Senior Principal Hardware Development Engineer (Hardware Lead)

Quick Facts

• Role: Hardware Development Lead / Senior Principal Hardware Engineer
• Team: Lead a multidisciplinary team of 20+ engineers (Electrical, Mechanical, Design Drafting)
• Clearance: Ability to obtain or maintain a DoD Security Clearance (Active Secret preferred)
• Focus: Rugged custom electronics—high-speed digital/mixed-signal circuit cards

Description

Lead hardware development for electronic combat solutions, ensuring technical excellence from requirements through verification. Architect hardware strategies, run critical design reviews, and guide the team’s technical maturity. Serve as the primary technical conduit across engineering, procurement, operations, and program management, and support proposals by defining hardware baselines and estimating effort.

Responsibilities

• Lead critical design reviews and architect hardware strategies to ensure program success and system reliability
• Mentor and scale a multidisciplinary team to improve technical maturity and innovation
• Bridge engineering, procurement, operations, and program management to move designs from concept to deployment
• Support program capture and proposals by defining hardware baselines and estimating technical effort
• Balance the Hardware Development Process rigor with agility for real-world engineering problem solving

Requirements

• Ability to obtain or maintain a DoD Security Clearance (Active Secret preferred)
• BSEE (or related field)
• 10+ years of experience developing complex digital/mixed-signal hardware
• Experience taking designs with embedded processors, FPGAs, and high-speed serial interfaces from requirements through verification
• Leadership experience across electrical, mechanical, and drafting engineering functions
• Deep knowledge of the hardware product lifecycle (schematic capture, PCB layout, environmental qualification)
• Proficiency in Earned Value Management (EVM) or Cost Account Management (CAM)

Benefits

• Hybrid work format (in-person lab collaboration with remote focus time)
• Every-other Friday off (9/80 schedule)
• Flextime and telecommuting
• Culture of recognition for extraordinary technical contributions
• Health, dental, and vision insurance; HSA; 401(k) savings plan
• Disability coverage; life and accident insurance
• Employee assistance program and legal plan; additional perks and discounts
• Paid time off and paid holidays; plus paid parental, military, bereavement, and applicable sick leave
• Recognition awards and potential position-level incentives