Hardware Development Engineer (Senior level)

Location: Hybrid for candidates near the East Hartford, CT, or Platteville, WI offices; candidates outside these areas may be eligible to work fully remotely. U.S. Citizenship is required, and travel may be required for up to four weeks per year.

Company

CS Group USA, a subsidiary of CS Group, develops and certifies safety-critical systems for the U.S. aerospace industry.

What you will do

• Lead circuit design and circuit layout for embedded aerospace and defense systems, including processor and PLD interfaces.
• Define hardware/software, FPGA, and edge-connector interfaces at board and system levels.
• Capture board-level requirements and implement them in circuit and FPGA designs.
• Define, solve, and defend technical decisions; guide implementation and conduct formal design reviews.
• Collaborate with systems, hardware, software, verification, and certification teams.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship while supporting schedules, quality objectives, certification audits, reviews, and data package development.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related engineering, science, or technical discipline.
• At least 7 years of relevant experience in programmable logic, circuit design or layout, digital hardware, or embedded systems development.
• Strong understanding of aerospace hardware architectures and development processes, component selection and analysis, circuit design principles, safety-critical hardware development, and systems engineering processes.
• Experience with VHDL, Verilog, SystemVerilog, or similar hardware design languages.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and root-cause investigation skills.
• Excellent communication and technical leadership skills.
• U.S. Citizenship is required; dual citizenship must be disclosed.
• Ability to travel approximately up to four weeks per year.

Culture & Benefits

• Primarily remote work with a collaborative environment and employees across multiple U.S. states.
• Annual cash bonus opportunity for all members.
• 2% annual retirement benefit opportunity.
• Training and professional development opportunities.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, critical illness, legal assistance, military leave, and mental health benefits.
• Paid holidays, vacation, sick time, and bereavement leave.