Senior Applications Engineer

Senior Applications Engineer

The Senior Applications Engineer is a direct customer-contact position responsible for delivering technical support to internal and external customers (including US-eyes programs), facilitating effective use of all Curtiss-Wright developed products (hardware & software) – with a specific focus on FPGA-based products, tools and applications.

Location: Ashburn, VA

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Paid Time Off I 401K with Employer Match and Profit Sharing I Health and Wellness Benefits I Learning and Development Opportunities I Referral Program I Competitive Pay I Recognition I Employee Stock Purchase Plan I Inclusive & Supportive Culture *

Your Challenge:

• To be a primary technical contact for customers – working with them on aspects including initial product introduction, application support, sub-system integration and technical support, in accordance with the Curtiss-Wright support policy.

• Act as the primary technical contact for assigned accounts, and be the interface when required for the support and engineering teams at Curtiss-Wright sites;

• Provide professional, timely and expert support as required, potentially including on site support;

• Perform technical investigations, trouble-shoot problems and provide solutions by applying sound engineering practices;

• Generate code/applications to demonstrate capabilities of Curtiss-Wright and 3rd party products;

• Create customer-facing documentation, including procedures and application notes;

• Accurately maintain internal log of correspondence with customer and technical interactions with customers;

• Become an expert with assigned Curtiss-Wright products, and proficient with all current Curtiss-Wright products;

• Continuously broaden your technical skill set and knowledge to stay current with relevant technologies related to Curtiss-Wright products; and,

• Ability and willingness to travel on short notice to customers’ sites.

What you Bring:

• Ability to program in ‘C.’

• Working knowledge of:

  • FPGA design architectures and development environments (tools, compilers, simulators, IP)

  • AMD/Xilinx FPGA architectures including UltraScale, Zynq/Ultrascale+ MPSoC and Versal ASoC devices

  • FPGA development environments using AMD Vitis and Vivado design tools

  • HDL and Verilog as well as visual application IDE's

• Understanding of high-performance sensor processing and Digital Signal Processing (DSP) techniques

• Strong knowledge of Linux for application development, including AMD PetaLinux

• Knowledge/experience with CameraLink desirable

• Track record in problem solving, with desire and ability to learn quickly;

• Strong interpersonal skills with customer-centric focus and ability to maintain satisfied customer relationships;

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including group presentation skills;

• Self-motivated and team oriented, capable of managing time & priorities well under pressure;

• Familiarity with Real Time operating systems (like VxWorks) is an asset;

• A working knowledge of one or more of the following: VME, PCI. PCIe, MPSOC implementations is an asset;

• Ability to use tools such as in-circuit emulators, logic analyzers, JTAG probes, oscilloscopes, etc. to debug/investigate hardware operation is an asset.

• BS, Computer Science or equivalent preferred; a combination of education and relevant experience will be considered.

• Minimum 4 years relevant experience

• Experienced in the debug of real-time applications or embedded systems is preferred.

• Ability and willingness to travel on short notice to customers’ sites.

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