Hardware Engineer Department of Defense Federal

Provide hardware engineering expertise to analyze complex hardware systems, hardware design, architecture, network design and other technical hardware issues. 

· Procure and perform acceptance testing on equipment. 

· Provide hardware maintenance support, both preventative and remedial. 

· Deploy, install, and implement hardware at Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside Continental United States (OCONUS). 

· Prepares specifications for hardware by analyzing documented and derived system requirements. 

· Conduct site surveys. 

· Prepares engineering plans and site Technical Design Packages. 

· Organize and direct hardware installations.

· Configure (and document configuration of) computers, networking devices and various peripheral equipment. 

· Prepare site installation and test reports. 

· Ensure that problems have been properly identified and solutions will satisfy the user’s requirements. 

· Prepare reports and recommendations concerning existing and emerging hardware technologies. 

· Provide specific input to the hardware components of system design to include end-user devices, servers, networking devices, data storage devices, and specialized processors.

Capabilities: 

· Prepare functional requirements and specifications for hardware acquisitions 

· Analyze 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 

· Ensure that problems with operational hardware have been properly identified and solutions will satisfy the user’s requirements 

· Assist with preparing installation guides, field test procedures, and troubleshooting guides

· Conduct site surveys; assesses and documents current site network configuration and site-unique requirements 

· Develop hardware installation schedules based upon set-up, integration, and test timelines 

· Train site personnel in proper use of hardware Recommend specifications for hardware acquisitions 

· Prepare engineering plans and site installation Technical Design Packages 

· Prepare drawings documenting as-built configurations at each site Prepare site installation and test reports

· Configure computers, communication devices and peripheral equipment 

· Prepare installation guides, field test procedures, and troubleshooting guides

Qualifications: 

– Seven (7) years of experience as a HE analyzing complex hardware systems for SIGINT solutions.
– Bachelor’s degree in Communication Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, Mathematics, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
– Five (5) years of additional hardware engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

Tagged as: Full Time