Senior Electrical / Hardware Engineer
$166,400–$176,800 year
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Conduct DMSMS assessments to identify risks from obsolete electronic components and develop mitigation strategies including FPGA redesigns and Last Time Buy recommendations. Design FPGA-based replacements for legacy ASICs, CPLDs, and discrete logic while maintaining qualified replacement Bills of Materials. Support schematic updates, PCB design reviews, and hardware verification activities ensuring compliance with DO-254, DO-160, ARP4754A, and ARP4761 standards. Lead engineering change implementations and communicate technical recommendations to stakeholders for safety-critical avionics sustainment. This remote role requires U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status for mission-critical aerospace and defense programs.
Required Qualifications
- U.S. Citizenship or U.S. Permanent Resident status
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline
- 10+ years of professional experience with FPGA or embedded hardware development
- FPGA development experience using at least one of the following: AMD/Xilinx Vivado, Intel Quartus, or Microchip Libero
- Experience programming in VHDL, Verilog, and/or SystemVerilog
- Experience with DO-254 and DO-160 requirements or certification activities
- Knowledge of digital electronics, PCB design reviews, signal integrity, power integrity, and EMI/EMC considerations
- Experience with one or more avionics or embedded communication interfaces, such as: ARINC 429, MIL-STD-1553, Ethernet, PCIe, SPI, I2C, CAN, or UART
Desired Qualifications
- Master's degree in Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline
- Experience performing DMSMS or electronic component obsolescence analysis
- Experience developing replacement Bills of Material and evaluating alternate components
- Experience supporting FPGA technology refresh or ASIC-to-FPGA redesign efforts
- Familiarity with ARP4754A and ARP4761
- Experience working within commercial or military avionics development environments
- Background supporting flight displays, mission computers, navigation systems, flight controls, radar, engine controls, UAV/UAS platforms, or space electronics
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