Description
We're seeking an FPGA Engineer to join our team in San Diego, CA. You'll contribute to advanced sensor and space-related technologies supporting critical national defence missions.
In this role, you'll apply your expertise across the complete FPGA development lifecycle from architecture, design, and implementation through timing closure, integration, and hardware testing.
You'll develop and test sophisticated FPGA designs for Chemical, Biological, Radiation, Nuclear, and Space sensor systems for federal government customers.
Responsibilities include:
- Developing and executing FPGA test plans, determining root cause of test failures, and iterating with senior staff to determine design changes to improve FPGA performance
- Supporting electrical engineering activities, including FPGA designs and system integration and testing with CAD and lab activities
- Analysing, designing, and implementing HDL test benches in hardware description languages (HDL) (VHDL, Verilog) for code validation and validation against models
- Synthesising, placing, and routing, meeting timing requirements from high-speed FPGAs
- Analysing, designing, simulating, and implementing designs which interface to common signalling standards, typical IP hard macros, and protocols such PCIe, 10GBE Ethernet, LVDS, etc.
- Performing technical troubleshooting and diagnosis of failed equipment and supporting root cause analysis
- Performing data analysis and writing technical reports
- Developing and maintaining design documents, functional requirements, and interface control documents
Requirements:
- BS and 5+ years of relevant experience as an electrical engineer or computer engineer in an R&D environment, or Masters with 3+ years of relevant experience
- US Citizenship is required and must be able to obtain/maintain a Top Secret security clearance
- Experience or coursework related to testing FPGA or CPLD designs in an electronics lab
- Fluency in Vivado, Modelsim, or Riviera, and fluency in testbenches and self-checking verification methods
- Working knowledge of electronics test equipment like function generators, oscilloscopes, logic analysers, and lab power supplies
Benefits:
- Competitive salary: $87,100.00 - $157,450.00 per year