Principal Hardware Engineer

🔥 7 minutes ago

🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

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💵 $144.1k - $190k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🔧 Hardware Engineer

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Curtiss-Wright Corporation

5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1929

🏭 Manufacturing

💼 Consulting

🚀 Aerospace

Manufacturing • Consulting • Aerospace

Curtiss-Wright Corporation is a global integrated company with a long-standing tradition of providing state-of-the-art, reliable solutions to commercial, industrial, defense, and energy markets. The company specializes in advanced, engineered technologies that are reliable, responsive, flexible, and affordable. Curtiss-Wright caters to strategically aligned global markets, supporting aerospace and defense, commercial power, process, and industrial customers. The company offers leading-edge sensors, controls, subsystems, and critical components, as well as vital aerospace and ground defense systems, notably for nuclear power plants and naval defense industries. Curtiss-Wright is dedicated to delivering technologies that matter, thereby growing shareholder value through leadership and strategic market offerings.

📋 Description

• Plan, lead, and design complex electrical boards, including SBC, FPGA, switch, and I/O cards in 3U and 6U VPX form factors • Design custom form-factor systems incorporating software, firmware, and hardware security elements • Collaborate with engineering, project management, test, and operations teams in multidisciplinary teams • Lead the design and development of 3U and 6U VPX SBC, FPGA, switch, and I/O cards • Lead the design and development of custom form-factor systems, power supplies, and thermal management elements including Liquid-Flow-Through methods • Support business development, program managers, and customer teams in translating requirements into practical system and functional designs • Assess technical and economic feasibility of new designs and act as a team/project lead • Provide technical leadership, introduce best practices, and improve product performance, reliability, and time-to-market • Direct and conduct tests to establish standards for new or modified equipment, systems, or processes • Develop and maintain technical procedures, documentation, and manuals

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering required • Minimum 15 years of experience in DoD embedded systems and hardware design; 20+ years preferred • Extensive experience designing mixed-signal, high-speed digital, analog, and low-power, high-current circuits in high-reliability environments • Proficient in designing high-density interconnect (HDI) PCBs with 26+ layers, multi lamination, blind/buried vias, and uVia structures • Hands-on experience with Siemens Expedition DX Designer (SCH) and Siemens Expedition PCB tools • Ability to prioritize tasks, drive results, and work under high-pressure, schedule-driven environments • Strong leadership and mentoring skills, capable of architecting and completing complex designs with schedule-based teams • Excellent communication skills • Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) • US Citizenship required • Active DoD security clearance preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Paid Time Off • 401K with Employer Match and Profit Sharing • Health and Wellness Benefits • Learning and Development Opportunities • Referral Program • Competitive Pay • Recognition • Employee Stock Purchase Plan • Inclusive & Supportive Culture

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