Electrical Digital Design Engineer 4

Principal Digital Design Engineer 

• Lead the design and development of complex digital electronic circuits, modules, and multi-assembly hardware systems.
• Take hardware designs from initial requirements and architectural concepts through detailed design, verification, integration, and production.
• Develop digital hardware architectures, including block diagrams, circuit designs, and detailed schematics.
• Design sophisticated multilayer printed circuit boards (PCBs) and circuit card assemblies (CCAs) incorporating processors, FPGAs, memory devices, and high-speed digital interfaces.
• Perform circuit analysis, simulation, and design verification to ensure electrical performance, reliability, and compliance with system requirements.
• Collaborate with PCB layout engineers to establish and implement critical design constraints.
• Conduct component selection, engineering trade studies, and technical evaluations.
• Support integration of hardware with FPGA firmware and embedded software.
• Develop and execute hardware test plans, perform laboratory checkout, and troubleshoot complex electronic systems.
• Partner with systems, software, manufacturing, and test engineering teams to transition designs from development into production.
• Provide technical guidance, participate in design reviews, and contribute to continuous improvements in engineering processes and product performance.

• Minimum 8 years of professional experience developing and designing electronic circuits and multi-assembly electronic systems.
• Demonstrated ability to independently take a digital hardware design from requirements or block diagrams through complete hardware development, verification, and integration.
• Strong experience with PCB design processes, including schematic capture, circuit analysis, simulation, and design verification.
• Proven expertise developing complex multilayer circuit card assemblies and applying electrical and physical design constraints.
• Experience designing digital electronic hardware incorporating processors, FPGAs, memory, and associated interfaces.
• Familiarity with FPGA or embedded software development and experience supporting hardware programs from development through production.
• Experience defining and analyzing requirements, developing hardware architectures, selecting components, and performing engineering trade studies.
• Hands-on experience with laboratory test equipment, hardware checkout, troubleshooting, and integration.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, technical communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

• Experience designing digital electronics for aerospace, defense, missile, or other high-reliability applications.
• Familiarity with high-speed digital interfaces and communication protocols, including PCIe, Ethernet, I2C, SPI, and UART.
• Experience with signal integrity, power integrity, and high-speed PCB design considerations.
• Proficiency with industry-standard schematic capture, PCB design, and electronic simulation tools.
• Experience supporting hardware qualification, production readiness, manufacturing troubleshooting, and design improvements.
• Demonstrated technical leadership in complex electronic hardware development programs.

• Work on sophisticated, mission-critical digital electronics technologies.
• Contribute to technically challenging hardware development programs.
• Collaborate with experienced engineering professionals across multiple disciplines.
• Apply your technical expertise throughout the complete product development lifecycle.
• Build your career while supporting innovative aerospace and defense solutions.