Hardware Design Engineer - Leading Industry Pay

PGS Worldwide is actively seeking a skilled Hardware Design Engineer to support ongoing projects for an Aerospace leader in Wayne, NJ. This is an initial 12-month contract-to-hire opportunity and I will respond immediately to all qualified candidates.

Job Description:

• An Aerospace leader is looking for a Test Engineer with test hardware development experience to support our Integrated Test Engineering (ITE) organization. The ITE organization’s mission is to reliably deliver customer-focused, affordable test solutions which are integrated across all levels of production and engineering test.
• Experience the entire life cycle of a program to include bid and proposal, advanced development and demonstration, test design and development, product fielding, procurement and sustainment.
• The selected candidate will be part of a test engineering team throughout the product lifecycle.
• The Test Engineer should have a strong background in Electrical or Computer Engineering, and possess a demonstrated ability in designing, developing, and deploying complex automated test systems, test applications, documentation, and selecting commercial Instrumentation for testing Military Comms, Navigation, and Electronic Warfare equipment.

Requirements:

• A minimum of 8 years required designing and developing test equipment hardware for automated test systems utilized in both production and engineering environments.
• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
• Experience architecting and designing test equipment hardware/test station used for testing: analog, digital, RF circuit cards, hybrid modules, higher-level systems, and subsystems.
• Experienced in the design and documentation of Interface Test Adapters (ITAs), 19' test racks, including the selection of rack-and-stack instruments and PXI hardware, test cabling, custom test module design, and definition/selection/design of custom switch modules/matrices used to support testing and verification activities for system development, production, and sustainment testing activities.
• Experience with developing, releasing, updating hardware documentation for test requirements, test design, and operating procedures for acceptance test and environmental stress screening applications.
• US Citizenship required.

Desired:

• Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
• Experience in factory production test stands design, integration, problem isolation and resolution.
• Experience designing interface test adapters (ITAs) is highly desired.
• Experienced in using test instrumentation (oscilloscopes, PXI systems & I/O modules, network analyzer, spectrum analyzer, signal generators, etc.).
• Familiar with boundary scan tools and software.
• Familiar with FPGA programming and debugging.
• Experience with performing design for test (DFT) analysis.
• Experience with generating Test Requirement Documents (TRDs) for military depot customers.

Job ID: 6541

Military veterans and transitioning military members are encouraged to apply to all PGS Worldwide positions. All of our jobs are military-friendly, and we work with leaders in Aerospace who rely on your military expertise to support mission-critical programs nationwide. As a Veteran Founded company, we know that the military has given you the skills and training you need to succeed in positions like this, and we want to support your success in the civilian sector however we can. We thank you for your service, and humbly offer our own in return by helping you take your career to the next level.