Hardware Engineer Level 1

6 days ago


Annapolis Junction, United States DarkStar Intelligence, LLC Full time

Hardware Engineer Level 1

Position Summary

DarkStar Intelligence is seeking a Hardware Engineer Level 1 to provide cross-domain software engineering support to over 40 system domains.

Location: Annapolis Junction, MD

FLSA Status: Full-Time

Security Clearance Level: Top Secret/SCI with Full Scope Poly

Citizenship: Applicants must be U.S. Citizens.

Position Type: On-Site

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

  • Provide hardware engineering expertise to analyze complex hardware systems, hardware design, architecture, network design and other technical hardware issues.

  • Procure and perform acceptance testing on equipment.

  • Provide hardware maintenance support, both preventative and remedial.

  • Deploy, install, and implement hardware at Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside Continental United States (OCONUS).

  • Prepare specifications for hardware by analyzing documented and derived system requirements. 

  • Prepare engineering plans and site Technical Design Packages.

  • Organize and direct hardware installations.

  • Configure (and document configuration of) computers, communications devices, networking devices and various peripheral equipment.

  • Prepare site installation and test reports.

  • Ensure that problems have been properly identified and solutions will satisfy the user’s requirements.

  • Prepare reports and recommendations concerning existing and emerging hardware technologies.

  • Provide specific input to the hardware components of system design to include end-user devices, servers, networking devices, data storage devices, and specialized processors.

  • 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

  • Assist with preparing installation guides, field test procedures, and troubleshooting guides

  • Conduct site surveys; assesses and documents 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 drawings documenting as-built configurations at each site

  • Prepare installation guides, field test procedures, and troubleshooting guides

Minimum Qualifications

  • Current Top Secret/SCI w/Polygraph

  • Experience

  • Twelve (12) years’ experience as an HE analyzing complex hardware systems for SIGINT solutions.

  • 7 years’ experience prototyping hardware products and components (Processors, Memory, CPU, hard drive).

  • 7 years’ experience deploying hardware while considering power, space and cooling requirements. Installing and troubleshooting hardware products.

  • 7 years’ experience documenting hardware and system specifications and schematics.

  • 7 years’ experience developing custom hardware solutions in a production and development environment.

  • 7 years’ experience researching and prototyping potential system components of a CDS system.

  • Education

  • 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 (5) years of additional hardware engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) remains a core value at DarkStar Intelligence LLC, reflecting our unwavering commitment to non-discrimination. We ensure that employment decisions are made solely based on an individual's abilities, skills, and qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic. Our Equal Employment Opportunity policy extends to all aspects of the employment process, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, promotion, transfer, training, working conditions, compensation, benefits, termination, and all other employment conditions.

EEO Flyer: shorturl.at/abpNX Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k), EAP, Legal, Paid time off, and Holidays.

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