Hardware Engineering Specialist

ManTech seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Hardware Engineer to join our team in Ft. Meade, MD.  This is a full time position with 5 days being onsite. This position is part of a team that provides engineering and Information Technology services to provision, manage, sustain, innovate, modernize, refresh, reengineer, and secure the Nuclear Command and Control (NC2) and Non-NC2 cryptographic production infrastructure.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to :

Analyzing 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.

Ensuring problems with operational hardware have been properly identified and solutions satisfy user's requirements while preparing functional requirements and specification for hardware acquisitions

Developing hardware installation schedules based upon set-up, integration, and test timeliness while assisting with preparing installation guides, field test procedures, and troubleshooting guides.

Conduct site surveys, assesses and documents current site network configuration and site-unique requirements, preparing engineering plans and site installation Technical Design Packages, configuring computers, communications devices and peripheral equipment

Responsible for scheduling requested evaluations submitted from vendors, receiving, unpacking, and setting up submitted commercial equipment for evaluation and setting up appropriate tools and sensors to support evaluations.

Minimum Qualifications :

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, Mathematics, or related discipline; an additional 5 years of hardware engineering experience might be substituted for a degree

7+ years of experience as a Hardware Engineer analyzing complex hardware systems for SIGINT solutions

Experience with VHDL, Vilinx, Vivado or similar tools / technologies

Clearance Requirements :

Must have a current / active TS / SCI w / Polygraph

Physical Requirements :

Must be able to remain in a stationary position for extended periods of time. Needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc. Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine and computer printer. Must be able to move vendor equipment