Senior Electronics Design Engineer

About the Role

Silvus Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorola Solutions, is seeking a Senior Electronics Design Engineer to join the Hardware Engineering team in West Los Angeles on a hybrid schedule. You will participate in the development of Silvus’ MANET radios and other advanced R&D projects with a focus on Electronics Hardware/PCBA design. This role reports to the Team Lead, Electronics Design and is based at Silvus’ headquarters with at least 3 days onsite per week (Mon, Wed, Thu). What You'll Do

• Component selection, schematic capture and PCB design of electrical systems based on an FPGA SoC with associated memory devices, transceivers, communication peripherals, and power management circuitry.

• Design high fidelity mixed signal audio circuitry with excellent noise immunity.

• Follow good design practices to achieve successful mixed signal PCB design.

• Define PCB stack up, materials, and design rules to meet performance requirements and manufacturing feasibility.

• Perform hardware bring-up, test, and root cause analysis on the bench, using common lab equipment.

• Work with PCB Designers, Software, FPGA, and RF teams for system-level implementation.

• Ensure designs do not produce EMI and are well isolated in high EMI environments.

• Perform other duties as assigned by a supervisor. What We're Looking For

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or closely related field.

• Minimum six (6) years of experience in mixed signal circuit design involving audio and SoCs.

• Demonstrated expertise with complex mixed signal PCB design and HDI routing.

• Experienced with audio codecs and audio power amplifiers.

• Experience implementing digital communication peripherals at a hardware level, such as USB 3.0, 10Gb Ethernet, I2C, and RS232.

• Experience designing power supply trees to achieve high efficiency and low noise implementations.

• Strong familiarity with test equipment such as DMM, bench top supply, oscilloscope, logic analyzer, spectrum analyzer.

• Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. Citizen, or U.S. Permanent Resident) due to clients under U.S. federal contracts.

• All employment is contingent upon the successful clearance of a background check and drug test. Nice to Have

• Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or closely related field.

• Competency with simulation tools for high speed digital design and power supply design.

• Proven experience with Xilinx FPGAs, SoCs and the Vivado IDE.

• Experience with video codecs.

• Experience with Altium Designer.

• Knowledge of compliance standards such as FCC, CE Mark and MIL-STD-461.

• Experience with MATLAB, Python, and/or C.

• Ability to work in a collaborative, multidisciplinary team environment.

• Problem-solving, data analysis, deductive reasoning, and critical thinking skills.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills. Compensation & Benefits

• Salary: $120,000 - $180,000 / yearly.

• The pay range is NOT a guarantee, and will vary depending on the candidate’s experience and qualifications.

• Note: As a U.S. Federal Contractor, Silvus Technologies requires that ALL candidates being considered for employment MUST be a U.S. Person (permanent resident or citizen). Some roles may require stricter U.S. Citizen-only requirements.