FPGA DSP Firmware Engineer

Description

The Advanced Warfare Technology (AWT) Division of Leidos is looking for a FPGA DSP Firmware Engineer to lead a design team to design, develop, simulate, and integrate challenging DSP FPGA designs and RF sensor systems based on given program requirements. The successful candidate will have a strong background in technical team leadership for firmware design, the ability to implement MATLAB algorithms in the FPGA and incorporate client feedback into firmware revisions.

• Lead a firmware design team to design, integrate and test challenging DSP FPGA designs for EW sensor systems.
• Evaluate a project’s firmware needs, designing a firmware solution to meet project needs and be able to communicate that design to the program leadership.
• Develop and implement new firmware, debug firmware to ensure it functions properly, evaluate performance and troubleshoot as needed.
• Incorporate client feedback into firmware revisions, manage budgetary and time constraints.
• Keep the firmware team up-to-date on technological developments and industry best practices.
• Lead the design and development of innovative reconfigurable Software-Defined Radio (SDR) architectures, Sensor Systems, Data Acquisition, from Air/Space to Ground deployments for government agencies.
• Analyze schematic diagrams for high-speed digital and/or analog circuitry in associated FPGA-centric systems.
• Develop and maintain requirements documents, engineering drawings and configuration management policies for FPGA project hierarchy.
• Develop project test plans and test procedures, provide test planning support, and assist in the execution of both lab testing and field testing.
• Conduct experimental tests on latest FPGA and SoC evaluation boards, evaluate results, and then develop specifications for selecting next-generation components for deliverable systems.
• Some travel and work at remote sites for limited time periods may be occasionally required.
• Provide status reports to project managers and/or division production manager as required.

• Active US government Secret clearance.
• Ability to work full time at facility site in Arlington, VA.
• Experience with FPGA Integrated Design Environment tool sets such as Xilinx Vivado and Mentor Graphics Model Sim.
• Experience with latest System on a Chip (SoC) implementations such as Xilinx Zynq Ultrascale+, Intel Stratix-10, and Xilinx RFSoC.
• Proficiency in hardware descriptor languages, HDL (VHDL, Verilog) and/or MATLAB model(s).
• Ability to perform design constraints generation and verification as well as evaluate synthesis and timing performance reports.
• Hands on design and test experience with signal processing concepts such as FFTs, channelizers, digital filters, digital modulation, digital down/up-conversion, adaptive processing, etc. and their implementation into new or existing modular HDL designs.
• Familiarity with common signaling standards, typical IP hard macros such as SERDES, PLLS, etc. and/or protocols such PCIe, JESD
  204B, LVDS, etc.
• Proficiency with hardware integration, test and debug tools (high-speed logic analyzers, scopes, spectrum analyzers, etc.).
• Bachelors in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering or similar field.
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience with at least 2 years in a technical leadership position.

• Experience writing test software in C/C++ or assembly language to validate design.
• Experience with high-speed (> 20GHz) design techniques.
• ARM or RISC-V embedded processor based SoC design experience.
• Proven experience in the military/aerospace hi reliability electronic warfare product development, especially in the area of radiation hardened, space grade FPGA circuit card design.
• Subject matter expert in high-speed digital hardware, embedded firmware & software, and miniaturized high-performance systems for EW applications.
• Expertise in optimum thermal management for FPGA circuit card design for high altitude conduction cooled applications.
• Ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance.