Hardware Design Engineer with Security Clearance

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- Description The Electronic Warfare Division of Leidos is seeking a Hardware Design Engineer to support Circuit Board and FPGA Firmware Design Engineering work with a multi-disciplined design team (electrical engineers, systems engineers, scientists, etc) to design, develop, simulate, and integrate challenging digital designs and RF sensor systems based on given project requirements. Candidate will have a strong background in high-speed digital design in support of a fast paced, multi-disciplinary design team.

This role will also support integration, test, and verification in the final products. This position is expected to be part-time or full-time and could support telecommuting options depending on the candidate.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Proficient in schematic design and BOM generation for higher-speed digital and mix-signal circuit card designs.

• Analyze, design, simulate, and implement algorithms in hardware descriptor languages, HDL (VHDL, Verilog), based on customer requirements and/or model(s).

• Collaborate with a multi-disciplined design team (electrical engineers, systems engineers and scientists) to design and integrate challenging FPGA designs and RF sensor systems.

• Collaborate with a multi-disciplined design team to design and integrate DSP applications for latest System on a Chip (SoC) implementations such as AMD/Xilinx Zynq Ultrascale+, Intel Agilex, and AMD/Xilinx RFSoC.

• Analyze, design, and implement HDL test benches in hardware description languages, HDL (VHDL, Verilog), for code validation and validation against models.

• Perform design constraints generation and verification as well as evaluate synthesis and timing performance reports.

• Analyze, design, simulate, and implement designs which interface to common signaling standards, typical IP such as SERDES, PLLS, etc. and/or protocols such PCIe, JESD
204B/C, LVDS, etc.

• Analyze schematic diagrams for either custom or commercial-off-the shelf (COTS) electronic hardware involving high-speed digital and/or analog circuitry in associated FPGA-centric systems.

• Develop and maintain requirements documents, functional specification documents, interface control documents, etc.

• Develop project test plans and test procedures, provide test planning support, and assist in the execution of both lab testing and occasional field testing.

• Conduct experimental tests on state-of-the-art FPGA and SoC evaluation boards, evaluate results, and then develop specifications for selecting next-generation components.

• Work on problems of diverse scope, determining methods and procedures to be used on new assignments, and providing feedback and recommendations to other technical personnel.

• Some travel and work at remote sites for limited time periods may be occasionally required. At Leidos, we offer competitive benefits , including 4 or more weeks Paid Time Off, 11 paid Holidays, 401K with a 6% company match and immediate vesting, Flexible Schedules, Discounted Stock Purchase Plans, Technical Upskilling, Education and Training Support, Parental Paid Leave, and much more.

Join us and make a difference in Electronic Warfare Technology!

Basic Qualifications:

• Ability to be granted a security clearance

• Experience with at least one FPGA integrated design and simulation environment tool and such as Xilinx Vivado/Vitis and Siemens Model Sim

• Experience with at least one schematic entry and PCB Layout tool set such as Altium, KiCad, or Cadence Allegro/OrCad.

• Experience with hardware integration, test and debug tools (high-speed logic analyzers, scopes, spectrum analyzers, etc.)

• Proficiency in general computer skills such as Microsoft office Excel, PowerPoint and Word
• BS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering or related degree

• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience

• Excellent oral and written communication skills Bonus

Qualifications:

• MS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering or related

• Experience writing test software in C/C++ or other language to validate design

• Knowledge in the areas of performance characteristics of analog data converters, ADCs/DACs

• ARM or RISC-V embedded processor based SoC design experience

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