CCA Design Engineer (US Citizen able to obtain Secret ...

Please see our website for more job openings: Job Description: Our company is seeking a self-motivated Electrical Hardware engineer to join our embedded systems development team to deliver mission critical solutions for a variety of customers at our Columbia, MD location. This position will focus primarily on the development of custom digital/microcontroller/analog circuit designs supporting custom antenna integration into embedded wireless systems. Essential Functions: * Thorough understanding of digital Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) design process including requirements generation, preliminary design, peer reviews, detailed design, test plan generation, and integration and test.* Understand the requirements and architect a CCA solution against those requirements.* Designs activity would primarily be digital, but some analog experience is beneficial.* Simulate key circuit sub-sections to verify performance, then integrate and test the CCA into the higher-level assembly.* Lead a small team of designers in generating the CCA design solutions.* Perform schematic capture and printed circuit board design work using ECAD tools such as Altium Designer, Mentor Graphics, Cadence or similar. Qualifications: * Bachelor''s Degree in Electrical Engineering with a minimum of 9 years of experience in electrical engineering.* Experience with digital Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) design process.* Experience with requirements generation, preliminary design, peer reviews, detailed design, test plan generation, and integration and test.* Experience with a variety of microcontrollers such as Microchip PIC and ARM Cortex M3 and M4.* Experience with microcontroller interface busses such as I2C, SPI and ASYNC serial.* Experience with a variety of technologies including switching and linear power supplies, CPLD, FPGA, ADC, DAC, volatile/nonvolatile memory devices.* Experience with power supply and digital hardware design in support of embedded systems. Preferred Additional Skills: * Familiarity with analog components such as op-amps, comparators.* Experience with common lab test equipment such as oscilloscopes, power supplies, DVMs, function generators and logic analyzers.* Experience with battery operated lower power system design.* Familiarity with VHDL, the FPGA design process and the tools used to generate the FPGA designs.* Experience with high speed memory and network interfaces and protocols is desired.* Ability to work in a team environment and negotiate solutions with Hardware / Software Engineering and Systems Engineering is preferred.* Proficiency with Xilinx and Intel (Altera) Tool Suites (VHDL, Synthesis, Place and Route, Simulation, Timing Analysis), is desired.* Familiarity with RF measurement tools such as network analyzers, spectrum analyzers and power meters* Active Security Clearance at the Secret level.

Created: 2025-09-06