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Electrical Engineer ? Embedded Systems / Flight Control Hardwa
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An Embedded Software Engineer designs or improves the embedded computer software that supports specialized hardware for certain products, devices or systems. Oversees the entire software development process. Analyzes customer or user needs, designs programs, writes code or instructs computer programmers, tests design, and documents programs. May assist with upgrades or maintenance.
$127,255 / year median in Maryland
+9% projected growth
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Electrical Engineer ? Embedded Systems / Flight Control Hardwa
BTS is seeking an Electrical Engineer - Embedded Systems / Flight Control Hardware to provide intelligence support, supporting the Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate (I2WD) at Aberdeen Proving GroundWhat You'll Get to DoDesign and develop embedded electronic systems supporting unmanned, autonomous, and other advanced platforms for critical national security missions. You'll work across circuit design, embedded computing, flight control hardware, sensors, and imaging systems to rapidly prototype and mature integrated hardware capabilities.
More About the RoleAs an Electrical Engineer, you'll provide hands-on engineering support from system architecture and component selection through schematic design, PCB development, firmware integration, board bring-up, and system testing. You'll work closely with software, mechanical, autonomy, and systems engineers to integrate flight controllers, processors, sensors, cameras, communications hardware, and other embedded components into complete platforms. Required Qualifications
More About the RoleAs an Electrical Engineer, you'll provide hands-on engineering support from system architecture and component selection through schematic design, PCB development, firmware integration, board bring-up, and system testing. You'll work closely with software, mechanical, autonomy, and systems engineers to integrate flight controllers, processors, sensors, cameras, communications hardware, and other embedded components into complete platforms. Required Qualifications
- Active TS/SCI security clearance.
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
- Experience designing and developing embedded electronic systems, including schematic design, component selection, PCB development, and hardware bring-up.
- Experience with microcontrollers, embedded processors, or SoCs and associated peripheral circuitry.
- Experience developing or integrating flight control hardware, avionics, robotics, or other real-time embedded systems.
- Working knowledge of embedded interfaces such as SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, USB, Ethernet, or similar.
- Experience developing, modifying, or debugging embedded firmware in C/C++ or similar languages.
- Hands-on experience troubleshooting hardware and firmware using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, and other laboratory equipment.
- Ability to integrate sensors, communications devices, and other peripherals into embedded platforms. Desired Qualifications
- Experience developing hardware for UAS, robotics, autonomous systems, or aerospace platforms.
- Experience with flight controllers, IMUs, GNSS receivers, ESCs, servos, motor control, or related avionics.
- Experience integrating cameras, image sensors, video processing hardware, or electro-optical systems.
- Familiarity with camera interfaces such as MIPI CSI, USB, Ethernet, or similar high-speed interfaces.
- Experience with embedded Linux, RTOS environments, or bare-metal firmware development.
- Familiarity with STM32, NXP, TI, Microchip, NVIDIA Jetson, Raspberry Pi Compute Module, or similar embedded platforms.
- Experience with power distribution, battery-powered systems, DC/DC conversion, and power integrity.
- Experience with PCB layout considerations for mixed-signal, high-speed digital, or compact embedded systems.
- Familiarity with PX4, ArduPilot, MAVLink, ROS/ROS 2, or similar flight control and robotics ecosystems.
- Experience rapidly prototyping and integrating custom embedded hardware into operational or test platforms.