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Senior Hardware Developer

Markon
Arlington, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 11/6/2025 CLOSED ON 4/30/2026

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Overview

Eager to join a team where your skills are valued, your growth is nurtured, and your impact is profound? Look no further than Markon, a premier consulting firm deeply dedicated to advancing our nation's most critical missions.

 

At Markon, we don't just offer jobs – we offer opportunities for personal and professional transformation. Empowering our employees to lead, innovate, and excel, we foster an environment where new ideas are not just welcomed but celebrated. As a perennial Washington Post Top Workplace, we prioritize the well-being and success of our team members, ensuring they can bring their best selves to work.

 

Headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, Markon has garnered national recognition for our unwavering dedication to excellence in serving the intelligence community, as well as federal civilian and defense agencies. Our growing reach extends across 17 states, 116 countries, and 5 continents, where our team of dynamic professionals collaborates to deliver unparalleled program and project management services.

 

Markon values people and the tremendous impact each individual can make – which is why we’re consistently recognized as one of the best places to work in federal government consulting. Here, you can help solve the nation’s most important challenges, surrounded by colleagues who help you grow, advance, and succeed. We are deeply dedicated to what matters – bringing out the best in each other to advance our clients’ missions.Join us and make a meaningful impact.

 

Markon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status. This job posting will remain open until the position is filled.

 

Benefits Offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Training and Tuition Assistance, Paid Time Off, and Holidays

 

Description

Markon’s partner company is looking for an experienced Senior Hardware Developer to join our team in designing and architecting next-generation network security appliances. This role focuses on creating advanced PCBAs that integrate high-performance FPGAs and other cutting-edge components for an intelligence customer.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the architecture, design, and development of high-speed digital hardware for security appliances
  • Perform signal integrity analysis and power distribution network design
  • Collaborate closely with FPGA, software, and mechanical engineering teams to deliver complete hardware solutions
  • Drive design reviews, validation, and bring-up of complex boards

Qualifications

  • Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering (or related field)
  • 8 years of hands-on hardware development experience including schematic capture, PCB layout review, and hardware validation.
  • Proven experience in high-speed digital design and FPGA-based systems
  • Familiarity with design tools such as Altium, OrCAD, or Mentor Graphics
  • Excellent problem-solving and communication skills

Salary Range

USD $200,000.00 - USD $250,000.00 /Yr.The Markon pay range for this position is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Salary : $200,000 - $250,000

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