Avionics FPGA Engineer – DO-254

Role: Avionics FPGA Engineer DO-254

Location: Melbourne FL (Onsite)

Duration: Full Time.

Job Description:

The Electrical Engineer designs tests and documents safety-critical hardware.

Responsible for developing and supporting FPGA/CPLD designs through all phases of design and system integration for high-reliability embedded aerospace and ground-based vehicle systems applications.

Responsibilities:

• Perform activities such as requirements generation design RTL-synthesis test bench development and design simulation static timing and power analysis and requirements-based design verification.
• Prototype evaluation design-to-cost tradeoffs design reviews qualification test support system integration support production and obsolescence support tasks.
• Bachelors Degree or Masters Degree and 8 years of work experience.

Required Skills:

• Please for Aerospace a DO-254 experience.
• Circuit design experience with the demonstrated ability to design HDL-based FPGAs and CPLDs.
• Knowledge of digital electronic devices and circuit design principles.
• Experience using design/analysis tools such as Timing Designer and Hyperlynx a plus.
• Hands-on hardware build test and integration experience.
• Motivated self-starter with the ability to effectively work in a team environment.
• Excellent problem-solving skills judgment and analytical capability along with follow-up and monitoring skills.
• Strong written and oral presentation skills.
• Experience with MATLAB and Simulink for auto-generation of FPGA code.
• Familiarity with FPGA integration into digital circuit card designs to ensure electrical integrity of FPGA design in embedded applications.
• Up to 25% Travel.

Minimum Training/Education: BSEE

Preferred Skills and Education:

• Experience with any of the following is a plus:
• Design experience with Microprocessor/Microcontroller interfaces such as I2C SPI CAN bus ARINC-825 memory interfaces such as SDRAM controllers Flash SRAM; serial interfaces (MIL-STD-1553 ARINC-429 RS422 RS485 AFDX ARINC-664) and FPGA design using Microsemi Xilinx Lattice Altera etc.
• Familiarity with RTCA/DO-254 hardware development objectives
• Design tools such as Synplify ModelSim Questasim
• Experience with high-speed Digital circuit card design including part placement and routing constraint generation and signal integrity analysis.
• Experience with VHDL System Verilog designs and UVM test benches
• Experience with state machines code coverage
• Experience with Requirements Management tools (i.e. DOORS) Configuration Management and Problem Reporting tools.