Senior Electrical Engineer

Critical Frequency Design is an aerospace and defense communications company specializing in opto-electronics for Next Generation Communication and Sensor systems. At Critical Frequency Design, we specialize in expediting solutions from concept to qualified products to provide the US warfighter with tomorrow’s solutions today. Critical Frequency Design’s Microwave Photonic, Free Space Optics and Open Systems products are being brought to the market by experienced business leaders and world-renowned scientists in a creative and agile environment.

The company is a rapidly growing engineering business located on the Space Coast in Melbourne, FL.

Critical Frequency Design isseekingahighlyproactive

Senior Electrical Engineer withbothadeepbackground in embedded firmware/software developmentanda broad set ofengineeringskillsincluding but not limitedtocontrols, high-speed digital communications protocol development,digital signal processing,computer vision, sensor fusion,optics,andagile hardware development and prototyping.

This individual is sought after to support

CFD’slow size, weight, and powerfree space optical communication product development initiatives.

Activities will includeconductinghardware and software development cycles in whichproductmaturity increases iterativelywith each phase of design, integration, and verification/test.

This individual will be a self-starter motivated by the prospect of continuous learning, improvement, and application oftheir skillset.

Your responsibilities will include, butarenot limited to:

• FPGA logic/firmware development in combination with SoC software development.
• Familiar with creatinga
  
  Board Support Package (BSP) fora
  
  SoC/SoMdesign.
• Experience with AMDUltra
  
  Scale+andRFSoC(Versal) architecturesinthe
  
  Vivadoenvironment.
• Familiar with newer high speed memory architectures (DDR,LPDDR4/5x, HBM)
• Linux software development experienceisrequired,anda working knowledge of the Robot Operating System (ROS2) is a plus.
• Closed-loop control algorithm development using a hybrid combination of SW and FW tointerfacesensors and actuators.
• High-speed serial protocol and forward error correction code creation and revision.
• Hardware prototyping capabilities including but not limitedtosolid modeling for 3D printing and/or quick-turn machining, electrical PCB design, schematic, and layout for quick-turn testing.
• Perform board bring-up, integration and test activities for hardware/FPGA logic at board-and system-level.
• Systems engineering applying knowledge gained through prototyping and test to architect solutions to engineering challenges.
• Develop technical documentation such ascode repository documents,system diagrams, testplansandreports, etc.
• Provide clear communication of design and development approach to peers,technology leads, andcompany management.
• Provide analysis and support during gate reviewsforboth internal and customer design reviews.
• Provide technical and estimation support such as basis of estimate development to proposals as directed by management.
• Workwith operations and production to ensure adoption of qualifiable/manufacturabledesigns.

The candidatemustpossessthe below minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to theminimumrequirements and are considered a plus factor inidentifyingtop candidates.

Minimum Qualifications:

• U.S. citizen to support ITAR business unit.
• MSin Electrical Engineering (or equivalent) witha minimum of6yearsofrelevant work experienceor
  
  BSwith a minimum of 8 yearsofrelevant work experience.
• Demonstrated experience with AMD/Xilinx FPGA development within
  
  Vivado, or experience with a similar toolset and demonstrable familiarity with the same.
• Demonstrated experience with object-oriented programming in a Linux environment.
• Self-evident inclination towards rapid prototyping anda preference for being hands on across a broad range of engineering disciplines.
• Strong analytical,problem-solving, and technical communication skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced work environment with deadlines and priorities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• PhD in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent) witha minimum of 3 years of relevant…