Job ID: TAP00107 Position: Senior Hardware Design Engineer Location: US – MD, Fort Meade (or surrounding area) Category: Hardware Clearance Requirement: Active TS/SCI w/ full scope polygraph Education Requirement: BS in Electrical or Computer Engineering (or related technical field) Experience Requirement: 7 Years
TAP is seeking to hire a Senior Hardware Design Engineer to join our team! If you are a highly motivated engineer who enjoys a challenging and dynamic environment where your contributions are both critical and valued, this company will provide you with the tools and opportunity to thrive.
The Senior Hardware Design Engineer will focus on PCB design and layout, and reverse engineering, to include the analysis of integrated circuits for security, at both the macrocell/digital level, and the transistor/analog level.
Required Qualifications:
Active TS/SCI w/ full scope polygraph
BS in Electrical or Computer Engineering (or related technical field)
7+ Years of Experience
Designing electrical components and systems, including schematic capture and routing layout for digital printed circuit boards (PCBs) using ECAD tools (i.e. Altium)
Experience with ASIC Design, including experience with ASIC design tools such as Cadence or Synopsis or FPGA design tools such as Altera Quartus or Xilinx Vivado.
Technical writing, communication, and interpersonal skills
Desired Qualifications:
MS or PhD in Electrical or Computer Engineering (or related technical field)
Experience fabricating, assembling and qualifying 1st article engineering prototypes
Experience developing and executing test plans and procedures
Experience designing with FPGAs (i.e. Xilinx)
Experience in reverse engineering
**This position is contingent upon the successful completion of security processing and favorable acceptance onto the program by the Customer.**
Clearance Requirement: This position requires ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI security clearance, based on current background investigation (SBI), as well as the favorable completion of full scope polygraph. Clearance and polygraph processing will be completed by the U.S. Government. Factors considered for a U.S. Government Security Clearance include, but are not limited to:
U.S. Citizenship
Favorable Criminal History Check
Education Verification
Abuse/Illegal Drug Use
Credit Check
Subject Interview
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