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Contract FPGA Design Engineer in Richardson, TX

August 22, 2008

Contract FPGA Design Engineer, to $55/hr, Richardson, TX

Join this fast-growth Fortune 500 Company on a key project and take responsibility for development of the high level design and documentation of the high speed digital section of a compact base station transceiver and power supply. The contract is for a 4 to 6 months (target). You must have experience in the design of high speed digital boards with SERDES interfaces operating in excess of 2 Gbps. In addition, you should have experience with designs utilizing FPGAs, DSP processors, and memory interfaces. If you meet the listed requirements, please send MS Word resume to resume [at] alynpatrick [dot] com

Requirements:

– BSEE or MSEE plus 5 to 10 years experience
– Excellent verbal and written communication skills; experience with technical documentation
– Experience with SERDES interfaces operating in excess of 2 Gbps
– Design experience with high speed digital circuit cards requiring FPGAs, DSP processors, and memory interfaces

Written by David Herrmann · Filed Under Electrical Engineering, Engineering Jobs, Mid Level, Senior Level | Comments Off 

Digital Design Engineer, IP Interfaces, $50-$55/hr, Richardson, TX

August 22, 2008

Digital Design Engineer, IP Interfaces, $50-$55/hr, Richardson, TX

-4 to 6 month target contract.

Growth at this global Wireless Communications Company has led to the need for a contract Digital Design Engineer who can take responsibility for the development of requirements and high level design in the digital network interface section of the femto-cell and pico-cell system. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required. The contract is expected to last 4 to 6 months. For immediate consideration, please send MS Word resume to resume [at] alynpatrick [dot] com

Requirements:

– BSEE required; MSEE a plus
– 10+ years experience with digital network and hardware design
– Experience with implementation of IP interfaces along with IPSEC
– Experience in gathering requirements, translating them into designs, and creating technical documentation

Written by David Herrmann · Filed Under Electrical Engineering, Engineering Jobs, Senior Level | Comments Off 

RF Design Engineer in Austin, TX

July 28, 2008

RF Design Engineer

RF Code, Inc.

As an RF Design Engineer with RF Code, you will be a member of a team developing RFID systems to solve customer needs.  In this relatively new field, opportunity for innovation will challenge your mind and satisfy your need to create.

Day to day tasks include:

  • Defining solutions to solve customer needs in asset tracking
  • Analyzing trade-offs and resolving product features
  • Low Power RF Design, 300 MHz – 2.4 GHz
  • Manufacturing support and guidance
  • Design for Compliance
  • Schematic Capture, PCB layout
  • Embedded processor implementation and design
  • Scheduling, planning and negotiation
  • Troubleshooting, bug correction
  • Documentation
  • Testing of new designs and products

Position Requirements:

The successful candidate will have excelled in previous positions with technology firms and have at least 10 years of related experience.
Candidates will have:

  • Command of Radio Frequency Communication methods and implementation
  • Understanding of manufacturing and fabrication of designed product
  • Diverse skills that center around RF communication
  • A BSEE, related armed service training, Associate Degree or aligned industry experience
  • Thorough knowledge of diagnostic and measurement tools used in engineering; Oscilloscope, meters, etc.
  • Excellent verbal and written communications skills

Required skills include:

  • RF Design, analog design, implementation, troubleshooting and documentation, ultra low power design

Additional skills are a plus:

  • Digital Design, embedded design, asm and C programming, mechanical design, passive RFID

RF Code offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, including stock options. Please send your resume to jbs [at] rfcode [dot] com.  RF Code is an equal opportunity employer.

Written by bradley · Filed Under Electrical Engineering, Engineering Jobs, Senior Level |  

RFIC Layout / Design Engineer in Dallas, TX

July 14, 2008

RFIC Layout / Design Engineer, Contract, $45-60 per hour, N. Dallas Suburbs/ Asia

Travel to Asia! Meet the challenge of project work on the latest mobile products at this world-class Fortune 500 Corporation. Your expertise in RFIC layout and design with wireless transceivers for mobile handset applications and your many years of working with Cadence SpectraRF or later updates will be an asset to the team. You will work towards a tape out involving the deep submicron CMOS process. You will modify, optimize, and perform some RFIC circuit design. This contract opportunity is anticipated to take last for 4 to 6 months. International travel is required. There are two options, but the most plausible will be that you will be stationed overseas for 2-3 months and then return to DFW (or perhaps stationed elsewhere depending on special circumstances).

