Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract to hire Embedded Hardware Engineer - FPGA opportunity available with our client located in Kirkland, WA.

Job Qualifications:

• At least 10 years of HW Engineering experience in addition to performing several of the preferred qualifications below.
• B.S. Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• Up to 5% domestic and international travel with the ability to obtain a U.S. passport.
• Fluent spoken and written English

Preferred Qualifications:

• Electrical hardware background with experience with several of the following:
• Experience in Electronics industry preferably Aeronautics or medical equipment.
• Design experience of systems composed of highly integrated components such as FPGAs, microcontrollers and with BGA footprints.
• Experience with high-speed circuitry – (up to 10 GHz range).
• Proficient in soldering as required for prototype bring-up and testing.
• Experience with PCB layout best practices and tools - Altium preferred.
• Bring-up and troubleshooting PCB Boards with embedded processor systems/FPGAs.
• Support product verification and qualification testing (DO-160) and troubleshooting.
• Troubleshooting and root cause analysis to the component level.
• Above average personal skills for working with team members of different disciplines - software, FPGA, mechanical, etc.
• Great computer, documentation, and organizational skills.
• Self-directed.

Job Details:

• Job Type- Contract to Hire
• Location: Kirkland, WA – 100% Onsite.
• Pay Rate: 75/hr. – 98/hr. DOE.
• ITAR obligations are associated with this role, U.S. citizenship, U.S. legal permanent resident status, or protected person status under 8 U.S.C.
• 1324b(a) (1), (3) is required.

Benefits Package: Protingent offers competitive salaries, insurance plan options (HDHP plan or POS plan), education/certification reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO) and an administered 401k plan.

About Protingent: Protingent is a niche provider of top Engineering and IT talent to Software, Electronics, Medical Device, Telecom, and Aerospace companies nationwide. Protingent exists to make a positive impact and contribution to the lives of others as well as our community by providing relevant, rewarding, and exciting work opportunities for our candidates.