Electrical Engineer - Digital Design

Job Summary

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a world leader in proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft and tactical reconnaissance radars, as well as advanced high-resolution surveillance systems. This position supports the design and development of advanced electronic components, equipment and systems for unmanned air vehicles.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible primarily for digital designs targeting AMD/Xilinx FPGAs but with some elements of analog interface and power conversion circuit design with appropriate analysis and/or CAD modeling.
• Responsible for designs that may include microprocessors and vector processors generated using high level design tools.
• Desirable areas of experience: System on Chip, embedded firmware development.
• Desirable tool experience: Xilinx/AMD ISE, Vivado, Matlab, Simulink. System Generator.
• JTAG boundary scan test and debugging.
• Documentation and record keeping necessary to support version control, production release and training.
• Required to provide field support as needed.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a bachelors or masters degree in engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution and two or more years of engineering experience with a bachelors degree.
• May substitute equivalent engineering experience in lieu of education.
• Must have a complete understanding of engineering concepts, principles, codes, and theory; experience demonstrating a broad application of those concepts; and, expanding knowledge of principles, concepts, theory, and practices in related technical specialties.
• Must possess the ability to understand new concepts quickly; apply them accurately throughout an evolving environment; organize, schedule, and coordinate work phases; and, determine the appropriate approach at the task level or, with assistance, at the project level to provide solutions to a range of complex problems.
• Must have excellent communication, computer, documentation, presentation, and interpersonal skills, ability to work independently and as part of a team; able to perform complex tasks in one engineering area.
• Able to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance is required.