Torch Technologies
Thank you for your interest in employment with Torch Technologies. We are a 100% employee-owned, Certified Great Place To Work and named Best Places to Work in Huntsville/Madison County, headquartered in Huntsville, AL with over 1200 employee-owners. Our team provides superior research, development, and engineering services to the Federal Government and Department of Defense. As one of the nation’s top 100 defense companies, the services we provide directly support the men and women who serve our country. Our corporate mission sums up the pride our employee-owners take in the work we do: “Lighting the Pathway of Freedom”. And, as a Certified Evergreen ESOP, we have made the commitment to grow and sustain our company for the next 100 years! Come grow with us!
Torch Technologies is seeking an Electrical/HW Design Engineer to join our team. Our Technology Integration and Prototyping Center (TIPC) engineering team is responsible for designing, developing, testing, and integrating complex solutions. The TIPC electronics team is a design-focused group specializing in advanced hardware products for a diverse range of aerospace and military systems including manned/unmanned ground/air vehicles, missiles, defensive radars, and space systems. The individual selected for this position must be a self-starter with strong technical skills and a willingness to be a team player in a solution-driven atmosphere. The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of experience in PCB design, including schematic design, firmware development, digital and analog circuit design, PCB layout, and FPGA firmware development.
As an Electrical/HW Design Engineer your duties will include the following, but are not limited to:
- Developing and designing highly complex electrical hardware products, from concept to production.
- Creating product specifications, solving technical challenges, and ensuring adherence to performance standards.
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including mechanical engineers, and firmware engineers.
- Developing schematics, testing, and debugging circuit boards and sub-assemblies, developing PCB layouts, and developing FPGA firmware.
Job Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship
- Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering, a related field or equivalent experience.
- 12 or more years applicable progressively complex hardware design engineering experience
- Active DoD Secret-level security clearance
- Extensive experience in electrical hardware engineering, with a focus on FPGA design, PCB development, and avionic bus integration.
- Proficiency in VHDL programming for FPGA-based designs.
- Strong understanding of analog design such as 2-wire/3-wire/4-wire sensor interfaces, voltage/current excitation, and low distortion with high fidelity.
- Extensive experience with Altium Designer for schematic capture and PCB layout.
- Experience using lab equipment such as spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and signal generators
- Work well both independently and with a team on complex hardware development projects
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in avionics, defense, or aerospace hardware development.
- Strong understanding of avionic buses such as MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429, ARINC 818.
- Familiar with MIL-STD-704A Aircraft Electrical Power and DO-160D.
- Experience with designing PCBs with Blind, Buried Vias found in High Density Interconnect (HDI) circuit boards.
- PCB layout experience with RF, analog, and mixed signal PCBs.
- In-depth knowledge of PCB layout techniques, including impedance control and EMI design considerations.
Schedule: M-F; 8-5
Work Location: Huntsville, Alabama
Travel: 0-10%
Relocation Assistance Available: No
Position Contingent Upon Award of Contract: No
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Benefits:
Torch Technologies is proud to offer a stable and professional work environment, a competitive salary, and an excellent, comprehensive benefit package including: ESOP participation, 401(k) match and safe-harbor contribution, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, Health Saving Accounts and Health Reimbursement Accounts, EAP, education assistance, paid time off, and holidays.
Applying to Torch Technologies:
Only those candidates invited for an interview will be contacted. Employment at Torch Technologies is contingent upon the successful completion of a comprehensive background check.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, citizenship, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. Torch Technologies, Inc. participates in E-Verify.
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Founded in October 2002, Torch is a 100% employee-owned business headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama.
Our commitment to our employees results in a retention rate well over 90% and helps ensure our customers experience a stable work force. Our outstanding fringe benefits package helps recruit, retain and sustain our workforce.
Torch has received national and local recognition for its business performance, workplace environment, and ethical business practices. In 2021, Torch was named one of the Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services for the sixth year by Great Place to Work. Torch was also recognized as the 2021 ESOP Company of the Year by the New South Chapter of The ESOP Association for a second time. Torch was a recipient of the 2021 James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award by the DCSA. Bloomberg Government also listed Torch in its annual “Top 200” for the fifth year. In 2020, Torch became the only four-time recipient of the Better Business Bureau’s Torch Award for Business Ethics in the North Alabama region. Great Place to Work named Torch one of the country’s Best Workplaces for Parents, and Great Place to Work and Fortune named Torch one of the country’s Best Workplaces for Millennials in 2020. Torch was also ranked on the Inc. 5000 list for the fourteenth consecutive year in 2020. Washington Technology listed Torch in its “Top 100” Government Contractors ranking for the sixth consecutive year. Torch was also selected for a 2020 Colorado Springs Business Journal “Best in Business” award. In 2019, Torch was ranked on the Entrepreneur 360 list for the third consecutive year. In 2018, Great Place to Work and Fortune magazine named Torch a Best Medium Workplace for the third consecutive year. Torch was also named a winner of the 2018 Best Places to Work in Huntsville award for the fifth time. In 2016, Torch was named one of America’s Best Small Companies by Forbes.