For immediate consideration, send MS Word resume to resume [at] alynpatrick [dot] com.

Requirements:

– BSEE or MSEE from an accredited university is required
– 8-10+ years experience in RFIC layout with strong expertise in RF circuits and large blocks of digital circuits on the same CMOS substrate
– Strong experience with Cadence SpectraRF or later updates for extraction and simulation required
– Specific experience with handset transceiver applications for commercial mobile devices preferred
– Ability and willingness to work in Asia for extended time periods of up to 3 months
– Ability to work independently and take responsibility for the project
– Excellent verbal and written communication skills; multi-lingual would be a plus

Written by David Herrmann · Filed Under Electrical Engineering, Engineering Jobs, International Jobs |  

Hardware Design Engineer in Greenbelt, MD

April 14, 2008

Job Title: Hardware Design Engineer
Job Location: Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, MD
Career Level: Senior (7+ yrs)
Job Type: Direct
Pay Type: Salary
Maximum Pay: $120,000
Minimum Pay: $70,000
Required Engineering Field/Major: Aerospace
General Job Description:

Organizational Role:

Candidate will work as a task team member performing in a mission-critical environment. This position will be based out of the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD and will be responsible for leading or participating in network design efforts as well as the upgrade, maintenance, performance, and general operation of our infrastructure environment. The individual is responsible for maintaining and/or improving system performance and coordinating with the System Administrator Team Lead to complete Center-assigned security tasks.

Essential Roles and Responsibilities:

Participate in and/or lead efforts for network and system design as part of ongoing reengineering efforts
Participate in and/or lead efforts for server and workstation hardware installation, maintenance, problem resolution, failure recovery, performance tuning, configuration, and optimization issues
Participate in and/or lead efforts for the installation, configuration, and maintenance of operating systems software, applications, application development environments, and utilities
Maintain interoperability between servers, workstations, and other network devices in a multi-server, multi-operating system environment consisting of HP-UX UNIX, Windows, and Linux.
Coordinate and monitor the setup and operation of network printer services using multiple servers, queues, and operating systems
Ensure system configuration and operation are thoroughly documented
Identify potential service level problems before they occur and recommends and/or implements solutions
Rotating on-call support for emergency situations.
Support GSFC/NASA during vulnerability scanning and coordinate with System Administrators to correct any findings

Required Skills:

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field or a corresponding number of years experience in a similar or related position. (Six (6) yrs of general experience is considered equivalent to a Bachelor’s Degree, Four (4) yrs of general experience + BS/BA is equivalent to a Master’s Degree.)
Experience designing, implementing, upgrading and maintaining networks and system solutions in a mixed Windows, UNIX, and LINUX environment containing workstations, servers, high performance storage and high performance networks
In depth hardware knowledge: server architecture, CPU, memory, power supply, configuring and installing SCSI devices, workstation hardware, internal modules and general troubleshooting
Expert knowledge level in the Windows, UNIX, and LINUX operating systems
Needs to be a self-motivated person and team player.
Ability to communicate effectively and present results to both technical and non-technical staff and management at all levels.
Ability to prioritize, organize and work independently
Superb customer service skills
In-depth knowledge of software installation/upgrade techniques, problem identification and resolution is required
Knowledge of MS Windows Server 2000/2003, Windows XP, Active Directory, HP-UX 11i (PA-RISC & Itanium), and Red Hat LINUX
Knowledge of data communications TCP/IP, DNS, IPX/SPX, FTP
Applicants selected may provide cross functional support on certain government contracts requiring access to classified information. Selected candidate must meet eligibility requirements for a SECRET security clearance.

Company/Client Profile:

a.i. solutions is a small aerospace engineering firm, headquartered in Lanham, MD. For the past ten years, we have been a trusted provider of aerospace engineering services, mission-critical IT services and commercial-off-the shelf (COTS) space mission analysis software.

Written by bradley · Filed Under $100k+ Jobs, Aerospace Engineering, Engineering Jobs, Senior Level |  

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