Hardware Engineer

Softworld - Lexington, MA

Full-time

Lexington, MA

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Hardware Engineer will function as a component engineer, assisting the design team with component selection, availability searches, and procurement, particularly for high-reliability components in mil-aero avionics and space flight programs. The role requires a proven track record in supporting space flight programs and managing Bill of Materials (BOM) for fabrication. The engineer will interface with fabrication and assembly vendors, provide schematic capture and layout support, and support hardware integration through the development of LINUX-based utilities and VHDL test benches.

Responsibilities

• Assist the design team on primary component selection, availability searches, and alternate component selection and procurement.
• Manage all BOM (Bill of Materials) for fabrication, including kit assembly, verification, and maintenance of component inventory.
• Interface with fabrication and assembly vendors and provide real-time decision making for challenges that arise during 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field.
• Currently holds a Secret Clearance or higher.
• 15 years of experience as a component engineer assisting the design team on component selection.
• 15 years of experience interfacing with high-reliability PCB fabrication and assembly vendors.
• 15 years of experience providing all BOM management for fabrication.
• 15 years of experience providing schematic capture and layout support for design engineers.
• 15 years of experience supporting space flight programs.
• 15 years of experience understanding CAD file formats as they relate to PCB fabrication and assembly.
• 15 years of experience with Mentor Graphics Modelsim, Questa, DxDesigner, and Expedition.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with terrestrial network standards including SONET, OTN, GFP, HDLC standards and RTL implementation methods.
• Additional programming languages including Perl, TCL, and System C.