Are you ready to unleash your technical creativity? Dream, Innovate, Inspire and Empower the next generation to transform humanity through technology and imagination! Electrical engineers at Sierra Nevada Corporation research, design, develop, test, certify, deploy and improve cutting edge products and services. These cover a very wide range from advanced mission payloads and electronic systems through highly integrated aircraft to orbital and space exploration systems. You'll conceptualize and design new products and processes throughout the product lifecycle from analog and digital electronic circuit card assemblies to fully integrated systems.

You will have the opportunity to perform design, development, documentation, integration, test and debug of circuit card hardware architecture for DoD systems. Hardware designs will be integrated into small form factor security devices and network systems. Responsibilities include Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) design, FPGA design, design documentation generation, hardware integration and test. You will be part of a high performing development team currently developing a new product for SNC.

The Mission Solutions and Technologies (MST) business area provides affordable, turn-key command/control, communications, integrated ISR, force protection and security solutions worldwide. The MST team has a long legacy of supporting the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, commercial and international customers with years of experience in platform operations, engineering and full lifecycle management across domains - air, land, sea, space and cyber. Learn more about MST

Responsibilities:

• PCB/CCA Hardware Design and Integration
• FPGA Design
• ARM 7 or 8 based microcontroller design
• 8 bit and 16 bit microcontroller design such as Microchip, Microblaze, PicoBlaze, or MSP430
• Initiate problem solving for new product designs as well as existing products
• Plan and execute technical activities in accordance with SNC policies, procedures, and specific Customer requirements
• Originate specifications, control documents, verification and validation plans, procedures, and reports, in support of design and development
• Execute engineering design and development activities consistent with Customer quality, cost and schedule requirements
• Assemble, test, and maintain circuitry or electronic components according to engineering instructions, technical manuals and knowledge of electronics
• Responsible for the design and development of units from concept through qualification

Must-haves:

• Bachelor's of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or other related discipline and typically 6 or more years of relevant experience
• Higher education may substitute for relevant experience
• Demonstrated knowledge of engineering principles and practices
• Understanding of Computer Aided Engineering tools
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary design & development teams
• An active Secret U.S. Security Clearance is required

Preferred:

• PCB layout and fabrication documentation and Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) design
• Power Sequencing & Switching power supply design
• Experience with Microcontroller design (MSP430) and Multiprocessor System on Chip design (MPSoC)
• Schematic capture design with Mentor Graphics tools (PADS, DxDesigner)
• CCA layout part placement and routing design practices
• Low power mobile processor and FPGA based design experience desired
• USB, gigabit Ethernet, SPI, serial, uSD (SDHC, SDXC), and I2C design experience is desired
• FPGA design experience
• Experience with Xilinx, Altera, MicroSemi, or Cypress FPGA's is desired
• State machine design
• High speed digital bus design
• Knowledge of interface and design documentation such as Functional block diagrams, Hardware Design Specifications, and Hardware Design Descriptions, test procedures, and built-in-test methodologies
• Hardware Integration and Test of PCB/CCA designs
• Experience with digital multi-meters, power supplies, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers for serial/USB/I2C/Ethernet, impedance analyzers, and FPGA debug tools (ChipScope)
• Experience working with anti-tamper design practices is desired

Estimated Starting Salary Range: $118,360.24 - $162,745.34. SNC considers several factors when extending job offers, including but not limited to candidates' key skills, relevant work experience, and education/training/certifications.

SNC offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%, life insurance, 3 weeks paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more .

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

This position requires current/active Secret U.S. Security Clearance. U.S. Citizenship status is required as this position needs an active U.S. Security Clearance for employment. Non-U.S. Citizens may not be eligible to obtain a security clearance. The Department of Defense Consolidated Adjudications Facility (DoD CAF), a federal government agency, handles the adjudicative aspects of the security clearance eligibility process for industry applicants. Adjudicative factors which affect the outcome of the eligibility determination include, but are not limited to, allegiance to the U.S., foreign influence, foreign preference, criminal conduct, security violations and illegal drug use.

Learn more about the background check process for Security Clearances.

SNC is a global leader in aerospace and national security committed to moving the American Dream forward. We're known and respected for our mission and execution focus, agility, and disruptive and rapid innovation. We provide leading edge technologies and transformative solutions that support our nation's most critical security needs. If you are mission-focused, thrive in collaborative environments, and want to make our country stronger with state-of-the-art technologies that safeguard freedom, join our team!

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome our employees to bring their whole selves to their work. SNC is committed to fostering an inclusive, accepting, and diverse environment free of discrimination. Employment decisions are made without regarding to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law. Contributions to SNC come in many shapes and styles, and we believe diversity in our workforce fosters new and greater ways to dream, innovate, and inspire.