Senior Electrical Engineer – PCB & Signal Integrity Design
Location: Clarksburg, MD | On-site
Eligibility: Must be a U.S. citizen
About the Opportunity
Our client is a leading defense technology company developing advanced autonomous systems for military and commercial vehicles. They're seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to own board-level signal and power integrity for next-generation hardware, splitting time between new design work and validating/fixing existing designs in the lab.
Responsibilities
- Own board-level signal integrity (SI) and power integrity (PI) analysis in HyperLynx, including board-to-board signal loss analysis across interconnects this is the team's top current need.
- Independently review schematics and layouts for SI/PI issues including series termination and routing guidance.
- Own DDR test methodology and part qualification, including characterizing new SerDes and memory parts as boards return from fab.
- Define PCB stackups that balance power/signal routing needs, working directly with fab houses on material and lamination tradeoffs.
- Design high-reliability digital and analog electrical systems for autonomous vehicles, including 3GHz+ high-speed interfaces with ESD/surge mitigation.
- Contribute to power system design, including buck/boost converter work as the team builds in-house power supply capability.
- Develop PCB/CCA designs incorporating SoCs, microprocessors, controllers, and interfaces including DDR, I2C, CAN, SPI, SerDes, and Ethernet.
- Lead hardware bring-up, debugging, prototyping, validation, and verification testing in the lab.
- Support designs from concept through production and field deployment.
- Collaborate with systems, software, safety, test, manufacturing, and procurement teams.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers.
- Improve existing designs for cost, reliability, manufacturability, and production efficiency.
Required Qualifications
- B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- 5+ years of hardware design experience (flexible upward for Staff-level candidates).
- Demonstrated, hands-on SI/PI simulation experience in HyperLynx or an equivalent tool layout-level work, not schematic-only.
- Demonstrated ownership of a full design cycle: schematic layout bring-up validation.
- Experience with PCB stackup design, multilayer boards, and high-speed digital/analog circuits.
- Proficiency with Altium, OrCAD, or similar PCB design tools.
- Hands-on lab debugging: oscilloscopes, logic analyzers.
- Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Must be a U.S. citizen.
Preferred Qualifications
- Power supply / buck-boost converter design background a current team gap, valued but not required.
- Comfort with LTSpice for schematic-level power design.
- Any high-reliability industry background (defense, aerospace, automotive, software-defined radio) rigor matters more than domain match.
- Familiarity with MIL-STD or ISO 26262 style standards (ISO 26262, MIL-STD-882E/1275/461/464/810).
- Experience with GMSL/MIPI CSI-2 camera interfaces.
- Automotive or embedded/networking hardware design experience.
- Experience working in a small engineering team and mentoring junior engineers.
Compensation & Benefits
- $120,000–$160,000 base salary (may flex upward for a Staff-level candidate)
- Competitive healthcare and retirement benefits
- Paid time off and holidays
- Professional development opportunities
- Additional benefits discussed during the interview process
