Principal / Sr. Principal Hardware Systems Integration Engineer,

Associates Systems - Linthicum Heights, MD

Full-time - Principal

Linthicum Heights, MD

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test (SEIT) group at Associates Systems LLC is seeking a Principal/Sr. Principal Hardware Systems Integration Engineer to develop and maintain product development systems. This role is critical in providing state-of-the-art, common, and reliable test platforms that enable new capabilities in the field of superconducting electronics. The position requires collaboration with research and product development teams, ensuring that the systems meet the unique requirements of superconductivity, which involves a combination of commercial and custom hardware, low temperature or ultra-low temperature systems, and digital or microwave engineering. This is a hands-on position that offers the opportunity to gain experience in a cross-functional area of science and engineering. As a Hardware Systems Integration Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining systems that support the research and development of superconducting electronics. This includes installing and configuring both commercial and custom test equipment, managing the wiring and cabling of racks, and installing custom mechanical assemblies and cryogenic components. You will also create designs, drawings, documentation, and software to support integration activities, and own the operation, configuration, and maintenance of one or more development systems. Coordination with product development teams and researchers is essential to meet their goals, and you will be expected to debug hardware, software, cabling, mechanical, electrical, and cryogenic problems to ensure reliable, high-quality performance and results. In addition to these responsibilities, you will implement and promote the adoption of standard processes, configuration management, and good engineering practices within the SEIT organization. You will also be tasked with applying state-of-the-art practices and technologies from related academic fields and industry, collaborating with external vendors and internal engineering groups on the development of both commercial and custom hardware, and applying systems thinking and sound systems engineering practices in a research and development environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, deploy, and maintain systems supporting superconducting electronics research and development.
• Install and configure commercial and custom test equipment, including wiring and cabling of racks and installation of cryogenic components.
• Create designs, drawings, documentation, and software to support integration activities.
• Own the operation, configuration, and maintenance of development systems.
• Coordinate system usage with product development teams and researchers to meet their goals.
• Debug hardware, software, cabling, mechanical, electrical, and cryogenic problems to ensure reliable performance.
• Implement and promote standard processes, configuration management, and good engineering practices within the SEIT organization.
• Apply state-of-the-art practices and technologies from related academic fields and industry.
• Collaborate with external vendors and internal engineering groups on hardware development.
• Apply systems thinking and sound systems engineering practices in a research and development organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in a STEM discipline (Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or similar) with 5 years of related experience, or 3 years with a Master's Degree, or 0 years with a PhD.
• Experience in integration and testing of hardware and software systems.
• Development of systems documentation, processes, and test plans.
• Elicitation of requirements from stakeholders and customers into executable specifications.
• Ability to obtain and maintain US security clearance.

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge or experience in microwave, high speed digital, or cryogenic testing.
• Software development experience with Matlab and Python.
• Experience in engineering of test systems, FPGA/ASIC design, embedded design, network/data center deployment and design, test automation, test operations, system integration, and formal system verification & validation.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance.