Fuze / Fuzes / Fuzing & Ordnance Systems (FOS) Electrical / Mechanical engineers needed, US Citizens only

A New Beginning-Genesis 2 is seeking talented Electrical / Mechanical Engineers to join their team in the Defense industry. The role involves designing innovative fuzing solutions, working on ruggedized electronics for military applications, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to meet project objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Ability to handle short notice needs/requests
• Able to work within established design guidelines to ensure products meet or exceed customer and industry specifications
• Act as primary technical interface to internal and external customers
• Adept at multitasking across several projects
• Analog and digital design of ruggedized electronics for ordnance applications
• Apply GD&T, tolerance analysis, and sound engineering principles to ensure manufacturability and performance
• Assist in failure investigations using structured methods
• Be action-oriented and organized
• Circuit tolerance analyses using hand calculations and Spice tools
• Competent in circuit analysis, module design, and best practices (EMI, ESD protection, DFM)
• Contribute to process improvements to ensure hardware-firmware quality and time-to-market
• Creates test plans/reports and conducts comprehensive testing
• Define and execute design verification strategies (shock, vibration, thermal, acceleration, etc.)
• Define, maintain, and improve the department’s development processes and best practices
• Develop and refine mechanical designs in accordance with internal standards and customer specifications
• Develop and refine requirements
• Developing C# source code targeting enhanced Flash Microcontrollers
• Developing Verilog HDL targeting Antifuse and enhanced Flash FPGA’s
• Drive mechanical design decisions across new product development and legacy product support
• Effective communicator and team player
• Ensure compliance with applicable industry, customer, and regulatory standards
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, are crucial
• Experience with DFMA and manufacturing processes
• Experience with Electronic Safety and Arming Devices (ESADs) and presenting to Safety Review Boards
• Experience with FEA tools and test validation methods
• Experience with lab tools: Logic Analyzers, oscilloscopes, JTAG/ICE debuggers and protocol analyzers
• Experienced in participating in design reviews and root cause analysis
• Experienced in power supply and converter design
• Familiarity with AS9100 / ISO 9001 quality systems and working in a regulated environment
• Fast-paced and dynamic environment, requiring tasking flexibility to meet ever changing customer objectives
• Foster a collaborative, accountable, and continuous improvement culture
• Generate engineering change orders
• Generate Engineering Orders (EOs) and Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs)
• Generate material for and lead design reviews for all phases of the product development cycle
• Good English knowledge (speech and writing)
• Interface with customers and cross-functional teams
• It will require the ability to work within a team structure as well as work independently with minimal supervision
• Knowledge of extreme environmental design and testing with energetic materials
• Knowledge using SystemVerilog for verification with AVM, VMM, OVM, or UVM a plus
• Knowledge using Verilog for Logic Design
• Lead and direct test activities in all phases of product development cycle
• Lead and multi-task across several projects simultaneously
• Lead failure investigations using structured tools (8D, Fishbone, Cause & Effect, etc.)
• Lead team members to achieve program objectives
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of engineers and designers
• Leads technical projects and produces detailed technical documentation
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Mentor electrical engineering staff
• Mentor less experienced engineers
• Partner with manufacturing and quality teams to resolve nonconformances and drive corrective actions
• Perform engineering calculations and collaborate with analysts to validate designs (FEA, thermal, shock/vibration)
• Perform simulations and circuit tolerance analyses
• Prepare and execute to test plans and generate test reports
• Prepare and present materials for internal and customer design reviews
• Prepare materials for and participate in design reviews
• Professional experience using CAD software such as Solid Edge, SolidWorks, NX etc
• Professional experience with dimensional stack-up/tolerance analysis
• Professional experience with GD&T application and interpretation according to ASME Y14.5 and ASME Y14.100
• Proficient in design with analog components (differential amplifiers, op amps, filters) and digital components (logic gates, timers)
• Proven experience in analog and digital circuit design, power circuit design, and sensor integration
• Provide inputs (material and labor estimates) for Requests for Proposals (RFPs)
• Provide inputs (material and labor estimates, technical content) for Requests for Proposals (RFPs)
• Requirements development, refinement, and compliance
• Self-starter, executes project tasking with minimal supervision
• Serve as lead mechanical engineer, responsible for design integrity and product performance and compliance
• Skilled in using simulation tools (SPICE, MATLAB/Simulink) and design software (Altium, PADS)
• Strong fundamentals in mechanics, vibration, fatigue, and thermal concepts
• Support hiring, workforce planning, and performance management
• Support production by troubleshooting issues, implementing design updates, and improving processes
• Travel: 5-10%
• Troubleshoots with standard lab equipment (oscilloscopes, function generators)
• Circuit design and component selection, designing ruggedized electronics for ordnance applications that meet customer requirements
• Generate test plans and test reports related to product performance (Brassboard, Design Verification, Qualification, Firing Properties, etc.)
• Apply mechanical engineering principles to design and maintain the company's FOS product lines during new product design, development, and sustain production across a multidisciplinary team
• Supports production of existing products, working with manufacturing and quality to troubleshoot issues, document changes, and adhere to AS9100 and ISO9001 quality standards
• Responsible for architecture, design and development of next generation Electronic Safe and Arm Devices utilizing the latest state of the art technologies
• ASIC / FPGA designs will include various sensor interfaces, sequence verification, A/D and D/A interfaces, communication protocols, state machines, timer chains, etc. used in Electronic Safe and Arm Devices (Fuzes) for DOD weapon systems
• Microsemi / Actel is our targeted FPGA and QuestaSim is our simulation tool. The primary responsibilities will focus on Verilog FPGA design, System Verilog UVM verification and C# based microcontroller development
• Analysis of the requirements, architecture definition, design and debug of FPGA and associated hardware and microcontroller products and associated firmware
• Programming experience in C for embedded systems, including development of algorithms, manipulation of data structures, and implementing highly optimized code
• Familiar working with code version control repository tools, such as Subversion (SVN), GIT or TFS
• Digital Design practices and principles, logic design and architecture and experience with HDL’s (i.e Verilog, VHDL)

Requirements:

• US Citizens only
• Defense industry experience is required, willing to design stuff that blows up other stuff and people
• Ability to handle short notice needs/requests
• Able to work within established design guidelines to ensure products meet or exceed customer and industry specifications
• Act as primary technical interface to internal and external customers
• Adept at multitasking across several projects
• Analog and digital design of ruggedized electronics for ordnance applications
• Apply GD&T, tolerance analysis, and sound engineering principles to ensure manufacturability and performance
• Assist in failure investigations using structured methods
• Be action-oriented and organized
• Circuit tolerance analyses using hand calculations and Spice tools
• Competent in circuit analysis, module design, and best practices (EMI, ESD protection, DFM)
• Contribute to process improvements to ensure hardware-firmware quality and time-to-market
• Creates test plans/reports and conducts comprehensive testing
• Define and execute design verification strategies (shock, vibration, thermal, acceleration, etc.)
• Define, maintain, and improve the department's development processes and best practices
• Develop and refine mechanical designs in accordance with internal standards and customer specifications
• Develop and refine requirements
• Developing C# source code targeting enhanced Flash Microcontrollers
• Developing Verilog HDL targeting Antifuse and enhanced Flash FPGA's
• Drive mechanical design decisions across new product development and legacy product support
• Effective communicator and team player
• Ensure compliance with applicable industry, customer, and regulatory standards
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, are crucial
• Experience with DFMA and manufacturing processes
• Experience with Electronic Safety and Arming Devices (ESADs) and presenting to Safety Review Boards
• Experience with FEA tools and test validation methods
• Experience with lab tools: Logic Analyzers, oscilloscopes, JTAG/ICE debuggers and protocol analyzers
• Experienced in participating in design reviews and root cause analysis
• Experienced in power supply and converter design
• Familiarity with AS9100 / ISO 9001 quality systems and working in a regulated environment
• Fast-paced and dynamic environment, requiring tasking flexibility to meet ever changing customer objectives
• Foster a collaborative, accountable, and continuous improvement culture
• Generate engineering change orders
• Generate Engineering Orders (EOs) and Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs)
• Generate material for and lead design reviews for all phases of the product development cycle
• Good English knowledge (speech and writing)
• Interface with customers and cross-functional teams
• It will require the ability to work within a team structure as well as work independently with minimal supervision
• Knowledge of extreme environmental design and testing with energetic materials
• Knowledge using SystemVerilog for verification with AVM, VMM, OVM, or UVM a plus
• Knowledge using Verilog for Logic Design
• Lead and direct test activities in all phases of product development cycle
• Lead and multi-task across several projects simultaneously
• Lead failure investigations using structured tools (8D, Fishbone, Cause & Effect, etc.)
