Hardware Engineer

Position Title: Hardware Engineer Location: Lexington, MA USA 02421 Duration: 3 years Contract on W2 (Possible Extension)Pay Rate: $60/hr. - $80/hr. Job Description:This engineer will support the development and testing of baseband hardware and PCBAs for Tactical Edge Communications. The hardware in question is highly SWaP-C constrained and spans RF to digitization. The first 3-6 months of the role will be primarily in the lab testing and debugging existing hardware, and then the role transitions into more design work for follow-up hardware in different form factors and configurations, so a strong background in design and test are both relevant.Responsibilities:Test and debug of miniature hardware spanning RF front-end, transceivers, SoCs, baseband processorsDesign of communication hardware targeting miniature form-factorsWriting and support of design validation and test plansCollaboration with RF engineers, software engineers, mechanical engineers, and waveform analystsRequired Skills:Experience with the part selection, schematic capture, layout, and test of complex mixed-signal boards targeting SoCs or FPGAs with all relevant clocking, power, and high-rate interfacesExperience working in desktop and embedded LinuxExperience with one or more scripting/embedded programming languages such as Python, C/C++, or BashExperience with typical lab equipment including high-speed oscilloscopes, bench power supplies, spectrum analyzers, and signal generatorsBachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or similarExperience working on cross-disciplinary teams with Mechanical and RF engineersNice-to-have:Experience designing cost- and size-sensitive baseband hardware for commercial, cellular, or military applicationsExperience with high-reliability design for aerospace and military applicationsExperience with designing for medium-rate production up to 1000s / yearUnderstanding of RF communication systems and digital signal processing, and ability to translate these to hardware requirements for sampling data converters, data processing, and RF performanceExperience with NXP i.MX processors and similarExperience with NXP baseband processorsExperience with Xilinx/AMD FPGAs, MPSoCs, and ACAPsExperience with ADI transceiversExperience with Mentor Graphics XpeditionExperience with AltiumExperience with SERDES including PCIe Gen 2+Experience with DDR such as LPDDR5