Hardware Design Engineer 2

PGS Worldwide is seeking a Hardware Design Engineer 2 in Rolling Meadows IL for a one year contract-to-hire role supporting a leading aerospace & defense company. This full-time onsite position will support the research design development and testing of digital hardware products through the full product lifecycle from system concepts and requirements through design implementation test verification production and field support. The role works within integrated product teams spanning Engineering Manufacturing and Program Management.

Required Skills

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering or a similar engineering discipline with at least 5 years of digital electronics design experience or a Masters degree in a similar discipline with 3 years of experience.
• Digital circuit design experience including simulation and schematic capture through test and integration.
• Hands-on prototyping and debugging experience with complex digital subsystems involving FPGAs embedded processors and/or high-speed interfaces.
• Demonstrated ability to lead projects with two or fewer team members.
• Ability to translate system performance and operational specifications into hardware requirements designs and test specifications.
• Familiarity with documentation revision control and review systems similar to DOORS ClearCase and ClearQuest.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Current active Secret clearance with additional customer-specified clearance prior to start.

Preferred Skills

• Advanced degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with at least 10 years of digital electronics design experience.
• Working knowledge of Electronic Warfare systems.
• Aerospace and/or defense industry experience.
• Recent circuit card design experience using Cadence Concept Allegro Mentor Dx Designer and/or Expedition.
• Working experience with ClearCase ClearQuest and DOORS.
• Current Secret or Top Secret security clearance.
• Team leadership mentoring communication adaptability creativity collaboration independent work and problem-solving skills.

What Youll Do

• Research design develop and test digital hardware products and electronic systems.
• Perform digital component design and analysis modeling and simulation circuit-level design and testing.
• Support digital subsystem and circuit card designs using FPGA technologies.
• Support high-speed interfaces RF and Electro-Optical DSP controls data links embedded processing and processor interfaces.
• Contribute throughout design implementation verification production and field support.

Job ID: 1885

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