FPGA Design Engineer

Leidos Defense Sector is seeking a talented FPGA Design Engineer to join a diverse team to create unique solutions for complex problems.

The engineers primary job functions include architecting implementing and testing firmware solutions targeting FPGAs and their supporting circuitry. Additional skills to assist design teams with circuit and PCBA design and analysis embedded processor/microcontroller or SoC designs technical trade studies and evaluation of technology improvements are a plus. Experience designing and implementing DSP functions is desired.

The applicant must have experience implementing FPGA designs using VHDL in Xilinx Vivado. Must have experience optimizing FPGA designs for resource utilization power consumption and performance. Experience with timing closure techniques and methodologies including timing constraints. Must have experience writing test benches for simulation of FPGA designs ensuring correct behavior performance and timing. Experience with ModelSim is desired. Strong understanding of digital design principles FPGA architectures and highspeed communication protocols.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineer Computer Engineering Computer Science Software Engineering or a related discipline from an ABETaccredited institution with 15 years of relevant experience.

• Experience with embedded Software/Firmware design.

• High proficiency with C/C VHDL and TCL.

• Experience in FPGA system design and test from architecture through implementation.

• Familiarity with modern Xilinx FPGA families and design tools 7series FPGAs Ultrascale Vivado Xilinx IP cores).

• Experience with multiple highspeed serial communication standards and interfaces (e.g. Aurora 10Ge PCIe DDR4/3/2/1 JESD204B).

• Experience developing and implementing FPGAoptimized versions of DSP algorithms (e.g. modulation/demodulation PLLs filters image processing).

• Experience with standard internal interfaces such as AXI4 AXI4Stream AXI4Lite.

• Motivated selfstarter and problem solver with experience executing in multidisciplinary teams.

• Handson laboratory experience with instrumentation test equipment and debug/test methods.

• Candidate must be a resident of or be willing to relocate to the Shalimar FL area.

• Candidate must be a US Citizen and possess (and be able to maintain) a Final Secret Clearance or meet the eligibility to obtain (and maintain) a Secret Clearance.

Other Qualifications:

Preference shown to candidates who possess:

• Masters degree in Electrical Engineer Computer Engineering Computer Science Software Engineering or a related discipline from an ABETaccredited institution.

• 15 years of relevant experience.

• Experience working with SoC designs such as Zynq and Zynq Ultrascale including architecting and interfacing with peripherals interrupts and related bus architectures.

• Experience working with embedded operating systems.

• Working knowledge of digital/analog/mixed signal electronics components and interface/communication standards.

• Experience with FPGA PCBA hardware design.

Original Posting Date:

While subject to change based on business needs Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.