Fuze / Fuzes / Fuzing & Ordnance Systems (FOS) Electrical / Mechanical engineers needed, US Citizens only
United States of America
Full Time
6 hours ago
$100,000 - $165,000 USD
No H1B
Key skills
Defense industry experienceAnalog circuit designDigital circuit designElectronic Safety and Arming Devices (ESADs)Failure investigation methodsGD&T applicationTolerance analysisSpice simulationEMI protectionESD protectionDesign for Manufacturability (DFM)Test plan creationDesign verification testingMechanical designC# programmingVerilog HDLSystemVerilog UVM verificationFEA toolsLogic analyzersOscilloscopesJTAG/ICE debuggersProtocol analyzersPower supply designAS9100 quality systemISO 9001 quality systemDFMASafety Review Boards experienceRoot cause analysisEngineering change ordersSolid EdgeSolidWorksNX CAD softwareASME Y14.5ASME Y14.100Differential amplifiersOperational amplifiersFiltersPower circuit designSensor integrationMATLAB/SimulinkAltiumPADSMechanical vibration analysisThermal analysisFunction generatorsMIL-STD-1316MIL-STD-1901AFlip flopsTimersData convertersAC/DC power conversionDC/DC power conversionDC/AC power conversionLinear power suppliesSwitching power suppliesTemperature sensorsMEMS accelerometersDifferential pressure sensorsGyroscopesUARTSPII2CShort circuit protectionPower conditioning designEnergetic materials testingVibration testingShock testingTemperature and humidity testingASIC designFPGA designMicrosemi Actel FPGAQuestaSim simulation toolEmbedded C programmingCode version control SubversionCode version control GITCode version control TFSVHDLC#CMATLABGitSVNVersion ControlRepositoryCommunication
About this role
A New Beginning-Genesis 2 is seeking talented Electrical / Mechanical Engineers to join their team in the Defense industry. The role involves designing innovative fuzing solutions, working on ruggedized electronics for military applications, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to meet project objectives.
Responsibilities:
- Ability to handle short notice needs/requests
- Able to work within established design guidelines to ensure products meet or exceed customer and industry specifications
- Act as primary technical interface to internal and external customers
- Adept at multitasking across several projects
- Analog and digital design of ruggedized electronics for ordnance applications
- Apply GD&T, tolerance analysis, and sound engineering principles to ensure manufacturability and performance
- Assist in failure investigations using structured methods
- Be action-oriented and organized
- Circuit tolerance analyses using hand calculations and Spice tools
- Competent in circuit analysis, module design, and best practices (EMI, ESD protection, DFM)
- Contribute to process improvements to ensure hardware-firmware quality and time-to-market
- Creates test plans/reports and conducts comprehensive testing
- Define and execute design verification strategies (shock, vibration, thermal, acceleration, etc.)
- Define, maintain, and improve the department’s development processes and best practices
- Develop and refine mechanical designs in accordance with internal standards and customer specifications
- Develop and refine requirements
- Developing C# source code targeting enhanced Flash Microcontrollers
- Developing Verilog HDL targeting Antifuse and enhanced Flash FPGA’s
- Drive mechanical design decisions across new product development and legacy product support
- Effective communicator and team player
- Ensure compliance with applicable industry, customer, and regulatory standards
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, are crucial
- Experience with DFMA and manufacturing processes
- Experience with Electronic Safety and Arming Devices (ESADs) and presenting to Safety Review Boards
- Experience with FEA tools and test validation methods
- Experience with lab tools: Logic Analyzers, oscilloscopes, JTAG/ICE debuggers and protocol analyzers
- Experienced in participating in design reviews and root cause analysis
- Experienced in power supply and converter design
- Familiarity with AS9100 / ISO 9001 quality systems and working in a regulated environment
- Fast-paced and dynamic environment, requiring tasking flexibility to meet ever changing customer objectives
- Foster a collaborative, accountable, and continuous improvement culture
- Generate engineering change orders
- Generate Engineering Orders (EOs) and Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs)
- Generate material for and lead design reviews for all phases of the product development cycle
- Good English knowledge (speech and writing)
- Interface with customers and cross-functional teams
- It will require the ability to work within a team structure as well as work independently with minimal supervision
- Knowledge of extreme environmental design and testing with energetic materials
- Knowledge using SystemVerilog for verification with AVM, VMM, OVM, or UVM a plus
- Knowledge using Verilog for Logic Design
- Lead and direct test activities in all phases of product development cycle
- Lead and multi-task across several projects simultaneously
- Lead failure investigations using structured tools (8D, Fishbone, Cause & Effect, etc.)
