Position Title: Electrical Engineer
Requisition ID: 1778
Position Location: Littleton, CO
Position Reports To: Senior Manager, Electrical Engineering
Supervises Others: No
Position SummaryThe Electrical Engineer is a key contributor within Trident Systems' Space Electronic Systems (SES) division, responsible for the design, development, integration, and test of advanced mixed-signal embedded hardware for space and defense applications. This role involves full life-cycle PCB/PCA development efforts, applying rigorous engineering principles to deliver high-performance, radiation-mitigated electronic solutions that meet demanding mission requirements. The Electrical Engineer collaborates closely with cross-disciplinary teams-including mechanical, RF, software, firmware, and program management-to solve complex technical challenges and support the successful delivery of reliable, high-speed space electronics for DoD, Intelligence Community, and Civil space customers.
Duties and Responsibilities- Design, implement and test mixed-signal Printed Circuit Board (PCB) and Printed Circuit Assembly (PCA), utilizing High Density Interconnect (HDI) and high-speed (> 1 GHz) components/circuits
- Schematic capture
- PCB layout and routing
- PCA integration, test, and debug
- Completes full life-cycle design in one or more areas related to embedded hardware / electronics design such as:
o FPGA / signal processing PCAs with tightly coupled memory interfaces
o High-speed (Gsps) data capture and conversion (ADC/DAC) PCAs
o High-speed (> 1 GHz) interconnect (backplane) PCAs
o High-speed (> 1 GHz) clock distribution and synchronization
- Support and enhance existing embedded hardware primarily at the Printed Circuit Board (PCB)/Printed Circuit Assembly (PCA) level
- Supports interfacing disciplines such as mechanical, RF, software, firmware, and project management
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related technical degree
- 4+ years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree OR 2+ years with a Master's degree
- Experience in aspects of the hardware development process, including requirements specification, characterization, simulation, high-speed digital design, signal processing, schematic capture, layout, routing, testing, and integration.
- Demonstrated mixed-signal circuit card assembly development experience, from concept to delivery, utilizing High Density Interconnect (HDI) PCBs and high speed (> 1 GHz) components/circuits.
- Experience with circuit simulation, circuit analysis and signal integrity tools/techniques
- Experience with FPGA and microprocessor development
- Experience with hardware integration, test and debug tools (logic analyzers, scopes, emulators)
Preferred Qualifications- Experience with Xilinx family devices, including Zynq UltraScale+ architecture highly desired
- Experience with design for extremely demanding/rugged environments (e.g. high temp, shock/vibe, etc.)
- Experience with schematic capture and PCB layouts using Altium design tools within IPC standards
- Working knowledge of PCI, PCIe, cPCI, VME, and VPX standards (VITA 46 and VITA 65)
Benefits Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits including but not limited to:
- Health benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Basic life with AD&D
- Short term disability
- Long term disability
- Ancillary (Voluntary life with AD&D, accident, critical illness, hospital, and pet)
- Spending accounts (HSA, FSA, and DCFSA)
- Paid time off
- Holidays
- 401(k) (including company match)
- Tuition reimbursement
- Leaves (Parental, maternity, and military)
- Annual discretionary bonus (for eligible roles)
Trident Systems reserves the right to change or assign other duties to this position.
