Sr. Digital Electronics Design Engineer

Company: GCR Professional Services
Location: Cambridge
Posted on: April 1, 2025

Job Description:

Senior Digital Electronics Design Engineer

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Contract 40 hours weekly 12+ months

Other Requirements:

- Must be local to the Cambridge office and able to support flexible in-office work. Full-time remote employees will not be considered for this role.

- Active clearance strongly preferred. Strong candidates will be considered without an active clearance but must be able to obtain a secret clearance upon starting this role.



In this position you will work closely with multi-disciplinary teams designing, developing, and verifying high reliability digital electronics for use in a wide array of applications. These applications include processor boards, FPGA and SOC boards, memory applications including DDR and high speed I/O. As a senior member of the Harsh Environments Electronics Group, you will help shape digital hardware architectures and lead electronics development activities by applying sound engineering and project management principles.

Duties/Responsibilities

- Translate project and system requirements into well-defined hardware architectures working with cross-functional teams.

- Design and/or complete instruments including microprocessors, power, and analog components.

- Innovatively solve issues, drive completion of the project to schedule, and collaboratively work with other technical contributors.

- Build and test prototypes, debug, and prepare documentation for manufacturing, and support.

- Research and enable innovative solutions for cutting-edge designs.

- Engage other engineers and partners to develop reliable, cost effective and solutions for products.

- Drive solutions to complex problems with limited direction - contribute to requirements development, propose ways forward, and adapt appropriately to changes in requirements.

- Independently performs complex electronic architectures and designs.

- Able to provide insight and suggest design modifications based on simulation results.

- Identify program/system-level technical risks and develop and execute mitigation strategies.

- Ability to manage a task with multiple engineers and effectively communicate status to project leadership and customers.

- Actively mentor less experienced engineers and provide thoughtful, constructive feedback.

- Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills/Abilities
--- Proficiency in electronic design, microprocessor or embedded computing.
--- Understanding of design and general computer architecture.
--- Ability to write detailed design specifications.
--- Computer programming and coding abilities.
--- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
--- Excellent mathematical skills.
--- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
--- Excellent time management skills with the proven ability to meet deadlines.
--- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
--- Ability to prioritize tasks.
--- Thorough understanding of engineering theories and procedures.

Education:
Bachelor's degree in Electronic or Electrical Engineering or related field.
Master's Degree preferred. Experience 5-7 years' experience in Electronic or Electrical Engineering or related.

- Additional Job Description

- Experience working with and knowledge of trade space for radiation hardened parts.

- Schematic capture and board layout experience.

- Experience integrating and debugging embedded systems.

- Ability to perform circuit simulation using HyperLynx and ANSYS.

- Experience in Mentor Graphics PCB design flow preferred.

- Experience with Xilinx or Microchip FPGA/SOC design flow desired.

- Experience in design for harsh environments as embodied in common commercial and military standards (e.g. RTCA/DO-160, MIL-STD-810, etc.) highly desired.

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