Hardware in the Loop Engineer Team Lead

$90,000 - $330,000/Yr

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Labor - Laurel, MD

Full-time - Mid Level

Laurel, MD

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Hardware in the Loop Engineer will lead the design and construction of complex hardware in the loop (HWIL) systems to test critical weapon systems for national defense. This role involves mentoring a team of engineers, collaborating with software and hardware designers, and ensuring effective communication across the team. The engineer will be responsible for understanding and documenting electrical interfaces, managing data flow, and presenting project status to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of engineers to design, build, and run hardware in the loop setups around unique weapon systems.
• Mentor staff on HWIL designs and break up tasks to fit individual skill levels.
• Present status and results to project, program, and external sponsors as needed.
• Collaborate with software and hardware designers to understand latency and thread safety.
• Work with embedded hardware systems and sensors, understanding electrical interfaces and communication protocols.
• Document code and set up CI/CD processes.
• Network systems together and communicate status and needs across the team.

Requirements

• BS in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or similar field.
• 6+ years of experience working with hardware in the loop test beds.
• Skilled in software programming and understanding electrical signals and embedded systems communication.
• Capable of leading a team of 2-6 engineers to design and build out a Hardware in the Loop testbed.
• Ability to obtain an Interim Secret level security clearance and ultimately a Secret level clearance.

Nice-to-haves

• Significant experience designing and setting up hardware in the loop test beds.
• Experience designing high fidelity (6-dof) software simulations for flying platforms.
• Familiarity with weapon systems such as missiles, hypersonics, seekers, and naval platforms.
• Knowledge of CUDA, FPGA, GIT, compilers, software defined radio (SDR), RFSoC, networking protocols, object-oriented programming, Python, MatLab, Simulink, and RF systems.
• Desire to learn new skills through documentation, classes, examples, and experimentation.

Benefits

• Robust education assistance program
• Unparalleled retirement contributions
• Healthy work/life balance
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, and training and development.