Senior FPGA Engineer

Senior Fpga Engineer

We are seeking a Senior Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Engineer to support a client mission. This role involves leading a sub-team of FPGA engineers, focusing on system design, architecture, and the implementation of the FPGA portion of a cybersecurity product. The position requires reconciling complex customer requirements, communicating technical implications, and serving as the FPGA subject matter expert in a collaborative, cutting-edge environment. This is a hybrid role requiring at least four days onsite in a secure facility.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a sub-team of FPGA engineers, owning the solution's system design and architecture.
• Design and implement the FPGA portion of the system, including firmware components.
• Serve as the FPGA subject matter expert, providing technical and programmatic advice for advanced systems.
• Lead the design, development, testing, fielding, and sustainment of advanced microelectronics systems.
• Develop hardware design specifications from requirements and perform technical planning and circuit-level design.
• Familiarity with system engineering processes, such as Agile or Waterfall, is important for this role.
• Perform functional analysis, trade studies, and requirements allocation to meet customer needs.
• Lead and actively participate in hardware design, including architecture planning and generating functional block diagrams.

Required Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.

Experience: 7+ years of experience with FPGA development and research across multiple device families and platforms.

Technical Skills:

• Experience with Hardware Description Language (HDL) development and embedded design.
• Experience implementing HDL for systems-on-chip or FPGAs.
• Experience with hardware and design security concepts, including verification methodologies and test benches.
• Knowledge of HTML code and alternatives to HDL in FPGA development, such as HDL Coder or Xilinx System Generator.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with performing verification for defense microelectronics systems.
• Experience with the microelectronics design and verification landscape, including various IP Blocks.
• Experience with Universal Verification Methodology.
• Experience with continuous integration development practices.
• Master's degree or Doctorate in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.

California, Maryland (Hybrid), near Pax River