- Lead team members to achieve program objectives
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of engineers and designers
- Leads technical projects and produces detailed technical documentation
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Mentor electrical engineering staff
- Mentor less experienced engineers
- Partner with manufacturing and quality teams to resolve nonconformances and drive corrective actions
- Perform engineering calculations and collaborate with analysts to validate designs (FEA, thermal, shock/vibration)
- Perform simulations and circuit tolerance analyses
- Prepare and execute to test plans and generate test reports
- Prepare and present materials for internal and customer design reviews
- Prepare materials for and participate in design reviews
- Professional experience using CAD software such as Solid Edge, SolidWorks, NX etc
- Professional experience with dimensional stack-up/tolerance analysis
- Professional experience with GD&T application and interpretation according to ASME Y14.5 and ASME Y14.100
- Proficient in design with analog components (differential amplifiers, op amps, filters) and digital components (logic gates, timers)
- Proven experience in analog and digital circuit design, power circuit design, and sensor integration
- Provide inputs (material and labor estimates) for Requests for Proposals (RFPs)
- Provide inputs (material and labor estimates, technical content) for Requests for Proposals (RFPs)
- Requirements development, refinement, and compliance
- Self-starter, executes project tasking with minimal supervision
- Serve as lead mechanical engineer, responsible for design integrity and product performance and compliance
- Skilled in using simulation tools (SPICE, MATLAB/Simulink) and design software (Altium, PADS)
- Strong fundamentals in mechanics, vibration, fatigue, and thermal concepts
- Support hiring, workforce planning, and performance management
- Support production by troubleshooting issues, implementing design updates, and improving processes
- Travel: 5-10%
- Troubleshoots with standard lab equipment (oscilloscopes, function generators)
- Circuit design and component selection, designing ruggedized electronics for ordnance applications that meet customer requirements
- Generate test plans and test reports related to product performance (Brassboard, Design Verification, Qualification, Firing Properties, etc.)
- Apply mechanical engineering principles to design and maintain the company's FOS product lines during new product design, development, and sustain production across a multidisciplinary team
- Supports production of existing products, working with manufacturing and quality to troubleshoot issues, document changes, and adhere to AS9100 and ISO9001 quality standards
- Responsible for architecture, design and development of next generation Electronic Safe and Arm Devices utilizing the latest state of the art technologies
- ASIC / FPGA designs will include various sensor interfaces, sequence verification, A/D and D/A interfaces, communication protocols, state machines, timer chains, etc. used in Electronic Safe and Arm Devices (Fuzes) for DOD weapon systems
- Microsemi / Actel is our targeted FPGA and QuestaSim is our simulation tool. The primary responsibilities will focus on Verilog FPGA design, System Verilog UVM verification and C# based microcontroller development
- Analysis of the requirements, architecture definition, design and debug of FPGA and associated hardware and microcontroller products and associated firmware
- Programming experience in C for embedded systems, including development of algorithms, manipulation of data structures, and implementing highly optimized code
- Familiar working with code version control repository tools, such as Subversion (SVN), GIT or TFS
- Digital Design practices and principles, logic design and architecture and experience with HDL’s (i.e Verilog, VHDL)
Requirements:
- US Citizens only
- Defense industry experience is required, willing to design stuff that blows up other stuff and people
- Ability to handle short notice needs/requests
- Able to work within established design guidelines to ensure products meet or exceed customer and industry specifications
- Act as primary technical interface to internal and external customers
- Adept at multitasking across several projects
- Analog and digital design of ruggedized electronics for ordnance applications
- Apply GD&T, tolerance analysis, and sound engineering principles to ensure manufacturability and performance
- Assist in failure investigations using structured methods
- Be action-oriented and organized
- Circuit tolerance analyses using hand calculations and Spice tools
- Competent in circuit analysis, module design, and best practices (EMI, ESD protection, DFM)
- Contribute to process improvements to ensure hardware-firmware quality and time-to-market
- Creates test plans/reports and conducts comprehensive testing
- Define and execute design verification strategies (shock, vibration, thermal, acceleration, etc.)
- Define, maintain, and improve the department's development processes and best practices
- Develop and refine mechanical designs in accordance with internal standards and customer specifications
- Develop and refine requirements
- Developing C# source code targeting enhanced Flash Microcontrollers
- Developing Verilog HDL targeting Antifuse and enhanced Flash FPGA's
- Drive mechanical design decisions across new product development and legacy product support
- Effective communicator and team player
- Ensure compliance with applicable industry, customer, and regulatory standards
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, are crucial
- Experience with DFMA and manufacturing processes
- Experience with Electronic Safety and Arming Devices (ESADs) and presenting to Safety Review Boards
- Experience with FEA tools and test validation methods
- Experience with lab tools: Logic Analyzers, oscilloscopes, JTAG/ICE debuggers and protocol analyzers
- Experienced in participating in design reviews and root cause analysis
- Experienced in power supply and converter design
- Familiarity with AS9100 / ISO 9001 quality systems and working in a regulated environment
- Fast-paced and dynamic environment, requiring tasking flexibility to meet ever changing customer objectives
- Foster a collaborative, accountable, and continuous improvement culture
- Generate engineering change orders
- Generate Engineering Orders (EOs) and Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs)
- Generate material for and lead design reviews for all phases of the product development cycle
- Good English knowledge (speech and writing)
- Interface with customers and cross-functional teams
- It will require the ability to work within a team structure as well as work independently with minimal supervision
- Knowledge of extreme environmental design and testing with energetic materials
- Knowledge using SystemVerilog for verification with AVM, VMM, OVM, or UVM a plus
- Knowledge using Verilog for Logic Design
- Lead and direct test activities in all phases of product development cycle
- Lead and multi-task across several projects simultaneously
- Lead failure investigations using structured tools (8D, Fishbone, Cause & Effect, etc.)
