Hardware Engineer I - Military veterans preferred

Title:                         Hardware Engineer I       

Department:           Eng Comm HW. 706300

Revision Date:        4/3/2025

FLSA Status: Exempt

Location:                  Chandler, AZ – Onsite 5 days a week

Level:                        T1 

Company Overview

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. is a leading global technology company providing terrestrial and wireless network solutions, next-generation 9-1-1 emergency services, satellite and space communications technologies, and cloud-native capabilities to commercial and government customers around the world. Our unique culture of innovation and employee empowerment unleashes a relentless passion for customer success. With multiple facilities located in technology corridors throughout the United States and around the world, Comtech leverages our global presence, technology leadership, and decades of experience to create the world’s most innovative communications solutions. For more information, please visit www.comtech.com. 
 
We’re seeking curious, growth-minded thinkers to help shape our vision, structures, and systems; playing a key role as we launch into our ambitious future. If you’re invigorated by our mission, values, and drive to change the world — we’d love to have you apply.

Position Summary: 

We’re looking for a Hardware Engineer to help our engineering team develop advanced satellite communications products. You’ll work alongside other accomplished, innovative engineers to develop new products and advanced features. The ideal candidate will apply their experience and sharpen their expertise in a dedicated product development environment to tackle real world problems while working with software and test teams to deliver high quality, leading-edge products. The Hardware Engineer will be responsible for the design of electronics for ground-based satellite communications equipment.

Responsibilities:

• Rapidly develop concept to prototype, including digital, analog, and FPGA components.
• Designs will include:
  1. SoC FPGA connectivity including gigabit transceivers, clocking, power, banking, and configuration techniques
  2. Memory devices such as DDR/LPDDR, Flash, SPI NOR, eMMC
  3. Data converters such as mixed-signal front-ends, ADCs, DACs
  4. Clock distribution including PLLs, fanout buffers, differential and single-ended, termination techniques
  5. SERDES connectivity – PCIe, CAUI, JESD204 up to 25 GHz
  6. Ethernet connectivity, switches, PHYs
  7. Power distribution network design and analysis
• Signal Integrity (SI) and Power Integrity (PI) analysis
• Work with cross-functional teams to define engineering requirements based on system-level requirements and tradeoffs
• Create formal engineering documentation including System Requirements Specifications (SRS), Hardware Design documents (HDD), Interface Control documents (ICD), and others
• Bring-up and bench testing of prototype electronics
• Work with manufacturing team to bring up production

Qualifications: 

• Some experience with architecture and design of communications systems.
• Some experience with board-level design including FPGA interfacing, digital design, basic analog circuitry (filter/gain stages) including ADCs, DACs, switching voltage regulators, and platform bring-up.
• Some experience in the following: common bus interfaces and IO's such as Gigabit Ethernet, JESD204, PCIe, USB, IC2, and JTAG.
• Hands-on experience in PCB schematic & layout software (e.g. Orcad).  Ability to direct PCB designers is a plus.
• Proficiency with using lab instruments; oscilloscope, logic analyzer, spectrum analyzer, signal generator is a plus.
• Some experience with FPGA design tools, including implementation and simulation, is a plus.
• Basic proficiency with C for embedded systems and one higher level language (Python, etc).

Education:

• BS degree in Electrical Engineering.
• MS in Electrical Engineering or Communications Engineering Preferred
   

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Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.