Senior FPGA Engineer

Benefits:

401(k)

Paid time off

Relocation bonus

Senior Specialist, Electrical Engineering – FPGA Engineer

Location: Cincinnati, Ohio

Employment Type: Full-Time

Summary:

Our client is seeking a highly skilled Senior FPGA Engineer to support the architecture, design, development, and verification of next-generation Electronic Safe and Arm Devices (Fuzes) utilized within advanced Department of Defense weapon systems. This position will focus on FPGA architecture, Verilog HDL development, SystemVerilog verification, embedded firmware development, and hardware integration activities. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in FPGA design, embedded systems, digital logic design, hardware verification, and real-time system development. The selected candidate will work with cutting-edge technologies supporting mission-critical aerospace and defense applications while collaborating with multidisciplinary engineering teams in a fast-paced, highly technical environment.

Key Responsibilities:

(1) FPGA Architecture & Design

Analyze system requirements and develop FPGA architectures.

Design, implement, and debug FPGA solutions for Electronic Safe and Arm Devices.

Develop FPGA logic using Verilog HDL.

Design state machines, timer chains, sensor interfaces, communication protocols, ADC/DAC interfaces, and sequence verification logic.

Support Microsemi / Actel FPGA development environments.

(2) Verification & Validation

Develop and execute FPGA verification plans.

Perform functional verification using SystemVerilog methodologies.

Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and peer reviews.

Conduct simulation, validation, and debugging activities.

(3) Embedded Systems Development

Develop embedded software using C.

Implement data structures, algorithms, and optimized embedded code.

Support microcontroller development and integration activities.

Develop and maintain firmware for hardware platforms.

(4) Hardware Debugging & Integration

Debug FPGA and embedded hardware designs.

Utilize: Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, Protocol Analyzers, JTAG/ICE Debuggers

Support laboratory testing and hardware bring-up activities.

(5) Process Improvement

Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

Improve hardware and firmware development methodologies.

Ensure product quality and accelerated time-to-market.

Education: Bachelor's Degree with 6+ years of relevant experience (OR) Master's Degree with 4+ years of relevant experience (OR) 10+ years of relevant experience in lieu of degree

Required Experience:

(1) FPGA Development

Strong Verilog HDL development experience.

Digital logic design and architecture experience.

FPGA design, simulation, implementation, and debugging.

(2) Embedded Software

Strong C programming experience.

Embedded systems development experience.

Experience implementing: Algorithms, Data structures, Real-time embedded applications

(3) Hardware Development

Experience with: Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, Protocol Analyzers, JTAG/ICE Debuggers

(4) Development Methodologies

Design Verification

Code Reviews

Unit Testing

Product Testing

Prototype Development

(5) Version Control

Experience with: Git, SVN, TFS

Preferred Qualifications:

SystemVerilog Verification

UVM

OVM

AVM

VMM

C# Development

Microcontroller Firmware Development

Microsemi / Actel FPGA Experience

QuestaSim Simulation Environment

Aerospace & Defense Industry Experience

DO-254 Exposure

Safety-Critical Systems Development