Electronics Engineer

The position(s) covered by this vacancy announcement is in the Department of Defense (DoD) Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (AcqDemo). For more information please see: AcqDemo This position is part of the Defense Microelectronics Activity, Defense Microelectronics Activity. The incumbent serves as a senior level Customer Application Engineer supporting DoD's access to advanced commercial microelectronics.

As a Electronics Engineer at the NH-0855-3 some of your typical work assignments may include: Primary Technical Interface: Serving as the senior Customer Application Engineer (CAE) and primary point of contact representing the organization to DoW agencies, program offices, and prime defense contractors to enable access to advanced commercial microelectronics. End-to-End Semiconductor Life Cycle Advisory: Applying authoritative engineering expertise across ASIC design, simulation, net-list generation, physical layout, mask generation, wafer fabrication, packaging, aggregation, and testing to advise customers and resolve technical anomalies. Design Enablement & IP Management: Leading customer design enablement workflows, vetting technical sponsorship requests, managing intellectual property (IP) submissions, and delivering design-specific engineering support. Contract & RFQ Negotiation: Negotiating semiconductor access contracts, Statements of Work (SOW), and Requests for Quotation (RFQs) directly with commercial foundries, fabrication partners, and aggregators. Cross-Functional Technical Integration: Leading Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMs) and recurring synchronization sessions with foundries, program offices, and industry partners to proactively identify and resolve technical, manufacturing, and programmatic issues. Business, Financial & Export Control Execution: Managing customer quotations, payment procedures, export control details, and financial reconciliation while resolving complex business and administrative challenges. Strategic Industry & Supply Chain Analysis: Tracking global and domestic microelectronics market trends, manufacturing capabilities, supply chain vulnerabilities, and national technology strategies to maintain situational awareness across government and industry coalitions. The applicant will support the following as secondary assignments: IP & Design Enablement: Managing IP, MPW schedules, and customer technical design requirements; Trusted Audits: Auditing facilities for Trusted IC accreditation across design, foundry, and test; Acquisition & Risk: Performing COR contract duties and managing MICP/RMIC internal risk controls; Operations & Outreach: Maintaining SharePoint assets, improving processes, and representing the Activity.