Cyber Hardware Engineer

STR’s Cyber Division is hiring a Cyber Hardware Engineer who will leverage their RF, analog/mixed signal and digital design skills to contribute to a multi-disciplinary team engaged in solving unique problems. The successful candidate will be comfortable analyzing and characterizing a variety of hardware architectures to aid with software and hardware modeling efforts. They should have a firm grasp of the fundamentals of computer architecture to support both software and hardware reverse engineering tasks, and be able to use their hardware expertise to rapidly prototype solutions.

We are seeking candidates with previous design experience to aid in developing RF Hardware in the Loop (HWIL) systems, surrogate builds, digital twins, and hardware modeling support platforms that integrate a variety of electrical subsystems from commercial of the shelf (COTS) components to custom board level implementations. The successful candidate will also contribute to the design process of a growing hardware team by participating in design reviews, producing comprehensive design documentation, and directly collaborating within a team environment to ensure quality outputs and support for future design re-use.

What you will do:

• Develop rapid prototype RF solutions to go from free space to bits using a combination of COTS and custom designs
• Develop PCB based designs and implement FPGA and embedded software to support HWIL and surrogate designs
• Integrate processor/microcontroller debuggers to extract binary data and integrate in circuit probing solutions to characterize dynamic program execution
• Lead efforts to develop lab-based acquisition and control platforms to aid in test and characterization of hardware systems
• Serve as hardware team representative within interdisciplinary effort to enhance knowledge of system architecture and focused processor implementations
• Participate in proposal efforts providing input on technical path and BOM/cost and schedule estimates

 Who you are:

• This position requires the ability to obtain a Top Secret (TS) security clearance, for which U.S. citizenship is needed by U.S. Government
• BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field with 7 years of related experience OR a MS and 5 years
• Proven expertise of electrical circuit design principles In at least one of the following areas: RF, analog, or digital
• Strong problem solving skills and willingness to mentor junior engineering staff
• Experience preparing and presenting technical material to customers and internal staff
• Proven experience leading hardware efforts from concept to implementation managing cost and scheduling requirements

 Nice to Haves:

• Active Top Secret (TS) Security Clearance
• Strong RF design or implementation background with experience in system analysis and component characterization
• Experience in a laboratory environment utilizing test equipment (oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, VNAs etc) to characterize/debug complex electronic systems
• Experience with field work, preparing and executing test events for customers
• Experience integrating software defined radios and RFSOC platforms
• Experience with Analog and RF circuit simulation and modeling tools (Spice, MATLAB/Simulink, Microwave Office, etc.)
• In depth knowledge of processor architectures and peripherals with experience integrating in circuit debuggers and emulators
• Experience using and developing tools and test software for Linux (Redhat, Ubuntu)
• Knowledge of PCB design and fabrication principles and familiarity with industry standard CAD tools (Cadence, Altium, Eagle etc.)
• Digital/FPGA HDL experience using dedicated design tools (Vivado, Quartus, Simulink/HDL Coder, etc.)