Delivering mission-critical, electronic solutions that protect lives. Use your creativity and critical thinking to take our products from concept to customer.

At CAES, we engineer solutions for the world's most critical missions. We serve customers in the defense and aerospace markets.

Seeking a career that offers challenging, diverse projects and opportunities? Looking for a position with a company that offers long-term professional advancement? Searching for a place that values a diverse, team-based environment? One that values YOU. Consider CAES.

The most important thing we build is TRUST

The CAES Advanced Program Development (APD) line of business is seeking a highly experienced Principal Digital Engineer for new product development and product improvement projects as part of a multi-disciplinary team. This includes design, analysis, and all aspects of project engineering work as well as leading, mentoring, coaching, and training junior engineers.

Our team succeeds in an open area work environment, promoting free and innovative thinking while capitalizing on personal and professional growth for everyone. We embrace cross training across multiple disciplines, generating meaningful development opportunities for our team to expand their knowledge and expertise.

• Architect, simulate, design, develop, support implementation, and integration of digital functions and sub-systems into CAES' products.
• Perform requirements specification, digital design, simulation, design validation, system integration, and transition to production.
• Create digital concept and architecture from specifications.
• Design digital hardware to interface with real-time and closed-loop Electronic Warfare subsystems to meet system requirements.
• Circuit card design including parts selection, schematic entry, and layout oversight
• Write and simulate VHDL for FPGAs.
• Write and debug embedded C for micro-controllers.
• Test and integrate circuit cards / sub-systems / systems.
• Interface with complex RF subsystems and/or motion controlled positioner assemblies.
• Be responsible for complete board/module designs with respect to technical details, budget, and schedule.
• Contribute to proposals for new business and provide labor estimates.
• Author related documentation such as version description documents, verification procedures, etc.

Minimum:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• Minimum 8 years' experience in Engineering in high-tech R&D and/or manufacturing companies.
• Work experience in electronic product design and development.
• Experience in all phases of board development from inception through production (architecture, schematics, layout, debug and documentation), and FPGA applications.
• Experience with electronics (software, firmware, and hardware) design & manufacture, relevant market/customer acumen, and strong product and technology expertise.
• Experience with Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and all other aspects of electrical engineering.
  
• This position requires access to technology, materials, software or hardware that is controlled by US export laws. In order to be eligible for this position, you must be a "US Person" under US export laws (or eligible for approval under a U.S. Government export license).
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

Preferred:

• Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Advanced degree in a technical specialty or in management.
• Experience working in and driving results for a matrix organization.
• Work experience in electronic product design and development.
• Experience with prototype assembly, turn-on, and debug in a laboratory environment.
• Experience taking a design from concept to production, including characterization of designs.
• Knowledge of radar, EW/ELINT/SIGINT, and communications are a plus.
• Knowledge of high-speed digital and/or analog design.
• Proficiency with Altium tool set.
• Knowledge of PCI Express and Ethernet.
• Experience with DFx practices.
• Ability to work efficiently and cross-functionally, including working with high-volume domestic and international manufacturing facilities.
• Systems Engineering and/or RF experience is also highly desired.
• C/C++, Python, or other programming language expertise.

Salary Range: $125,000 - $167,000 annually. Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Applicable pay within the posted range may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, geographical location, job function of the position, education, and experience of the successful candidate. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as business results. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

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EMPLOYMENT TRANSPARENCY

BENEFITS

We take care of our people and provide competitive health, wealth and wellbeing benefits - from day one. You'll also discover learning and development opportunities so you can take your career to the next level - and beyond.

CAES APD provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, 401K, paid holidays, sick leave, and vacation.

ABOUT CAES

CAES is the largest provider of analog and radiation hardened technology for the United States aerospace and defense industry. From human spaceflight and space exploration, to missile defense and electronic warfare, to healthcare solutions addressing COVID-19, our talented team develop high performing electronic solutions that work the first time, every time.

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER

At CAES we welcome differences and celebrate new ideas. We believe the diversity of our people inspires our creativity and drives our innovation. Everyone is welcome here, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability for any part of the employment process, please email