Hardware Engineer – Staffing the Universe

Title of the Job: Hardware Engineer

Location: Lexington, MA

Job Description: Our client is seeking a Secret Cleared Hardware Engineer to join their team in Lexington, MA!.The Hardware Engineer will function as a component engineer assisting the design team on primary component selection, availability searches, alternate component selection and procurement. Must have a detailed understanding of high-reliability component selection and handling as it relates to mil-aero avionics and space flight programs.
– Must have a proven track record supporting space flight programs as a component engineer.
– Provide all BOM (Bill of Materials) management for fabrication, including kit assembly, verification, and maintenance of component inventory.
– Function as the primary interface to fabrication and assembly vendors and provide real-time decision making when dealing with challenges that arise with these processes.
– Provide schematic capture and layout support for design engineers
– Support hardware integration by writing, testing and debugging LINUX based utilities, VHDL test benches, and real time LINUX target functional programs supporting a variety of mission needs.This effort requires a component engineer to support development of high reliability FPGA-based digital and RF/Analog subassemblies.Required Skills:
-The ability to participate and successfully execute the required job functions within an existing high-functioning design team.
-An in-depth understanding of component selection, procurement, handling, reliability, and storage.
-Must have expert level proficiency with Mentor Graphics Modelsim, Questa, DxDesigner and Expedition.
-Must have a proven track record interfacing with high- rel PCB fabrication and assembly vendors.
– Must understand CAD file formats as they relate to PCB fabrication and assembly.
-Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills, in-depth knowledge of Xilinx Chipscope for Versal FPGAs and Ultrascale+ MPSoCs
-Experience with debug and handling of space flight hardware
-Excellent lab debug skills
-Must have the ability to work in an exclusively Linux based environment.Preferred Skills:.
-Experience with terrestrial network standards including SONET, OTN, GFP, HDLC standards and RTL implementation methods is desired.
-Additional languages including Perl, TCL, and System C is a plus#CJ

Company Name: Staffing the Universe

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