The Gaithersburg, Maryland facility is a business unit of DRS Technologies. Employing about 380 people, this business unit provides creative RF solutions to the Department of Defense and prime contractors. The facility designs and manufactures HF, VHF, and SHF tuners and receivers, demodulators, direction finders and wireless intercept solutions.

Position Summary
The Senior Member of Technical Staff, Digital/DSP, creates a set of requirements, and then designs, develops, documents, tests, modifies, and maintains complex digital hardware devices, or related software, for radio control and signal processing. This position also provides technical leadership on a regular basis.

Duties and Responsibilities

FPGA design
Board-level digital design
Digital system design
DSP algorithm development and/or implementation
Will provide technical leadership and mentoring
Will write specifications, interface control documents, design descriptions and test procedures
Will contribute to proposals and technical manuals
Will provide technical support to Sales and Manufacturing teams

Minimum Qualifications

Must have BSEE, or equivalent, plus 7 years of relevant experience or MSEE and 5 years of relevant experience
Must have a record of success in completing complex FPGA or CPLD designs. VHDL preferred
Must have a record of success in completing complex digital circuit card designs
Digital signal processing background and experience is desirable
Experience writing software for DSP processor chips is a plus
Must be able to obtain a high-level security clearance

For immediate consideration, please add SMTS303DTN to the subject line and email resumes to: greatjobs@drs-ss.com. Only candidates that meet the qualifications as outlined above will be contacted for further information. Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

DRS is an Equal Opportunity employer and supports a drug free environment.