# Sr. Hardware Systems Engineer

Embark on a journey with QDSS at the forefront of technological innovation as we seek talented Engineers to shape the future of cutting-edge projects and contribute to a culture of excellence and creativity. What we do matters. We are seeking an experienced Electrical Hardware Engineer to design, test, and qualify electrical hardware for aerospace applications. In this role, you will develop new hardware and improve existing designs, troubleshoot technical issues, and support integration and certification activities. You will work with teams across electrical, mechanical, and systems engineering to deliver reliable hardware that meets performance and safety requirements. This role is onsite in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. What You Will Do: Design, test, analyze, integrate, qualify, and document new electrical hardware Develop, test, and document changes to existing hardware designs Work closely with other engineering disciplines (ie. mechanical and systems engineering) to ensure electrical design is appropriate for the given application Participate in cross-functional team efforts in integration, pre-qualification, and qualification for products and subsystems Qualifications You Must Have:

- **Id**: 3990507
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/quest-defense-sr-hardware-systems-engineer>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Cedar Rapids, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T18:09:46Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T23:15:35Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5320
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Professional development
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Embedded & Electronics Design, Avionics & Flight Control, Engineering Services

## Company

- **Id**: 618
- **Name**: Quest Defense
- **Domain**: quest-defense.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/quest-defense>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: services
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 82
- **Open postings**: 21
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.714
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 30
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 120000
- **Max**: 150000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 150000

## Technologies

- **DO-160** — Optional: no
- **DO-254** — Optional: no

## Trust

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

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T23:15:35Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 30
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T02:29:32Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 150000
- **Is top pay**: no

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