Amches, Inc. now an InterImage Company is hiring: 2854 Hardware Engineer 2 in Fo

Arlington, VA $130,000 - $180,000 11 months ago

Level 2 Hardware Engineer (HE)

Ten years of experience as a HE analyzing complex hardware systems for SIGINT solutions is required. Bachelor’s degree in Communications Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, Mathematics, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Five years of additional hardware engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

Responsibilities

• Prepare functional requirements and specifications for hardware acquisitions
• Analyze hardware specifications and system/subsystem requirements to conceive and document a practical design for hardware components to include servers, network devices, transmission media, storage devices, user interface devices, and special processors
• Ensure that problems with operational hardware have been properly identified and solutions will satisfy the user’s requirements
• Assist with preparing installation guides, field test procedures, and troubleshooting guides
• Conduct site surveys; assess and document current site network configuration and site-unique requirements
• Develop hardware installation schedules based upon set-up, integration, and test timelines
• Train site personnel in proper use of hardware
• Recommend specifications for hardware acquisitions
• Prepare engineering plans and site installation Technical Design Packages
• Prepare drawings documenting as-built configurations at each site
• Prepare site installation and test reports
• Configure computers, communications devices and peripheral equipment
• Organize and direct hardware installations across multiple sites
• Design and verify test ha
• Analyze and recommend hardware specifications for project-unique or modified commercial hardware
• Assist with building simulations of proposed systems and provide hardware throughput analyses to system engineers
• Prepare Mean-Time-Between-Failure and Mean-Time-To-Repair analyses
• Analyze operational data to identify choke points, failure modes, and other data for design or maintainability improvements

Required Skills

• Technician that has experience with wiring RF systems based on a schematic
• Familiar with hardware installation
• Familiar with electronic test equipment and electronic system troubleshooting

Benefits

• 401K: up to 3% discretionary profit sharing contribution + 100% match on the 1st 7% of pay
• PTO: 20 days per year
• Healthcare, dental, vision, Free for a single participant
• $50,000 Life insurance provided, additional voluntary life insurance available