Circuit Design Engineer

PGS Worldwide is seeking a Circuit Design Engineer Senior for a one year contract-to-hire role supporting a leading aerospace & defense company. This hybrid role supports the development of high-precision control circuit assemblies for Laser Weapon System (LWS) turret controls used in next-generation directed energy weapons. The selected candidate will lead the end-to-end development of control circuit hardware, collaborating with cross-functional teams and external vendors to deliver robust, high-performance circuit card assemblies.

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
• Relevant circuit-card design experience, including schematic capture and PCB layout
• Ability to perform analog and mixed-signal circuit analysis and simulation
• Secret clearance required at submittal with an investigation or CV date within the last five years

Preferred Skills

• Experience updating design requirements and coordinating servo requirements
• Experience incorporating servo and subject matter expert feedback into schematic updates
• Ability to perform power, stability, ADC/DAC accuracy, electrical stress, and signal quality analyses
• Experience conducting electrical engineering implementation and packaging reviews
• Proficiency with Mentor Graphics, Altium Designer, Cadence Allegro, or comparable tools
• Strong background in analog and mixed-signal design, power electronics, and control-loop theory
• Experience with SPICE-based simulation and signal-integrity analysis tools
• Familiarity with ADC/DAC selection, voltage-level translation, and EMI/EMC mitigation techniques
• Knowledge of military standards and qualification processes
• Experience with vendor management, low-volume high-reliability PWB fabrication, and component sourcing
• Familiarity with system integration testing and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation environments
• Prior work supporting laser or directed-energy weapon systems or high-energy electromagnetic applications

What You’ll Do

• Own the full product lifecycle for control circuit assemblies from concept through system integration
• Develop detailed schematics and PCB layouts using industry-standard tools
• Create and execute verification plans to validate electrical, timing, and safety requirements
• Define control algorithms, feedback loops, and interface requirements with servo specialists and subject matter experts
• Collaborate with mechanical and packaging engineers to resolve board-level constraints
• Support prototype fabrication, assembly, testing, and yield analysis activities
• Generate and maintain complete design documentation
• Coordinate with silicon and PCB vendors and provide design files, bills of materials, and manufacturing instructions

Job ID: 21943

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