Mixed-Signal Hardware Engineer Senior

Position Introduction:

The Advanced Radar Research Center (ARRC) is seeking experienced Hardware Engineers to join our growing engineering team. ARRC Hardware Engineers support the design development integration testing and deployment of advanced radar systems. Working across the full hardware lifecycle they contribute to circuit design system integration troubleshooting validation and field support while helping develop next-generation radar technologies and supporting subsystems.

ARRC teammates work within multidisciplinary teams of hardware software signal processing and systems engineers to develop innovative radar solutions for research and operational applications. This role offers opportunities to perform hands-on engineering across all phases of development.

Position Focus:

The Hardware Engineer serves in a senior technical role supporting the design development integration and testing of advanced radar systems and associated sensing technologies. This position is responsible for the end-to-end development of mixed-signal hardware solutions spanning RF front-end architectures through digitized baseband processing systems. The successful candidate will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop innovative radar capabilities evaluate system performance and support field deployments in operational environments.

This role offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge radar technologies contribute to system architecture decisions and see designs progress from concept through implementation and field validation.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the analysis design development integration and testing of advanced radar systems and subsystems.
• Design and develop mixed-signal hardware architectures spanning RF front-end components through digitized baseband signal processing systems.
• Perform mixed-signal circuit design analysis simulation and system-level evaluation to meet radar performance requirements.
• Design develop and validate radar hardware including communications acquisition monitoring and control systems.
• Create PCB designs including schematic capture layout review integration bring-up and performance testing.
• Develop and execute hardware verification validation and acceptance test plans procedures and test scenarios.
• Analyze radar and subsystem performance identify deficiencies and implement improvements to optimize system capability reliability and maintainability.
• Integrate hardware firmware software and signal processing components into operational radar platforms.
• Support real-time system integration troubleshooting and performance characterization in laboratory and field environments.
• Derive and document system requirements interface specifications implementation plans and technical designs for radar systems and supporting hardware.
• Provide technical consultation and recommendations regarding system architectures component selection cost estimates lead times manufacturing considerations and alternative technical solutions.
• Prepare and present technical reports design reviews test results and engineering recommendations to project stakeholders.
• Provide technical leadership mentorship and engineering guidance to team members and project contributors.
• Stay current with emerging technologies industry best practices and advancements in radar RF and mixed-signal hardware development.

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Required Education:

• Bachelors degree in a related field.
• 60 months of related experience with radar systems.

Equivalency/Substitution: Will accept 48 months of experience in lieu of the Bachelors degree for a total of 108 months of related experience.

Department Preferences:

• This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain federal security clearance. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of the applicable background investigation and eligibility determination.
• Experience designing radar RF microwave or remote sensing systems.
• Experience with mixed-signal circuit design including analog digital and RF subsystems.
• Experience with PCB design tools and hardware development workflows.
• Knowledge of data acquisition systems high-speed digital interfaces and embedded hardware architectures.
• Experience integrating hardware with FPGA embedded processors or real-time control systems.
• Familiarity with laboratory test equipment such as oscilloscopes spectrum analyzers vector network analyzers and signal generators.
• Experience supporting field testing system deployment and operational troubleshooting.
• Ability to translate system requirements into practical hardware solutions while balancing performance schedule cost and manufacturability.