Electrical Architect

Responsibilities

• Own the electrical architecture and system-level design for high-speed digital communication systems, defining how RF and mixed-signal designs, complex multi-layer PCBs, and subsystems fit together.
• Define system-level architecture for multi-gigabit networking and complex digital power trees, and drive system trades that shape architecture decisions across the product.
• Set technical direction and review schematic capture, layout, and bring-up across a variety of digital systems including FPGAs, microcontrollers, and their associated peripherals.
• Collaborate across hardware and software teams with RF engineers, antenna engineers, FPGA engineers, and firmware engineers to optimize system performance and overall design.
• Guide prototype testing and performance assessment in the lab and in the field, with an eye towards system-level root cause and risk.
• Partner with production teams to ensure the overall system architecture supports testable and manufacturable products that we can integrate in-house.

Basic Qualifications

• 5-7+ years of professional experience in electrical design, including experience operating at the system or architecture level.
• Proficient in high-density/high-speed design (including FPGAs, high speed data converters, SerDes, 10/100 GigE, networking, JESD204C).
• Proficient in schematic capture and good PCB layout design.
• Experience with troubleshooting EMI/EMC, either conducted or radiated.
• Knowledge of PCB materials and developing board stack-up definition.
• Experience with full product lifecycle (concept through production), including owning architecture-level decisions across that lifecycle.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience designing high-speed mixed-signal electronics and complex multilayer PCBs for FPGA- or processor-based systems.
• Strong expertise in high-speed interfaces and networking technologies such as multi-gigabit SerDes, DDR, JESD204B/C, and 10/100G Ethernet.
• Deep understanding of signal integrity, power integrity, EMI/EMC mitigation, PCB stack-up definition, and high-performance board layout practices.
• Proven experience leading hardware development from architecture and prototype bring-up through validation, manufacturing, and production ramp.
• Hands-on experience debugging complex hardware systems using advanced lab instrumentation and driving root-cause analysis across board and system levels.
• Ability to lead cross-functional technical efforts, mentor junior engineers, and make sound engineering tradeoffs in fast-paced development environments.

Additional Requirements

• This position requires successfully obtaining and maintaining a Top Secret Security Clearance.
• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.