Staff Digital Systems Engineer
- Pay
- $185,000 – $202,000 per year
- Location
- Phoenix, AZ
- Listed
- 10 days ago
Role Overview
Moog Space & Defense Group develops high-reliability avionics, embedded computing, payload electronics, power distribution, and spacecraft systems supporting NASA, civil space, and defense missions.
We are seeking a Staff Digital Systems Engineer to provide technical leadership in the architecture, design, integration, and verification of complex digital hardware for mission-critical aerospace and defense applications. This senior individual contributor role partners closely with firmware, software, systems, mechanical, manufacturing, and test engineering while mentoring other engineers.
What You'll Do
- Architect FPGA-, ASIC-, and processor-based digital hardware for high-reliability systems.
- Lead digital hardware design including architecture, schematics, interface definition, timing constraints, and design reviews.
- Design, integrate, and verify high-speed digital interfaces such as DDR, PCIe, Ethernet, SerDes, LVDS, SPI, I2C, or similar technologies.
- Support board bring-up, hardware integration, debug, and system verification using standard laboratory equipment.
- Partner with PCB layout engineers to optimize signal integrity, power integrity, timing, and manufacturability.
- Develop and review technical documentation including architecture documents, interface specifications, design reviews, test plans, and verification reports.
- Provide technical mentorship and engineering leadership across multidisciplinary teams.
- Ensure designs satisfy aerospace and defense performance, reliability, environmental, and quality requirements.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field. - 7+ years designing complex digital hardware for aerospace, defense, communications, embedded computing, or other high-reliability products.
- Experience designing FPGA-, ASIC-, processor-, or SoC-based digital systems.
- Experience with board bring-up, hardware integration, and laboratory debug.
- Experience with high-speed digital interfaces and timing analysis.
- Familiarity with signal integrity principles and collaboration with PCB layout teams.
- Excellent communication, technical leadership, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree in electrical or computer engineering.
- Experience developing aerospace or defense electronics.
- Experience with FPGA development, simulation, verification, or timing analysis tools.
- Experience with radiation-tolerant or harsh-environment electronics.
- Experience with embedded processors, hardware/software co-design, Linux BSPs, or embedded systems.
- Experience with formal verification, SI/PI analysis, or mixed-signal hardware.
Salary Range Transparency
Phoenix, AZ $185,000.00–$202,000.00 Annually
About Moog
Moog is a performance culture that empowers people to achieve great things. Our people enjoy solving interesting technical challenges in a culture where everyone trusts each other to do the right thing. For you, working with us can mean deeper job satisfaction, better rewards, and a great quality of life inside and outside of work.
- Job Title: Staff Digital Systems Engineer
- Reporting To: Design Engineering Manager
- Work Schedule: Onsite – Phoenix, AZ
Why Join Moog?
Work on cutting-edge spacecraft and defense programs, influence technical direction as a Staff Engineer, collaborate with multidisciplinary experts, and help develop the next generation of digital hardware engineers.
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