ASIC & FPGA Design Engineer Senior Staff

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor of Science or higher from an accredited college in Electrical Engineering or related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education.

HDL programming experience with VHDL, Verilog, and/or System Verilog.

Experience in Hardware-Software Integration and Validation.

Experience with Xilinx FPGAs and related toolsets such as Vivado.

Experience with FPGA simulation tools and languages such as Synopsys VCS and SystemVerilog.

Strong understanding of digital design principles, including timing analysis, clock domain crossing, and signal integrity.

Extensive experience with troubleshooting designs and resolving integration issues.

Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Candidate must be eligible to obtain a Secret Clearance and be able to obtain at least an Interim Secret Clearance before starting the position, therefore you must be a US Citizen.

Job Description

You will be the ASIC & FPGA Design Engineer for the Andover, MA Advanced Defense Systems team. Our group creates the programmable logic heart beats that power both current and next generation defense platforms, delivering high reliability, multi function modules on accelerated schedules.

What You Will Be Doing

• Defining FPGA architecture, writing clean RTL (VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog), and producing complete design packages that meet performance, power, and thermal targets.
• Performing synthesis, place and route, and timing closure activities using industry standard toolchains (e.g., Xilinx Vivado, Intel Quartus).
• Conducting trade studies to select the optimal device, balancing logic utilization, power consumption, cost, and risk.
• Building robust verification environments (UVM, SystemC, Python based testbenches) and generating comprehensive test plans to prove functional correctness and timing margins.
• Leading hardware in the loop testing, board level debugging, and integration with subsystem hardware.
• Managing configuration control and version controlled repositories (GitLab or equivalent), ensuring full traceability of all artifacts.
• Producing design documentation—specifications, interface control documents, verification reports, and release packages—that complies with aerospace and Lockheed Martin standards.
• Collaborating with cross functional teams to develop FPGA requirements, resolve implementation challenges, and meet program milestones.
• Acting independently to investigate and solve complex programmable logic issues that arise during development or production.
• Mentoring junior engineers, sharing best practices, and fostering a high performance team culture.
• Working closely with technical and manufacturing support personnel to guarantee smooth product ramp up and sustained production.

Why Join Us

Do you want to be part of a company culture that empowers employees to think big, lead with a growth mindset, and make the impossible a reality? We provide the resources and give you the flexibility to enable inspiration and focus. If you have the passion and courage to dream big, work hard, and have fun doing what you love then we want to build a better tomorrow with you.

Further Information About This Opportunity

This position is in Chelmsford. Discover more about our Chelmsford, Massachusetts location.

MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN - This position is located at a facility that requires special access. The selected candidate must be able to obtain a secret clearance. A company-sponsored Interim Secret is required to start.