# Senior Digital Firmware Design Engineer **Company**: Leidos **Location**: St. Petersburg, FL **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $87,100.00 - $157,450.00 **Category**: Engineering **Industry**: Technology **Apply**: https://leidos.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/St-Petersburg-FL/Senior-Digital-Embedded-Firmware-Engineer_R-00191576?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_2b2cdd5d-548 ## Description The Defense Systems Group at Leidos has an immediate opening for a Senior Digital Firmware Design Engineer at our St. Petersburg, FL facility. This position supports the development of advanced, mission-critical military communications systems and involves the design, integration, testing, and optimization of secure, ruggedized electronic hardware for defense applications. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in FPGA-based digital design and hands-on experience integrating hardware and firmware within complex embedded systems. **Primary Responsibilities:** - Participate in a multi-disciplinary engineering team developing secure, high-performance military communications hardware and firmware. - Analyze and decompose system-level requirements into detailed hardware design specifications with full traceability. - Perform Logic Design; write VHDL code, perform synthesis, logic simulation, test bench generation, functional testing and hardware debugging of designs within FPGA/CPLD devices. - Architect, implement and test embedded firmware /software within FPGA-based digital designs including signal processing, control logic, and high-speed interfaces on a variety of platforms (FPGAs, microcontrollers, microprocessors, and mixed signal designs). - Troubleshoot and resolve complex hardware, firmware / software and integration issues across prototype and production phases. - Support design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR), technical documentation, and configuration management processes. - Provide technical input for cost estimates, schedules, and risk assessments. - Collaborate closely with Firmware, Software, RF, systems, and test engineering teams throughout the development lifecycle. **Clearance Requirements:** - U.S. Citizen required. - Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance. - Active Secret clearance preferred. - Ability to obtain Top Secret clearance preferred. **Required Qualifications:** - BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field. - 6+ years of experience in embedded hardware and digital design (8+ preferred for Senior level). - Experience supporting full product development lifecycle including: - Requirements analysis, System design and hardware implementation, Integration and test - Firmware/software architecture development for embedded systems, including FPGAs and SoCs - Technical documentation and formal design reviews - Strong VHDL, FPGA/SoC design and implementation experience: - Digital logic design using VHDL with System-On-Chip devices (SOC’s), FPGA’s, CPLD/s, and/or Microcontrollers. - Modern vendor design tools (IDE’s) such as Xilinx Vivado, Vitis, Altera, Libero SoC, Lattice Diamond - Simulation and Testbench generation (Xilinx simulator, Aldec Active HDL, Riveria Pro, Modelsim, or similar) - RISC microprocessors architectures (ARM Cortex, Microblaze, PowerPC, RISC-V) - C/C++ language software development for embedded, real-time systems. - Experience with one or more of the following: - Integrating and troubleshooting digital subsystems within embedded systems. - Digital interfaces such as I2C, SPI, RS-232/422, USB, Ethernet - ADC/DAC devices and understanding performance characteristics. - Hands-on lab experience debugging hardware using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and related tools - Understand trade-offs of embedded system targets (FPGA, SoC, microcontroller, RTOS, bare-metal) for developing best cost/option architectures. **Preferred Qualifications:** - Active Secret or Top Secret clearance. - Experience with one or more of the following: - FPGA/SOC/u-Processor manufacturers including Xilinx, Microsemi, ST-Micro, Lattice, etc. - High-speed interfaces/protocols such as PCIe, JESD204B, LVDS, and SERDES. - Simulation and modeling tools (MATLAB, Python, LabVIEW). - Embedded operating systems (Linux, VxWorks, FreeRTOS). - Implementing signal processing concepts such as digital filters, digital modulation, up/down conversion within HDL designs. - IP cores and modern processor interfaces (Xilinx IP Cores, AXI4, AXI-Stream). - Design, integration and testing electronic circuits within embedded systems, including digital, analog and radio frequency (RF) subsystems. - Experience developing ruggedized or military communication systems. - Experience transitioning prototype designs into production hardware TRL5/6 through TRL 8/9). - Familiar with schematic capture and PCB design tools (Altium, Cadence Allegro/OrCAD, KiCAD or equivalent). **Pay Range:** $87,100.00 - $157,450.00 ## Skills ### Required - VHDL - FPGA/SoC design - embedded systems - digital design - microcontrollers - microprocessors - FPGA - SoC - C/C++ - signal processing - control logic - high-speed interfaces - I2C - SPI - RS-232/422 - USB - Ethernet - ADC/DAC devices - oscilloscopes - logic analyzers ### Nice to have - FPGA/SOC/u-Processor manufacturers - high-speed interfaces/protocols - simulation and modeling tools - embedded operating systems - signal processing concepts - IP cores - modern processor interfaces - design - integration - testing electronic circuits - ruggedized or military communication systems - prototype designs - production hardware - schematic capture - PCB design tools --- Source: [Apply at leidos.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com](https://leidos.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/St-Petersburg-FL/Senior-Digital-Embedded-Firmware-Engineer_R-00191576?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)