Senior Electrical Design Engineer (Firmware & FPGA)

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Electrical Design Engineer (Firmware & FPGA)

• Experience: 10+ years

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

• Clearance: Ability to support a US DoD Secret clearance when required

Description

Lead the research, development, design, and test of hardware/firmware components, equipment, and systems. You will generate requirements, develop detailed designs, define interfaces, and support V&V for hardware/software integration through DVT, ATP, and field/customer-witnessed testing. The role also includes implementing high-speed DSP functions (digital filters, FFT) in an FPGA and owning hardware integration and test with firmware implementation.

Responsibilities

• Generate hardware and firmware requirements specifications from system requirements
• Develop top-level and detailed designs based on hardware/firmware requirements
• Develop test plans for unit build-up and integration
• Define and document interfaces between hardware subassemblies
• Generate/modify test procedures and perform/monitor testing
• Support hardware/software integration (HIS), DVT, ATP, and field/customer-witnessed testing
• Coordinate with customers, vendors, and subcontractors
• Provide hardware resource utilization estimates and measurements
• Participate in peer reviews of hardware and firmware
• Mentor and direct junior electrical engineers (Eng. I and Eng. II)
• Present at PDR, CDR, and TIMs; generate schedule inputs for cost/schedule
• Own hardware integration and test of the HWCI circuit including firmware implementation
• Execute tasks according to budget and schedule; prepare required status reports
• Implement high-speed DSP functions in an FPGA (digital filters, FFT)

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience
• High-speed firmware design experience (around 300 MHz)
• Firmware experience with digital filters and FFT
• Desired: radar signal processing experience
• Desired: DO-254 DAL A or DAL C experience
• High-speed board design experience
• Xilinx board experience: RFSOC and MPSoC
• Board experience: DDR5 memory and point-of-load power distribution
• Ability to debug complex hardware at board and box level
• Ability to debug complex firmware and verify against a system model
• Tools: MATLAB modeling and Xilinx Simulink
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
• Background permitting a US Department of Defense Secret clearance when required
• Comply with export control policies and procedures (ITAR, EAR, OFAC)

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision
• 401(k)
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Accident benefits, life insurance, disability benefits
• Paid vacation and holidays (some positions offer PTO and holiday benefits only)
• Benefits available on the 1st of the month following hire
• Bonus may apply (annual or quarterly)