Principal Firmware/FPGA Engineer (Onsite)

About the role

We are seeking qualified candidates who have good knowledge in digital systems, HDL, signal processing, and hands-on experience with development of real-time embedded systems. Your knowledge of high-speed interfaces and experience developing in multiple programming domains, including RTL, VHDL, Verilog, and scripting languages will be leveraged to create custom R&D hardware. You will join a project team designing, analyzing, and prototyping innovative multi-domain system architectures, solving challenging real-world problems like:

• Developing real-time control system architectures to affect the performance of physical systems
• Developing sophisticated detection, classification, localization, and tracking (DCLT) algorithms against state-of-the-art threats in high-noise environments
• Supporting development and testing of experimental testbeds for real-time sensor processing systems, quantum information systems, integrated photonic systems, and other physical sciences pursuits
• Supporting implementation and evaluation of real time systems in realistic mission scenarios and conducting operational analysis

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience
• Professional experience in FPGA development processes: RTL design, verification, timing analysis, board bring up, and validation
• Understanding of Digital Signal Processing fundamentals and their implementation on FPGAs
• Professional experience in high-speed interfaces, including experience in Ethernet, serial point to point communication (sFPDP, SPI), and high-speed memory interfaces (HBM2, DDR)
• Scripting development experience (bash, Tcl, etc.)
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Qualifications We Prefer

• Experience with SoC boards running bare metal code as well as configuring and deploying embedded Linux (e.g. Petalinux)
• Experience with RFSoC boards and/or high-speed analog signal generation and digitization
• Familiarity with building Linux drivers for FPGA peripherals
• Experience with high level synthesis tools, including BlueSpec System Verilog
• Software development experience in C/C++, and Python

What We Offer

• Robust total rewards package with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement, and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs
• Parental (including paternal) leave, flexible work schedules, achievement awards, educational assistance and child/adult backup care
• Relocation Assistance available
• This position is Onsite at our Cambridge, Mass headquarters
• A strong leadership team well-versed in government R&D
• A collaborative and collegial environment to push state-of-the-art research
• Technically competent pool of research scientists who are willing to mentor, listen, and help you refine your research vision and goals
• Business development, programmatic, contracting, finance, and HR support
• Access, through RTX, to opportunities that help transition your research and ultimately see it fielded