Microelectronics Manager

The Policy & Capabilities (PC) Directorate ensures the IC is best postured for the threats and challenges of an uncertain future, through strategy, policy, and capabilities development. PC is comprised of the Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) and Policy Strategy and Accountability (PSA) Office.

**Qualifications:**
Demonstrated knowledge of concepts, theories, and methods for designing, analyzing, testing, and integrating electrical and communications systems. Designing analog and digital circuits (e.g., FPGAs, ASICs, PCBs). Use modeling/simulation to evaluate designs. Extensive knowledge of Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) and Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) design. Extensive experience organizing and managing their own projects or the projects of small teams. Familiarity with basic electronic components such as ASICs, PCBs, microcontrollers, FPGAs, etc. Experience using Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools for ASIC and/or PCB design. Demonstrated understanding and development of assembly specifications in accordance with industry standards. Experience with application of 2D/3D imaging for hardware analysis. Demonstrated ability to understand and synthesize new scientific and technical advances from a range of technical disciplines into policy or investment recommendations that will impact mission. Education: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, or Materials Science. Desired Requirements: Extensive knowledge of Register Transfer Level (RTL) design including Verilog and VHDL. Extensive knowledge of Digital/Analog Logic design/simulation, functional verification, Design For Test (DFT), testability analysis. Extensive experience reverse engineering firmware or software. Extensive experience in Information Assurance analysis or implementation. Demonstrated understanding of the basic concepts of cryptography and cryptographic systems. Demonstrated understanding of the basics of computer networking and low-level protocols. Experience with embedded or operating system level programming.