Senior Electronics Design Engineer

Join Silvus, a leading technology company, as a Senior Electronics Design Engineer. In this role, you will be responsible for the design and development of advanced electronics hardware for our MANET radios and other R&D projects. You will work closely with various teams, including PCB designers, software engineers, FPGA engineers, and RF teams, to ensure successful system-level implementation. This position offers flexible work models, paid time off, health care benefits, and opportunities for learning and development.

• Participate in the development of Silvus’ MANET radios and other advanced R&D projects with an emphasis on Electronics Hardware/PCBA design.
• Manage component selection, schematic capture, and PCB design of electrical systems based on an FPGA SoC with associated memory devices, transceivers, communication peripherals, and power management circuitry.
• Perform hardware bring-up, test, and root cause analysis on the bench, using common lab equipment, and work with PCB Designers, Software, FPGA, and RF teams for system-level implementation.

• All employment is contingent upon the successful clearance of a background check and drug test
• Experience implementing digital communication peripherals at a hardware level, such as USB 3.0, 10Gb Ethernet, I2C, and RS232
• Demonstrated expertise with complex mixed signal PCB design and HDI routing
• Strong familiarity with test equipment such as DMM, bench top supply, oscilloscope, logic analyzer, spectrum analyzer
• Experienced with audio codecs and audio power amplifiers
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or closely related field
• Experience designing power supply trees to achieve high efficiency and low noise implementations
• Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. Citizen, or U.S. Permanent Resident) due to clients under U.S. federal contracts
• Minimum six (6) years of experience in mixed signal circuit design involving audio and SoCs
• Occasional exposure to heat, cold, and allergens while performing tests or demonstrations in the field
• Kneeling or squatting to access lower shelves
• Walking/Moving in the labs
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to do the following:
• Lift equipment up to 20 lbs. for the set-up of demonstrations and testing
• Office environment
• Perform bending and reaching movements to place items on lower and higher shelves
• Proven experience with Xilinx FPGAs, SoCs and the Vivado IDE
• WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
• Ability to work in a collaborative, multidisciplinary team environment
• Competency with simulation tools for high speed digital design and power supply design
• Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or closely related field
• Problem-solving, data analysis, deductive reasoning, and critical thinking skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with video codecs
• Knowledge of compliance standards such as FCC, CE Mark and MIL-STD-461
• Experience with Altium Designer
• Experience with MATLAB, Python, and/or C