Overview

Senior Hardware Engineer

Onsite | Quantico, VA | 5 Days a Week

Active Top Secret Clearance Required

Responsibilities

Our client is looking for a Senior Hardware Engineer to join their team! In this role, you’ll be part of a mission-oriented engineering group challenged to do the impossible and recover data that may be deleted. You’ll directly impact criminal and counter-intelligence investigations by applying failure analysis, glitching, and side-channel analysis techniques to reverse engineer embedded systems. This is a chance to use your experience-based knowledge in a range of embedded systems development and testing while broadening your skillset into areas like advanced side-channel analysis, hardware-backed security components, and reverse engineering.

Requirements

• 5 years of experience with embedded systems development, including firmware development, bare-metal programming, and FPGA development

• 5 years of experience with capturing schematics and designing PCBs

• 5 years of experience with design, layout, and troubleshooting high-speed digital IO, including LVDS, PCIe, DDR, SATA, orJESD204B

• Experience with integrating state-of-the-art mobile and IoT processors, PMICs, RF Modules, and highly integrated supporting chips

• Knowledge of test equipment, including vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, oscilloscopes, or logic analyzers

• Knowledge of Arm Architecture

• Knowledge of low-power microprocessor integration, including PIC16, PIC32, and STM32

• Knowledge of modern product interfaces, including USB 1/2/3, JTAG/SWD, I2C, SPI, UART, or Ethernet

Preferred Requirements

• Experience in working with Operating System code

• Knowledge of designing with Altera FPGAs

• Knowledge of cryptography

• Knowledge of Flash memory and RAM concepts

• Knowledge of secure boot processes

• A Master's degree in EE or Computer Engineering

Education/Certification Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in EE or Computer Engineering is required for this position

Clearance Requirements

• Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; an active Top Secret clearance is required.

Other DutiesPlease note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. -------------- About UsNorthern Virginia-based Precision Solutions is an expert in staffing solutions for companies of any size that open the door to new opportunities and seek outstanding talent. We pride ourselves on being versatile enough to tailor our relationships to the needs of each individual client, being agile in the fast-paced marketplace, and being precise in meeting the needs of any company. Equal Opportunity Employer StatementPrecision Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.