Hardware Engineer II

Hardware Engineer II

Location: Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Minimum Clearance Required: Top Secret/SCI with FS Poly

As a Hardware Engineer II, you will be responsible for providing hardware engineering expertise to analyze complex hardware systems, hardware design, architecture, network design and other technical hardware issues.

Who You Are and What You Need:

• Bachelor's degree in Communications Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, Mathematics, or related discipline from an accredited college or university required
• Five (5) years of additional hardware engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree including IAT Level II Certification (Security+, etc.) and familiarity with Microsoft Visio (or similar tools)

• Fourteen (14) years' experience as a HE analyzing complex hardware systems for SIGINT solutions required

What You Will Do:

• 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.
• Prepare functional requirements and specifications for hardware acquisitions.
• 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; assesses and documents current site network configuration and site-unique requirements.
• Recommend specifications for hardware acquisitions.
• Prepare engineering plans and site installation Technical Design Packages.
• Develop hardware installation schedules based upon set-up, integration, and test timelines.
• Prepare drawings documenting as-built configurations at each site.
• Prepare site installation and test reports.
• Configure computers, communications devices and peripheral equipment.
• Train site personnel in proper use of hardware.
• Prepare installation guides, field test procedures, and troubleshooting guides.
• Organize and directs hardware installations across multiple sites.
• Analyze and recommend hardware specifications for project-unique or modified commercial hardware.
• Assist with building simulations of proposed systems and provides hardware throughput analyses to system engineers.
• Design and verify test harnesses/simulated interfaces for all test and integration phases
• 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.

What We Offer:

• Comprehensive benefits including health, dental and vision for the employee and family
• 401k Plan with a company contribution; fully vested immediately
• Company paid Life and ADD insurance
• Company paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 10 paid holidays
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Reimbursement

Who We Are:

Calvert Systems is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business located in Bellevue, Nebraska with location in nine states and the District of Columbia. Calvert has over 20 years of experience in providing top-shelf Department of Defense customer support while maintaining a family business culture. Our employee base is largely populated with veterans, Calvert focuses on exceeding customer expectations by leveraging collective experiences.

Calvert Systems Engineering provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.