Senior FPGA Engineer

Date Posted: 2026-02-27 | Location: Huntsville, AL (315 Bob Heath Dr) | Onsite | U.S. citizenship required to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance; active clearance required after day one.

About the role

The Effector Subsystems Products (ESP) department develops electronics for weapon system products. We engage at the outset of the weapon system development and follow our designs through deployment. Our products are deployed all over the world, from the ground to exoatmospheric environments and into space.

In this role as a Senior FPGA Engineer, you will develop FPGA designs for all major vendors and device families including AMD, Altera, and Microchip. Designs commonly support gigabit serial interfaces, Radio Frequency (RF) and Electro-Optical (EO) DSP, controls, data links, embedded processing, and processor interfaces. Designers collaborate with circuit card designers and systems engineers to develop requirements, architecture, modeling of algorithms, partitioning, code development, simulation, and place and route. Designs are verified against requirements using both directed tests and constrained random methodologies. Design support is expected from requirements definition through production release. Design documentation and configuration management are required.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver production quality FPGA releases from initial proof of concept up to production.
• Work cooperatively with systems, hardware, software engineers, and program management to ensure product success.
• Design and code in VHDL for reliability, maintainability, reviewability and reusability.
• Verify designs utilizing self-checking techniques with directed and constrained random tests, while tracking functional and code coverage.
• Create complete documentation including requirements, verification plan, user’s guides and configuration management.
• Provide design support from requirements definition through integration and test.
• Perform and participate in internal and external technical reviews.
• Independently drive projects and execute to program schedules and budget.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) or related degree.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in at least 5 of the following categories:
  • Digital Design and HDL coding targeting configurable logic devices.
  • Delivering FPGA solutions to system level applications.
  • One or more brands of (Altera, Lattice, Microchip, AMD) FPGA devices and associated tools.
  • Integration and debug of electronics using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, etc.
  • FPGA timing constraints and timing closure.
  • Digital simulation such as Questa, RivieraPro or similar tools.
  • Python or C programming.

Preferred Qualifications

• Digital Design Knowledge & Principles.
• Radar processing techniques.
• Image processing techniques for visual and infrared sensors.
• Gigabit serial interfaces and multi-gigabit transceivers (MGTs).
• Experience with embedded processor and System on a Chip development for FPGA devices.
• Knowledge of embedded systems design using Microblaze, Nios or ARM processors.
• FPGA design experience using a Linux-based development environment.
• Knowledge of git and GitHub.
• Knowledge of encryption/decryption standards such as AES, RSA, ECC, etc.
• Knowledge of industry standard interfaces and protocols such as AXI, PCIe, SPI, I2C, etc.
• Familiarity with the Linux environment and commands.
• Embedded systems design using ARM processors.
• Verification utilizing hardware platforms.
• Experience working in a team environment.
• Highly motivated, high performer with a strong desire to learn and contribute in a fast-paced team environment.
• Self-directed – able to complete tasks with minimum oversight.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Experience in a leadership role such as team lead, technical lead, project lead, etc.
• MS or Ph.D. in Electrical or Computer Engineering.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability.
• 401(k) match.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Employee assistance program.
• Employee Scholar Program.
• Parental leave.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs (dependent on role and business unit performance).

Pay

The salary range for this role is 86,800 USD - 165,200 USD.

Schedule

This role is 100% onsite and qualifies for relocation assistance.