding our Strategic Growth organization to shape demand early, influence requirements, and embed Silvus Technologies into future programs of record across the U.S. Department of Defense. Silvus is seeking a Senior Electronics Design Engineer who will report to the Team Lead, Electronics Design on the Hardware Engineering team. The successful individual in this role will participate in the development of Silvus’ MANET radios and other advanced R&D projects with an emphasis on Electronics Hardware/PCBA design. This position is based at Silvus Technologies’ headquarters in the heart of vibrant West Los Angeles, CA , and is on a hybrid schedule; a minimum of 3 days onsite per week is expected. On-site days are Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. The following is a list of at least some of the current essential job functions of the position. Management may assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time at its discretion.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or closely related field.
- Minimum six (6) years of experience in mixed signal circuit design involving audio and SoCs.
- Demonstrated expertise with complex mixed signal PCB design and HDI routing.
- Experienced with audio codecs and audio power amplifiers.
- Experience implementing digital communication peripherals at a hardware level, such as USB 3.0, 10Gb Ethernet, I2C, and RS232.
- Experience designing power supply trees to achieve high efficiency and low noise implementations.
- Strong familiarity with test equipment such as DMM, bench top supply, oscilloscope, logic analyzer, spectrum analyzer.
- Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. Citizen, or U.S. Permanent Resident) due to clients under U.S. federal contracts.
- All employment is contingent upon the successful clearance of a background check and drug test.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or closely related field.
- Competency with simulation tools for high speed digital design and power supply design.
- Proven experience with Xilinx FPGAs, SoCs and the Vivado IDE.
- Experience with video codecs.
- Experience with Altium Designer.
- Knowledge of compliance standards such as FCC, CE Mark and MIL-STD-461.
- Experience with MATLAB, Python, and/or C.
- Ability to work in a collaborative, multidisciplinary team environment.
- Problem-solving, data analysis, deductive reasoning, and critical thinking skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Responsibilities
- Component selection, schematic capture and PCB design of electrical systems based on an FPGA SoC with associated memory devices, transceivers, communication peripherals, and power management circuitry.
- Design high fidelity mixed signal audio circuitry with excellent noise immunity.
- Follow good design practices to achieve successful mixed signal PCB design.
- Define PCB stack up, materials, and design rules to meet performance requirements and manufacturing feasibility.
- Perform hardware bring-up, test, and root cause analysis on the bench, using common lab equipment.
- Work with PCB Designers, Software, FPGA, and RF teams for system-level implementation.
- Ensure designs do not produce EMI and are well isolated in high EMI environments.
- Perform other duties as assigned by a supervisor.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
