ZipRecruiter is hiring: Senior Hardware Engineer in Aberdeen Proving Ground

Job Description

QED Systems, LLC, is currently recruiting for a Senior Hardware Engineer to join our team at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD to support our customer, Project Manager Intelligence Systems & Analytics – Army (PM IS&A), TITAN Program.

Duties:

• Tracking the Size, Weight, Power, and Cost (SWAP-C) aspects of all the TITAN configurations.
• Tracking the hardware configurations of each variant.
• Understanding all mechanical/thermal/power aspects of the variants.
• Monitoring and supporting the integration of the vehicles/shelters.
• Supporting all environmental testing.
• Analyzing and recommending solutions to any mechanical/thermal/power issues that arise from testing.
• Continuously identify hardware requirements and assess hardware requirements against the software needs of systems.
• Provide analyses and assessments of engineering change proposals (ECPs), functional and physical configuration audits (FCAs/PCAs), and first article or production qualification testing.
• Provide analysis and assessments on vendor submitted specifications, designs, drawings, test plans, and test reports.
• Participate and provide feedback on component, subsystem, and system level testing.
• Provide testing to determine if a particular design is feasible and to achieve maximum compatibility.
• Apply industry best practices in the C5ISR architecture-based processes, frameworks, tools, and architecture views/viewpoints.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Detailed-oriented with excellent technical, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Direct experience in the design, development, integration, and analysis of hardware projects to include integration of protocols, virtual software applications such as VMWARE and common operating systems such as UNIX/RedHat Linux.
• Requires effective communication skills both verbal and written, skilled mechanical engineering, electronics engineering for Space, Weight, Environmental and Power or Electromagnetic Interference or Compatibility.
• Program Information Experience in developing policy on protection of program technologies. Drafted and has gotten approval for Security Classification Guides.
• Experienced with briefing stakeholders (all levels to include O-6) on system analysis and test results for system components, architectural changes supporting EOL changes or configuration updates due to technological upgrades.

Required Clearance:

• ACTIVE CLEARANCE LEVEL REQUIRED: Top Secret w/SCI

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Electronic, System or Computer Engineering; Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
• At least fifteen (15) years of related work experience required.
• An additional fifteen (15) years of related experience may be substituted for education.

Travel:

Less than 30% travel is expected for this position. Travel may include continental United States and outside continental United States locations.

Work Environment:

This position may be performed in a variety of locations, including but not limited to, commercial and/or government

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