Electrical Engineer

Electrical Engineer – FPGA, EO/IR Sensors,
Embedded Systems & Signal Processing
Location: Alexandria, VA / Washington, DC

Join Alaire Technologies
Alaire Technologies develops advanced sensing and processing technologies supporting the U.S.
Navy and Marine Corps. We are seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to design, integrate,
and test next-generation electro-optical, infrared, and advanced sensor systems used in defense
applications.

This position is ideal for engineers with experience in FPGA development, embedded systems,
digital electronics, EO/IR sensors, photonics, signal processing, and hardware integration.




Position Overview
The Electrical Engineer will support the development of advanced ISR (Intelligence,
Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) and IRCM (Infrared Countermeasure) systems through
hardware design, FPGA development, embedded software, sensor integration, and system
testing.

The successful candidate will work closely with multidisciplinary teams of electrical engineers,
physicists, software engineers, and systems engineers to develop high-performance sensing
solutions for Navy programs.




Key Responsibilities
• Design, develop, integrate, and test advanced digital and mixed-signal electronic systems.
• Develop FPGA firmware using Xilinx SoC platforms, VHDL, RTL, and embedded software.
• Design and support PCB development using Altium Designer.
• Integrate electro-optical (EO), infrared (IR), laser, imaging, and sensor hardware.
• Develop data acquisition systems for high-speed sensor applications.
• Support sensor electronics, focal plane arrays (FPAs), detector electronics, and imaging systems.
• Perform hardware bring-up, integration, troubleshooting, verification, and validation.
, • Develop signal processing and image processing solutions for advanced sensor systems.
• Participate in laboratory integration, hardware testing, environmental testing, and field
demonstrations.
• Collaborate with software, systems, and mechanical engineering teams throughout the product
lifecycle.
• Prepare technical documentation, design reviews, test reports, and engineering analyses.




Required Qualifications
• BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Optical Engineering, or a closely
related engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of professional engineering experience.
• Strong background in digital electronics, analog electronics, or mixed-signal hardware.
• Experience with hardware design, system integration, and electronic troubleshooting.
• Experience with one or more of the following:
o FPGA development
o Xilinx SoC
o AMD Xilinx
o VHDL
o RTL Design
o Verilog
o Embedded software
o Embedded Linux
o Microcontrollers
o High-speed digital design
o Signal processing
o Image processing
o Data acquisition systems
o Sensor electronics
o EO/IR systems
o Infrared imaging
o Electro-optics
o Focal Plane Arrays (FPA)
o Detector electronics
o Photonics
o Laser systems
o Optical sensors
o PCB design
o Altium Designer
o Aerospace wiring standards
o Hardware verification and validation
,Programming experience with one or more of:

• C
• C++
• Python
• MATLAB




Preferred Qualifications
Experience supporting:

• U.S. Navy
• Department of Defense (DoD)
• Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)
• DARPA
• AFRL
• Missile Defense
• ISR systems
• IRCM systems
• Aerospace or defense programs

Experience with:

• FPGA acceleration
• High-speed interfaces
• DDR memory
• PCIe
• Ethernet
• SPI
• I2C
• UART
• Embedded processors
• ARM architecture
• Real-time operating systems (RTOS)
• Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL)
• Sensor fusion
• Computer vision
• Machine learning for sensing applications
• EMI/EMC testing
• Environmental qualification
• Digital signal processing (DSP)
,Clearance Requirements
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Clearance.
• Active Secret Clearance preferred.
• Active Top Secret or SCI clearance is a plus.



Ideal Candidate Background
We are interested in engineers from organizations such as:

• Lockheed Martin
• Northrop Grumman
• Raytheon RTX
• Boeing
• General Dynamics
• L3Harris
• Leidos
• SAIC
• BAE Systems
• Naval Research Laboratory
• Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
• MIT Lincoln Laboratory
• Draper
• Naval Surface Warfare Center
• Air Force Research Laboratory