Lead Hardware Engineer

General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) is a $4 Billion business unit of General Dynamics Corporation and has a 65 year defense heritage of providing high quality, technically superior, high value products and services to the United States and its allies. Land Systems has the leadership, financial resources, technology and strength of more than 8,400 employees who are dedicated to making the company the world's preferred supplier of a full spectrum of land and amphibious weapons systems. This dedication assures every shareholder, customer and the nation that the name General Dynamics will always mean Strength on Your Side.


Description of Work:
- Lead Hardware Engineer for Embedded Controllers, Processor LRU's, Components, and Subsystems
- Develop concepts to support advanced technology initiatives, IRADS, proposals, and demonstrations.
- Support concept to production H/W delivery including requirements analysis, design, debug, test, and qualification
- Create and maintain project estimates, schedules and budgets, lead and mentor team members, ensure on time and on budget deliveries of H/W and firmware.
- Coordinate creation and delivery of full Technical Data Package (TDP).
- Ensure project compliance to company procedures and processes
- Manage and track Engineering Design Fixes, and Coordinate Solutions
- Primary H/W interface to IPT, Program Management, and Customer. Prepare and present project status to management and customer as needed.
- Support system architecture analysis, trade studies, and participate in associated engineering reviews
- Support circuit design, component selection, procurement, and oversight of prototype hardware debug and builds
- Review and develop H/W and S/W requirement documents and test plans
- Strong record keeping skills with commitment to tracking design changes, debug status, H/W and S/W revisions.


Job Requirements:
- Bachelors Degree or Equivalent in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
- Experience as Lead Hardware Project Engineer responsible for managing multiple product deliveries from concept phase to production.
- Experience creating and maintaining Labor/Material Budgets and schedules
- Background in Digital and Analog circuit design including power and thermal analysis.
- Background in schematic development, component selection, circuit simulation, and PCB layout
- Strong background with microprocessor based products including processors, chipsets, memory and bus interfaces, networking standards including 802.11 wireless. (PCI-Express, DDR2, DDR3, USB, SATA, DVI, etc...)
- Familiar with HC12 Microcontrollers and x86, Power PC Single Board Computers
- Knowledge of industry interface standards and form factors (VITA42/46, COM Express, ETX, etc ...)
- Experience with Networking Products, H/W, S/W, Switches, Routers, OSI layers
- Experience with Network Storage (NAS, SAN), Solid State and Rotating Drive technologies, Interfaces, and protocols (IDE, SATA, SCSI, Fibre Channel, NFS)
- Experience with Serial Interconnects, USB, CAN, RS422/485, etc.
- RF/wireless design and qualification experience specifically 802.11 wireless networking products a plus
- Familiar with FPGA Design and Simulation, VHDL
- Familiar with EMI/EMC design practices and standards.
- Programming background C, C++, VisualStudio (VB) a plus.
- Familiar with Military design and test requirements including MIL-1275, MIL-461, MIL-464, MIL-810
- Familiar with Six Sigma design tools including DFMEA and Reliability Analysis.
- Ability to use Engineering Development and Test Tools.
- Must meet ASR Requirements to Work Inside vehicles.
- Capable of Obtaining a Security Clearance.
- Occasional overtime, and weekend hours may be required to complete critical tasks.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with interdisciplinary teams.
- Strong multi-tasking skills




Required Education:
BS


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General Dynamics Land Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer