Hardware Systems Engineer, Mid
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 27, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 20, 2026. Booz Allen Hamilton scores A on the Alion truth index.
The Opportunity:
Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your technical skills with big picture thinking to make an impact on national security space missions? You understand your customer’s environment and how to develop the right systems for their mission. Your ability to translate real-world needs into technical specifications makes you an integral part of delivering a customer-focused engineering solution.
On our team, you will work will Booz Allen colleagues, other support contractors and U.S. Space Force and Air Force personnel to develop and deploy the next generation of strategic military satellite communications capabilities.You will be an integral part of the program team to assist the government as an Avionics Hardware Engineer ensuring the Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) and receiver card are integrated successfully to meet user’s needs.You will provide independent technical assessment of contractor hardware designs across the program lifecycle. Develop, review, and refine government hardware requirements and verification approaches. Represent the government as a technical lead in vendor and Integrated Program Team (IPT) working groups, capturing risks and surfacing them through the program's risk management process. Brief findings and recommendations to senior government leadership. You will provide direct support to the Lead Systems Engineer and manage the integration of requirements into the baseline of the program. Your expertise and innovative thinking will be critical to ensuring capabilities are delivered to meet the threat. This position is located in El Segundo, CA.
Join us. The world can’t wait.
You Have:
5+ years of experience with hardware engineering
Experience reviewing avionics hardware designs at PDR, CDR, and TRR milestones, including schematics, PCB layouts, and parts selection rationale
Experience authoring or evaluating hardware requirements specifications, ICDs, and verification matrices traceable to system-level requirements
Experience in requirements document development such as TRD
Experience with risk processes and Risk Management
Ability to coordinate across IPTs and component vendors to resolve technical issues without direct authority, interact well in cross-functional team meetings and professional environments, and work collaboratively and independently demonstrating initiative to complete complex tasks
Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
Secret clearance
Bachelor's degree
Nice If You Have:
10+ years of experience with avionics hardware engineering supporting DoD programs
Experience supporting Air Force, Space Force, or other DoD programs
Experience with VHDL/Verilog, embedded C, or board bring-up and debug
Experience with Aviation GPS Receiver Cards
Experience with ASICS, FPGAs
Experience working with new technology programs for embedded systems
Experience in obsolescence management, supply chain risk, or trusted microelectronics
Knowledge of DO-254 design assurance or equivalent airworthiness and safety-of-flight processes
Knowledge of a variety of electronics environments, such as salt fog, EMI/EMC, and shock and vibration qualification
Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline
Clearance:
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secretclearance is required.
Compensation
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Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $62,000.00 to $141,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.Identity Statement
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Work Model
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