Systems Engineer

For more than 50 years, Data Device Corporation (DDC) has been recognized as a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-reliability Connectivity, Power, and Control solutions for the Aerospace, Defense, and Space industries. Our dedication to supplying quality products, on-time delivery, and superior support, has contributed to the success of our customers and the critical missions they serve.

To continue to meet our customer’s mission critical needs, DDC is seeking a Systems Engineer to join our respected and valued team.

The salary range for this position is $123k - $176k.

Responsibilities

• Product Specifications: Implement innovative approaches and develop clearly written design specifications that ensure DDC’s products are designed to succeed in the market relative to their technical performance, feature set, cost and time to market goals.
• Architecture: Facilitate the design of complex products by leading and coordinating engineering teams of varied technical disciplines through clearly documented architectural level design documents. Lead the decision and tradeoff process for issues that cross hardware/software or other technical discipline boundaries.
• Design (and Develop): Perform original and innovative hardware/software design and distill large-scale designs into architectural elements that facilitate the division of design work to teams of five or more engineers.
• Planning: Develop plans, schedules, and identify resources required to develop products from market requirement through product release. Identify risk areas and develop contingency plans to eliminate or mitigate risk that could result in schedule delays or failure to meet specification or design plan requirements.
• Educate: Conceive methods for achieving product requirements and specifications using appropriate software architecture and design techniques. Anticipate possible difficulties and develop alternate methods.
• Maintenance: Mentor, coach, and train engineers to facilitate their ability to progress to higher levels of technical and professional achievement.
• Continuous Improvement: Take the initiative to research, develop, propose, evaluate and/or implement new methods, processes, techniques, tools, components, or technology that improve quality, timeliness and/or performance of DDC’s products or the efficiency or cost effectiveness of DDC’s engineering work. Modify existing SOPs or create new SOPs to implement new processes.

Qualifications

• This position is 100% onsite at our Bohemia, Long Island, NY corporate office
• Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate Engineering
• Advanced degree(s) or equivalent demonstrated advanced design and technical leadership skills desired
• 5-7 years relevant work experience required of relevant engineering level experience and demonstrated performance meeting the duties listed for a System Engineer including project management
• Experience working with multi-site, international project teams
• Demonstrate leadership design skills in at least two or more technical disciplines such as analog circuit, digital circuit, software, and/or system design
• Demonstrate ability to develop, articulate and present technical information appropriately targeted to meet the needs of audiences at all levels from the highly technical to the non-technical and at all business levels including business executives (including customers) in both written, verbal and presentation forms
• Develop technical strategies coordinated with Marketing and/or Sales in support of DDC’s business goals
• Participate in technical meetings with various standards organizations to influence technical committee decisions in a way that are coordinated with DDC’s business strategies
• Conduct field or outside lab tests and evaluations of customers use and application of DDC’s products. Analyze how customers use DDC products and seek opportunities to make product improvements based on field application information that could provide a marketable advantage
• Demonstrate ability to take input from multiple sources, define one technical plan to meet the product needs and get buy-in from all parties to implement that plan
• Conduct in-depth technical interviews and make assessments and recommendations that support the hiring of capable and talented technical staff in Engineering and other departments
• Perform CCA design specifying mixed-signal technology circuits consisting of processors, I/O communications, and programmable logic devices (FPGA, CPLD)
• Strong RTL coding/simulation/debug capabilities using VHDL and/or Verilog (VHDL preferred)
• Experience with RTL simulation, Synthesis, and Static Timing Analysis in one or more of the following toolsets: Xilinx Vivado, Altera/Intel Quartus, Lattice Diamond, and Microsemi Libero
• Familiarity with multiple networking protocols including PCIe, 1G/10G Ethernet, Fibre Channel, 1553, 1394
• Strong skills and experience in troubleshooting hardware issues using software and hardware tools
• Software/hardware design experience in High Speed Networking, including IEEE 802.1Q Ethernet switching, TCP/IP protocols, and VLANs
• Experience with MIL-STD-1553, Fibre Channel, ARINC-429 and DO-254 is highly desirable
• TOOLS Experience (DOORS or Similar)

Benefits of working at DDC

• People–Focused Policies
• Career Development
• Medical/Dental/Vision Coverage
• Paid Time Off
• 401k with Employer Match
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Referral Program
• Childcare Subsidy
• Fitness Center Reimbursement

Data Device Corporation provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Salary : $123,000 - $176,000