Staff Digital Systems Engineer
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Phoenix, AZ
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Staff
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- 10+ years designing complex digital hardware for aerospace, defense, communications, embedded computing, or other high-reliability products.
- Experience designing FPGA-, ASIC-, processor-, or SoC-based digital systems.
- Experience with board bring-up, hardware integration, and laboratory debug.
- Experience with high-speed digital interfaces and timing analysis.
- Familiarity with signal integrity principles and collaboration with PCB layout teams.
- Excellent communication, technical leadership, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree in electrical or computer engineering.
- Experience developing aerospace or defense electronics.
- Experience with FPGA development, simulation, verification, or timing analysis tools.
- Experience with radiation-tolerant or harsh-environment electronics.
- Experience with embedded processors, hardware/software co-design, Linux BSPs, or embedded systems.
- Experience with formal verification, SI/PI analysis, or mixed-signal hardware.
Full description
Moog is a performance culture that empowers people to achieve great things. Our people enjoy solving interesting technical challenges in a culture where everyone trusts each other to do the right thing. For you, working with us can mean deeper job satisfaction, better rewards, and a great quality of life inside and outside of work.
Job Title:
Staff Digital Systems Engineer
Reporting To:
Design Engineering Manager
Work Schedule:
Onsite – Phoenix, AZ
Role Overview
Moog Space & Defense Group develops high-reliability avionics, embedded computing, payload electronics, power distribution, and spacecraft systems supporting NASA, civil space, and defense missions.
We are seeking a Staff Digital Systems Engineer to provide technical leadership in the architecture, design, integration, and verification of complex digital hardware for mission-critical aerospace and defense applications. This senior individual contributor role partners closely with firmware, software, systems, mechanical, manufacturing, and test engineering while mentoring other engineers.
What You'll Do
- Architect FPGA-, ASIC-, and processor-based digital hardware for high-reliability systems.
- Lead digital hardware design including architecture, schematics, interface definition, timing constraints, and design reviews.
- Design, integrate, and verify high-speed digital interfaces such as DDR, PCIe, Ethernet, SerDes, LVDS, SPI, I2C, or similar technologies.
- Support board bring-up, hardware integration, debug, and system verification using standard laboratory equipment.
- Partner with PCB layout engineers to optimize signal integrity, power integrity, timing, and manufacturability.
- Develop and review technical documentation including architecture documents, interface specifications, design reviews, test plans, and verification reports.
- Provide technical mentorship and engineering leadership across multidisciplinary teams.
- Ensure designs satisfy aerospace and defense performance, reliability, environmental, and quality requirements.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- 10+ years designing complex digital hardware for aerospace, defense, communications, embedded computing, or other high-reliability products.
- Experience designing FPGA-, ASIC-, processor-, or SoC-based digital systems.
- Experience with board bring-up, hardware integration, and laboratory debug.