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Designs and supports global enterprise MPLS WAN architectures for government customers. Responsibilities include developing WAN solutions, evaluating and testing lab equipment, supporting security accreditation, maintaining technical documentation, troubleshooting Tier-4 production issues, and creating proactive network analysis solutions. The role requires extensive experience, hands-on router engineering or operations expertise, DoD IAT Level 2 compliance, and an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.

Designs, develops, analyzes, validates, and documents mechanical aircraft seating systems for production, retrofit, and product-development programs. Interprets OEM, customer, regulatory, and aircraft requirements; creates CAD designs and engineering packages; performs preliminary stress, kinematics, and dynamic analyses; troubleshoots seat-system issues; and provides technical support to manufacturing and in-service programs. Collaborates across engineering and manufacturing teams and may travel domestically or internationally.

Develop and maintain software supporting transformer and component design, including engineering automation, data workflows, ERP integration, CAD-related tools, calculations, validation, reporting, and troubleshooting. Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, sales, and IT teams. Document requirements and business logic, participate in code and design reviews, support software validation, and improve legacy systems and engineering data processes.

Designs and routes complex, high-density multilayer PCBs and circuit card assemblies for aerospace, defense, and space applications. Responsibilities include interpreting schematics, producing fabrication and assembly documentation, applying IPC and military standards, supporting DFM/DFA/DFT reviews, collaborating with engineering and manufacturing teams, managing PCB libraries, and working with suppliers. Senior-level duties may include advanced HDI technologies, technical reviews, and mentoring.

Design and simulate advanced digital ASICs from architecture and RTL through synthesis, optimizing performance, power, and cost. Lead complex chip designs, evaluate algorithm feasibility, guide physical layout and design-for-test activities, and contribute to system-level design and proposals. Develop specifications, solve ambiguous technical problems, mentor engineers, and lead multidisciplinary teams. The role requires advanced semiconductor design expertise, successful tape-out experience, and an active U.S. Secret clearance with onsite work in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Develop and lead RF, SerDes, and mm-wave integrated circuits from architecture and simulation through silicon validation. Responsibilities include RF and analog IP design, layout guidance, characterization strategy, PCB development, RF and system-level measurements, competitive benchmarking, technology collaboration, productization, and university research liaison activities.

Develop custom silicon IP from microarchitecture through RTL implementation, verification, signoff, and post-silicon validation. Responsibilities include PPA optimization, hardware acceleration algorithms, CDC/RDC/lint and timing closure, silicon bring-up, debugging, root-cause analysis, and mentoring engineers. The role collaborates across architecture, SoC, firmware, verification, and physical design teams to deliver high-performance, power-efficient Azure Cobalt chip solutions.

Designs and validates electrical systems for analytical and scientific instruments, including multilayer PCBs, analog front ends, sensor interfaces, communication protocols, power systems, cabling, shielding, and EMC/EMI compliance. Builds and tests prototypes, develops validation plans, documents designs, and collaborates with systems, mechanical, software, firmware, test, and procurement teams. Domestic and international travel may be required for less than 5% of the role.

Lead the design and engineering of an AI-powered product that converts Figma design systems into structured context and generates faithful designs back into Figma. Own the encoding pipeline, prompt systems, onboarding and self-serve experience, product surface, and production-quality frontend. Collaborate with product engineers to improve output reliability, reduce nondeterminism, establish evaluation methods, and scale the product across brands and AI models.

Design roadway construction and maintenance projects, including alignments, cross-sections, drainage, culverts, storm sewers, erosion control, and wetland mitigation. Prepare construction plans, cost estimates, technical documents, and NEPA support materials. Coordinate multiple projects with agencies, utilities, municipalities, and counties; participate in meetings and field inspections; maintain project records; and support other engineering personnel.

Designs mechanical systems and controls for DoD, federal, healthcare, commercial, institutional, and other facilities. Responsibilities include developing concepts and construction documents, designing air- and water-side systems, supervising installations, preparing estimates and specifications, conducting design analyses, attending client meetings, and representing the firm’s mechanical interests. The role also provides DoD design subject matter expertise and requires occasional project-site travel.

Design and document electrical and low-voltage building systems across commercial, healthcare, federal, and other MEP projects. Responsibilities include developing concepts from schematics through construction administration, coordinating with multidisciplinary teams and clients, supervising installations, preparing estimates and specifications, supporting controls design, defining project scope, and attending client meetings. Occasional travel to project sites is required.

