Computer/Electrical Engineering

NSA offers some of the world's most demanding and exhilarating high-tech engineering challenges. Our entry-level engineers work with teams, following a project from beginning through completion. This means you'll be involved in multiple stages of the project, including requirements analysis, design, simulation, experimentation, benchwork, prototype development and testing, manufacturing, and possibly, field work. You'll be part of a multidisciplinary team made up of Engineers, Computer Scientists, Mathematicians, Analysts, Contractors, and other project members. Career Paths in Computer/Electrical Engineering Design of special-purpose computers and antenna systems Pattern recognition technologies Signals analysis Optics Design, development, and testing of electronic communications You may also be working in our microelectronics fabrication facility, including a 20,000-square-foot "Class 10" clean room. In this setting, you will be performing such tasks as electron beam maskmaking and "direct write" wafer lithography. Our Dual Track system affords you the opportunity to choose to expand your technical prowess or move toward a management role within NSA. Technical Skills for Computer/Electrical Engineering The following technical skills are needed throughout NSA: Network Engineering — Design/Analysis of LANs/WANs, Routers, Switches, Firewalls, Protocol Software Engineering — JAVA, C++, XML, HTML, Web Applications, Object Oriented Analysis and Design, Rapid Prototyping, Algorithm Development Communications — Digital and Analog, Fixed and Mobile Wireless, Satellite, Antenna Design Systems Engineering — Inter-disciplinary Engineering, Requirements Definition, Architecture, Design, Interface Specification, Integration, Validation, Modeling and Simulation developing installation/acceptance test plans. Microelectronics — VHDL, FPGA, Microelectronic Manufacturing and Testing (MCM, SOC), Electronic Packaging, VLSI As a Computer/Electrical Engineer at NSA, you can apply your skills in a variety of ways. Click on the sections below and discover just some of the many things you may work on.