Sr. FPGA Engineer

Position: Sr. FPGA Engineer

Location: Melbourne FL Onsite

Duration: 6-12 Months Contract or Fulltime

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.
• Maintain the desire to stay current in the continuously developing field and to expand knowledge base and skills in FPGA design and digital hardware engineering.
• Works with hardware engineers and senior management to enhance existing applications and build additional applications
• Designs and develops hardware systems
• Tests and modifies hardware to ensure it meets specifications and requirements
• Understands and utilizes internal processes and tools for the development of hardware
• Decisions may have minor impact on cost schedule and technical performance
• Contributes to engineering estimates on simple hardware designs
• Improved depth of product domain knowledge
• Bachelors Degree and 5-10 years work experience or Masters Degree and 3 years of work experience.

Required Skills:

• Experience with VHDL System Verilog designs and UVM test benches
• Please for Aerospace an DO-254 experience
• 5-10 years 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.
• 5-10 years work experience
• Up to 25% Travel
• Minimum Training/Education: BSEE