Design and document electrical systems for DoD, federal, healthcare, commercial, institutional, and other building projects from schematics through construction administration. Coordinate with multidisciplinary A/E teams, prepare estimates, specifications, and analyses, supervise installation, and provide DoD design expertise. The role requires Professional Engineer registration, advanced electrical design experience, proficiency with Revit, AutoCAD, SKM, and Bluebeam, and occasional travel to project sites.

Design and develop textile-based PPE and life-safety equipment such as harnesses, belts, bags, and lanyards. Lead products from concept through prototyping, testing, certification, manufacturing, and launch. Create sewn prototypes, conduct structural and dynamic testing, prepare engineering documentation, support suppliers, drive design reviews, and ensure performance, safety, quality, and manufacturability requirements are met.

Designs, verifies, tests, and documents digital ASICs and front-end systems. Responsibilities include chip architecture, HDL development, simulation, synthesis, hardware optimization, requirements development, technical problem solving, system-level design, proposal support, and mentoring engineers. The role requires an active U.S. Secret clearance and may involve leading small technical teams and managing complex ASIC design efforts.

Designs high-performance analog and mixed-signal CMOS circuit blocks from architecture through silicon validation and production release. Responsibilities include transistor-, block-, and module-level design, simulation, optimization, layout supervision, verification, test planning, product characterization, reliability and yield assessment, bench evaluation, and documentation. Collaborates with cross-functional and distributed engineering teams while driving circuit innovation and successful mass production releases.

Design and lead development of RF/mmWave integrated front-end chipsets for satellite communications, including amplifiers, mixers, phase shifters, and synthesizers. Translate system requirements into chip specifications, perform EM and circuit simulations, optimize IC/package interfaces, oversee integration and production, characterize and debug chips, and collaborate with system engineers, package teams, and third-party design partners. The role also includes mentoring and driving complex technical projects.

Leads the design and development of complex electronic, embedded, digital, analog, and electromechanical systems from concept through manufacturing support and failure analysis. Manages engineering projects, defines requirements, leads design reviews, develops test fixtures and procedures, supports proposals, collaborates with customers and suppliers, conducts root-cause investigations, and mentors engineers and technicians.

Leads the design and development of complex electronic, embedded, digital, analog, and electromechanical systems from concept through manufacturing support. Manages engineering projects, defines requirements, leads design reviews and failure analysis, develops test fixtures and procedures, supports proposals and manufacturing, collaborates with customers and suppliers, and mentors engineers and technicians.

Designs and supports complex mechanical and opto-electro-mechanical hardware for pulsed power, high-voltage, accelerator, diagnostic, and experimental systems. Develops 3D models, assemblies, drawings, and controlled design packages; applies GD&T, ASME Y14.5, tolerance analysis, and design-for-manufacturing principles. Coordinates procurement, fabrication, assembly, installation, testing, vendors, and multidisciplinary stakeholders. Leads or checks designers’ work and supports design reviews, configuration control, and engineering process improvements.

Develop microarchitecture and front-end digital designs for high-performance networking and switch ASICs. Own RTL, synthesis, IP integration, verification, timing closure, DFT, and block or full-chip implementation through GDS and production. Apply PCIe, UALink, Esun, and Ethernet protocol expertise while using Synopsys or Cadence flows. Support silicon bring-up and debugging, collaborate with customers, and drive multiple complex designs with minimal supervision.

Design and verification engineer for Arm’s next-generation network-on-chip interconnect products. Responsibilities include specifying, creating, and debugging SystemVerilog/UVM constrained-random testbenches; verifying multiprocessing microarchitectures, cache coherence, and AMBA protocols; applying software engineering, scripting, and formal verification skills to ensure reliable, high-performance silicon IP.

Designs and analyzes mechanical and fluid systems for flight-test instrumentation hardware supporting weapons programs. Responsibilities include requirements synthesis, 3D modeling, 2D drawings, model-based definition, spatial integration, technical documentation, design reviews, engineering release, manufacturing and supplier coordination, and occasional shipside support. The engineer also supports proposals, estimates, design modifications, and supervision of junior engineers.

Provides electrical and systems engineering support for the V-22 Flight Control System in a flight-test environment. Responsibilities include troubleshooting and sustaining flight controls, configuring and verifying flight-control software and avionics, validating system requirements, supporting flight briefings, diagnosing test-flight issues, documenting engineering dispositions, and coordinating corrective actions with government, flight-test, maintenance, and engineering teams.

Conducts electronic warfare research, mission data development, validation, verification, testing, configuration control, and post-test analysis. Supports EW system programming and reprogramming while coordinating with system engineers. Requires a technical bachelor’s degree or six years of relevant experience, U.S. citizenship, Secret clearance eligibility, and potential domestic and international travel.