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

We Take Care of Our People

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.

Who We Are:

Our Values

Environmental, Social and Governance

The 33,000 square-foot facility in Ashburn has been operating since 1991 and employs over 60 people, of whom almost 80 percent are engineers. Curtiss-Wright’s stringent quality procedures govern all activities at the Ashburn facility. The Ashburn facility delivers integration support for customers that need a custom, application-specific solution with a combination of Curtiss-Wright and third-party products. Curtiss-Wright’s Ottawa Center of Excellence in Canada is the primary manufacturing source for products designed and developed at the Ashburn facility. An additional US-based manufacturing source is also available for programs that require manufacturing in the United States. The Ashburn facility holds an AS9100D/ISO 9001:2015 Certificate for Quality Management.

To learn more visit: Curtiss-Wright Ashburn, Virginia | Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions

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Compliance Statement

This position may require exposure to export-controlled information and subject to additional security screening.  In the event information provided during the security screening reveals ineligibility to access export-controlled information, any offer of employment may be reconsidered or withdrawn. 

Curtiss-Wright values diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

If you require accommodation due to a disability at any time during the recruitment and/or assessment process, please contact Talent Acquisition and we will make all reasonable efforts to accommodate your request.