Senior Analog Electronics Engineer at GCR Professional Services
Cambridge, MA
About the Job
Senior Analog Electronics Engineer
Contract assignment 40 hours weekly
6-12+ months
US Active Secret Clearance is required.
Job Description Summary:
· A Senior Analog Electronics Engineer designs, specifies, develops, and tests analog electronics and requirements for a wide array of applications, including analog front-end, signal conditioning, analog-to-digital conversion, precision feedback systems, dc/dc conversion. They also perform a variety of engineering work in the initial planning and design phase of specifications and requirements of the systems.
· Job Description:
· Duties/Responsibilities
• Design, develop, and build analog electronics.
• Conduct research, design, development, and testing of hardware such as amplifiers, LDO’s, comparators, mixers, phase locked loops, and radiation hardened designs.
• Optimize system designs for low noise, performance as well as size, weight and power.
• Design new products and develop technical specifications for their production.
• Analyze hardware configuration and processing solutions and test hardware conformance to specifications.
• Develop and maintain effective internal/external relationships.
• Independently drive solutions to complex problems - develop requirements, propose ways forward when customer requirements are unclear or incomplete, and adapt appropriately to changes in requirements.
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) able to perform advanced architectures and designs for complex analog electronics.
• Involved in business development and proposal activities.
• Identify program/system-level technical risks and develop and execute mitigation strategies.
• Ability to manage multi-disciplinary tasks with multiple engineers and effectively communicate status to project leadership and customers.
• Develop, document, and teach best practices to less experienced engineers; Demonstrate strong organization, planning, and time management skills to achieve program goals.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.
Skills/Abilities
• Knowledge in at least one of the following areas: low-noise electronics, analog-digital conversion, methods of synchronous detection, analog and digital signal processing, phase-locked loops, high speed and precision amplifiers, discrete transistor level design.
• Designing and troubleshooting analog electronics.
• Proficient with schematic capture and printed circuit board layout.
• Ability to perform circuit simulation using Spice or other simulation tools.
• System modeling and analysis experience using MATLAB, Simulink, or other comparable tools.
• Understanding of applied math and physics.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to write detailed documentation.
Education
Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a related field required,
Master’s Degree preferred.
Experience 5-7 years of experience in Analog Circuit Design or related.
Additional Job Requirements:
· Must be local to the Cambridge office and able to support flexible in-office work. Full-time remote employees will not be considered for this role.
· Active clearance is required.