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Kopin Corporation · 14 hours ago

Principal Electrical & Embedded Systems Engineer - **THIS POSITION CAN BE WITHIN COMUTTING DISTANCE TO OUR WESTBOROUGH, MA. OR RESTON, VA. LOCATIONS

Westborough, MA

Full-time

Hybrid

Lead/Staff

$168K/yr - $190K/yr

12+ years exp

Kopin Corporation is a defense contractor specializing in microdisplay-based products, including augmented and virtual reality systems. The Principal Electrical and Embedded Systems Engineer will define and own the electrical and embedded architecture for these products, leading system design and integration while collaborating with various engineering teams.

ElectronicsManufacturingProduct DesignSemiconductorWearables

Diversity & Inclusion

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Hiring Manager

Cindy Murray

Responsibilities

Define and own the electrical and embedded software implementation for microdisplay-based products, including internal and external hardware and software interfaces, power management, signal processing, data flow, display and sensor interfaces, and external I/O

Lead system trade studies balancing performance, latency, SWaP, thermal performance, reliability, manufacturability, and cost

Define electrical and software interfaces and timing requirements for microdisplays (LCD, OLED, FLCoS, microLED) and display systems, including driver electronics, image pipelines, synchronization, and low-latency video transport

Partition and define hardware/software boundaries, power management, control paths, and data flows

Provide technical leadership for schematic design, printed circuit layout, and manufacturing for flex and rigid circuit assemblies

Lead electrical system integration, debug, and validation, resolving complex cross-domain issues spanning hardware, firmware, and display subsystems

Define verification strategies for electrical and embedded subsystems, power integrity, timing, and environmental robustness

Support customer engagement by presenting electrical architecture, tradeoffs, and system integration strategies

Drive DFM/DFT considerations and lead transition from prototype to production

Mentor other engineers, establish best practices for electrical and embedded system design, and contribute to technology and platform roadmaps

Qualification

Electrical architecture designEmbedded systems designFPGAASIC integrationPower managementPCB designSignal processingSystem validationC programmingVHDLVerilogCommunication skillsMentoringTeam collaboration

Required

US Citizen or Permanent Resident (green card holder)

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field; Master's preferred

12+ years of experience designing and architecting SWaP optimized embedded systems

Demonstrated ownership of system-level electrical and embedded architectures

Strong understanding of digital hardware design, FPGA and ASIC integration, and embedded processors and software

Proficiency with hardware, embedded firmware development and hardware/software integration

Proficiency with PCB design and embedded software development tools

Strong experience with system bring-up, debugging, and validation

Ability to communicate complex technical tradeoffs to internal teams and customers

Preferred

Experience with microdisplays, AR/VR, HUD/HMD, or electro-optical imaging systems

Fluency in C, VHDL, Verilog, Python, or other programming or hardware description languages

Knowledge of video standards, image processing, wired and wireless data transport

Experience defining customer-facing electrical interfaces and integration requirements

Knowledge of ruggedized, defense, aviation, or medical device electronics

Experience leading cross-disciplinary technical efforts in small-to-mid-size R&D organizations

Company

Kopin Corporation

Kopin is a leading provider of application-specific optical solutions and high-performance micro-displays for defense, enterprise, training and simulation, consumer, and medical applications.

Founded in 1984

Westborough, Massachusetts, USA

51-200 employees