Sr. Specialist, Electrical Engineer - FPGA

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About the role

We are looking for a talented FPGA design engineer with industry experience in wireless digital communications, modems, networking, and/or digital signal processing (DSP). This role involves designing, developing, verifying, and maintaining FPGA and ASIC components in accordance with engineering, scientific, and manufacturing requirements. You will apply appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the product life cycle to support new product development and sustainment of legacy products. You may interface with customers, vendors, and other cross-functional technical and support personnel.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and troubleshoot complex modem and/or DSP circuits in programmable logic using FPGA devices.
• Apply broad experience in signal processing for RF communications systems.
• Design, implement, and verify FPGA and ASIC solutions.
• Participate in code reviews, design reviews, and integration activities.
• Support product integration and test activities in the lab and field as needed.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and innovation within the team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree (preferably in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field) and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience.
• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience.
• In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
• Must have SECRET security clearance.

Skills

Areas of desired technical experience or education include:

• Modulation/Demodulation
• Digital filters
• Forward Error Correction (FEC)
• Networking
• Industry standard interfaces (e.g., 10/100/1000 Ethernet, SPI, UART, SDRAM, DDR3, JESD, PCIe, Ethernet).
• FPGA verification through simulation and unit testing.

Preferred Additional Skills

• Experience in communication system signal processing theory and waveform design.
• Working knowledge and experience in testing and debugging of Cryptographic Unit Designs.
• Experience with FPGA Vendor Specific FPGA Implementation tools (Vivado/Quartus).
• Experience in laboratory debug techniques using digital scopes, logic analyzers, BERTS, and other complex measurement devices.
• Knowledge of SATCOM architecture.
• 4 years of experience in FPGA/ASIC programming using VHDL.
• 4 years of experience with MatLab, Simulink, or similar DSP modeling tools.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and debug FPGA firmware and related hardware issues.

Schedule

9/80 - employees work 9 out of 14 days, totaling 80 hours worked, and have every other Friday off.