# Principal Electrical Engineer - Digital Hardware

Principal Electrical Engineer - Digital Hardware At Hidden Level, we’re building the future of airspace awareness through cutting-edge RF sensing technology. Our mission is to make the world safer-whether it’s protecting troops, securing infrastructure, or enabling smarter cities. We design, manufacture, and deploy advanced sensor systems that deliver real-time insights for defense and commercial applications. Position Overview: As we expand, we're looking for a Principal Electrical Engineer - Digital Hardware who will apply their expertise to shape digital hardware strategy, lead development of next-generation sensing platforms, and support customer integration and adoption activities. This role will influence hardware architecture across multiple products and programs while providing technical leadership throughout the product lifecycle from concept development through deployment and sustainment. Location: This position is located in the Syracuse, NY office with the potential for hybrid arrangements. Responsibilities: Lead the development of digital hardware architectures for next-generation sensing, communication, and signal processing systems Define technical direction and arch

- **Id**: 4216920
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/hidden-level-principal-electrical-engineer-digital-hardware-2>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Syracuse, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T21:04:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T03:02:15Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6053
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Flexible time off, Health insurance, Life insurance, Parental leave, Stock options
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: RF & Wireless Hardware, Electronic Warfare

## Company

- **Id**: 1841153
- **Name**: Hidden Level
- **Domain**: hiddenlevel.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/hiddenlevel-com>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: ADP

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 81
- **Open postings**: 7
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.571
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 61
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 167000
- **Max**: 217000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 217000

## Technologies

- **Verilog** — Optional: no
- **VHDL** — Optional: no
- **Xilinx Vivado** — Optional: no
- **Altium Designer** — Optional: yes
- **Bash** — Optional: yes
- **Linux** — Optional: yes
- **MATLAB** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T03:02:15Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 61
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T03:46:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 217000
- **Is top pay**: no

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