- Lead team members to achieve program objectives
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of engineers and designers
- Leads technical projects and produces detailed technical documentation
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Mentor electrical engineering staff
- Mentor less experienced engineers
- Partner with manufacturing and quality teams to resolve nonconformances and drive corrective actions
- Perform engineering calculations and collaborate with analysts to validate designs (FEA, thermal, shock/vibration)
- Perform simulations and circuit tolerance analyses
- Prepare and execute to test plans and generate test reports
- Prepare and present materials for internal and customer design reviews
- Prepare materials for and participate in design reviews
- Professional experience using CAD software such as Solid Edge, SolidWorks, NX etc
- Professional experience with dimensional stack-up/tolerance analysis
- Professional experience with GD&T application and interpretation according to ASME Y14.5 and ASME Y14.100
- Proficient in design with analog components (differential amplifiers, op amps, filters) and digital components (logic gates, timers)
- Proven experience in analog and digital circuit design, power circuit design, and sensor integration
- Provide inputs (material and labor estimates) for Requests for Proposals (RFPs)
- Provide inputs (material and labor estimates, technical content) for Requests for Proposals (RFPs)
- Requirements development, refinement, and compliance
- Self-starter, executes project tasking with minimal supervision
- Serve as lead mechanical engineer, responsible for design integrity and product performance and compliance
- Skilled in using simulation tools (SPICE, MATLAB/Simulink) and design software (Altium, PADS)
- Strong fundamentals in mechanics, vibration, fatigue, and thermal concepts
- Support hiring, workforce planning, and performance management
- Support production by troubleshooting issues, implementing design updates, and improving processes
- Travel: 5-10%
- Troubleshoots with standard lab equipment (oscilloscopes, function generators)
- 5+ years of experience designing with basic analog building blocks including differential amplifiers, op amps, LDOs, filters, and data converters
- 5+ Years designing Electronic Safety and Arming Devices (ESADs) and Ignition Safety Devices IAW MIL-STD-1316 and MIL-STD-1901A
- 5+ years of experience presenting ESAD/ESAF/ISD designs to the Safety Review Boards (AFSRB, FISTRP, NNMSB)
- 5+ years of experience designing with basic digital building blocks including logic gates, flip flops, timers, and filters
- 4+ years of experience with power conversion concepts (AC/DC, DC/DC, and DC/AC, Linear and Switching Supplies)
- 5+ years of experience in troubleshooting using standard lab equipment (oscilloscopes, function generators, meters, etc.)
- 4+ years of experience with schematic capture and/or board layout utilities (Altium, PADS, etc.)
- 4+ years of experience lead a large-scale technical project from start to completion with minimal guidance
- 4+ years of experience in preparing and participating in design reviews (internal and external)
- 4+ years of experience in creating Technical Documentation (Test Plans, Test Reports, Drawings, etc.)
- 4+ years of experience with Temperature sensors, MEMs accelerometers, differential pressure sensors, and GYROs
- 5+ years of experience with serial communication buses including UART, SPI, and I2C
- 5+ years of experience with Root Cause analysis
- 4+ years of experience with general design best practices (EMI suppression, ESD protection, and Short circuit protection)
- 5+ years of experience with power supply and power conditioning design
- 3+ years of experience energetic materials interfacing/testing (EFDIs, LEEFIs, Lead Charges, Boosters)
- 5+ years of design for extreme environments (Vibration, Shock, Temperature, Temperature & Humidity)
- Circuit design and component selection, designing ruggedized electronics for ordnance applications that meet customer requirements
- Generate test plans and test reports related to product performance (Brassboard, Design Verification, Qualification, Firing Properties, etc.)
- Apply mechanical engineering principles to design and maintain the company's FOS product lines during new product design, development, and sustain production across a multidisciplinary team
- Supports production of existing products, working with manufacturing and quality to troubleshoot issues, document changes, and adhere to AS9100 and ISO9001 quality standards
- Responsible for architecture, design and development of next generation Electronic Safe and Arm Devices utilizing the latest state of the art technologies
- ASIC / FPGA designs will include various sensor interfaces, sequence verification, A/D and D/A interfaces, communication protocols, state machines, timer chains, etc. used in Electronic Safe and Arm Devices (Fuzes) for DOD weapon systems
- Microsemi / Actel is our targeted FPGA and QuestaSim is our simulation tool. The primary responsibilities will focus on Verilog FPGA design, System Verilog UVM verification and C# based microcontroller development
- Analysis of the requirements, architecture definition, design and debug of FPGA and associated hardware and microcontroller products and associated firmware
- Programming experience in C for embedded systems, including development of algorithms, manipulation of data structures, and implementing highly optimized code
- Familiar working with code version control repository tools, such as Subversion (SVN), GIT or TFS
- Digital Design practices and principles, logic design and architecture and experience with HDL's (i.e Verilog, VHDL)