• Lead team members to achieve program objectives
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of engineers and designers
• Leads technical projects and produces detailed technical documentation
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Mentor electrical engineering staff
• Mentor less experienced engineers
• Partner with manufacturing and quality teams to resolve nonconformances and drive corrective actions
• Perform engineering calculations and collaborate with analysts to validate designs (FEA, thermal, shock/vibration)
• Perform simulations and circuit tolerance analyses
• Prepare and execute to test plans and generate test reports
• Prepare and present materials for internal and customer design reviews
• Prepare materials for and participate in design reviews
• Professional experience using CAD software such as Solid Edge, SolidWorks, NX etc
• Professional experience with dimensional stack-up/tolerance analysis
• Professional experience with GD&T application and interpretation according to ASME Y14.5 and ASME Y14.100
• Proficient in design with analog components (differential amplifiers, op amps, filters) and digital components (logic gates, timers)
• Proven experience in analog and digital circuit design, power circuit design, and sensor integration
• Provide inputs (material and labor estimates) for Requests for Proposals (RFPs)
• Provide inputs (material and labor estimates, technical content) for Requests for Proposals (RFPs)
• Requirements development, refinement, and compliance
• Self-starter, executes project tasking with minimal supervision
• Serve as lead mechanical engineer, responsible for design integrity and product performance and compliance
• Skilled in using simulation tools (SPICE, MATLAB/Simulink) and design software (Altium, PADS)
• Strong fundamentals in mechanics, vibration, fatigue, and thermal concepts
• Support hiring, workforce planning, and performance management
• Support production by troubleshooting issues, implementing design updates, and improving processes
• Travel: 5-10%
• Troubleshoots with standard lab equipment (oscilloscopes, function generators)
• 5+ years of experience designing with basic analog building blocks including differential amplifiers, op amps, LDOs, filters, and data converters
• 5+ Years designing Electronic Safety and Arming Devices (ESADs) and Ignition Safety Devices IAW MIL-STD-1316 and MIL-STD-1901A
• 5+ years of experience presenting ESAD/ESAF/ISD designs to the Safety Review Boards (AFSRB, FISTRP, NNMSB)
• 5+ years of experience designing with basic digital building blocks including logic gates, flip flops, timers, and filters
• 4+ years of experience with power conversion concepts (AC/DC, DC/DC, and DC/AC, Linear and Switching Supplies)
• 5+ years of experience in troubleshooting using standard lab equipment (oscilloscopes, function generators, meters, etc.)
• 4+ years of experience with schematic capture and/or board layout utilities (Altium, PADS, etc.)
• 4+ years of experience lead a large-scale technical project from start to completion with minimal guidance
• 4+ years of experience in preparing and participating in design reviews (internal and external)
• 4+ years of experience in creating Technical Documentation (Test Plans, Test Reports, Drawings, etc.)
• 4+ years of experience with Temperature sensors, MEMs accelerometers, differential pressure sensors, and GYROs
• 5+ years of experience with serial communication buses including UART, SPI, and I2C
• 5+ years of experience with Root Cause analysis
• 4+ years of experience with general design best practices (EMI suppression, ESD protection, and Short circuit protection)
• 5+ years of experience with power supply and power conditioning design
• 3+ years of experience energetic materials interfacing/testing (EFDIs, LEEFIs, Lead Charges, Boosters)
• 5+ years of design for extreme environments (Vibration, Shock, Temperature, Temperature & Humidity)
• Circuit design and component selection, designing ruggedized electronics for ordnance applications that meet customer requirements
• Generate test plans and test reports related to product performance (Brassboard, Design Verification, Qualification, Firing Properties, etc.)
• Apply mechanical engineering principles to design and maintain the company's FOS product lines during new product design, development, and sustain production across a multidisciplinary team
• Supports production of existing products, working with manufacturing and quality to troubleshoot issues, document changes, and adhere to AS9100 and ISO9001 quality standards
• Responsible for architecture, design and development of next generation Electronic Safe and Arm Devices utilizing the latest state of the art technologies
• ASIC / FPGA designs will include various sensor interfaces, sequence verification, A/D and D/A interfaces, communication protocols, state machines, timer chains, etc. used in Electronic Safe and Arm Devices (Fuzes) for DOD weapon systems
• Microsemi / Actel is our targeted FPGA and QuestaSim is our simulation tool. The primary responsibilities will focus on Verilog FPGA design, System Verilog UVM verification and C# based microcontroller development
• Analysis of the requirements, architecture definition, design and debug of FPGA and associated hardware and microcontroller products and associated firmware
• Programming experience in C for embedded systems, including development of algorithms, manipulation of data structures, and implementing highly optimized code
• Familiar working with code version control repository tools, such as Subversion (SVN), GIT or TFS
• Digital Design practices and principles, logic design and architecture and experience with HDL's (i.e Verilog, VHDL)