Associate FPGA​/ASIC Design Engineer

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MITRE’s Electronic Systems Development department is seeking to hire talented engineers starting Summer of 2026 with a background in Field‑Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) and/or Application‑Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) design to support advanced research and development projects of national significance. Qualified candidates will join a multi‑disciplinary team to help support the design and implementation of proof‑of‑concept prototype systems on embedded hardware platforms.

Our diverse set of sponsors and research objectives provide a wide variety of interesting work opportunities such as:

• Real‑time communication and sensor systems leveraging cutting‑edge ASIC design, FPGA technology, and Software‑Defined Radio (SDR) platforms
• Advanced architectures for high throughput signal processing algorithms
• Tightly integrated, custom platforms targeting low size, weight, power and cost (SWaP‑C) applications
• Cross‑disciplinary teams of similarly bright and motivated engineers on projects of national importance

Our team specializes in rapid prototyping of advanced sensor, communication, and navigation systems on state‑of‑the‑art embedded system platforms. This position provides an exciting opportunity to work on the following:

• Component development across FPGA and ASIC technologies
• Implementation of algorithms in SW/HW on embedded systems
• Development, integration, and testing of custom prototypes in the lab

We are interested in highly motivated candidates with a wide variety of skills, insatiable curiosity, enthusiasm, and the ability and interest to dig deep on challenging technical problems. Minimum qualifications include:

• Typically requires less than 1 year of related experience with a related Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• A Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and/or Computer Engineering (or similar field), or an equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Solid understanding of digital system design at the Boolean logic level
• Solid understanding of basic circuits and electronic principles
• Experience with programming and a working knowledge of one or more Hardware Description Languages (HDLs) such as VHDL, Verilog, or System Verilog
• Exposure to FPGA or ASIC simulation, synthesis, and implementation tools
• Exposure to programming languages such as C/C and Python
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Applicants selected for this position will be subject to a US government security investigation and must be able to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense SECRET clearance, which requires US citizenship
• Candidates must meet requirements to support project work on‑site in our labs and classified facilities on the Bedford, MA Campus
• This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on‑site at our Bedford, MA facility.

• Master’s degree in Electrical and/or Computer Engineering or similar field
• Active Secret Clearance
• Exposure to cutting‑edge, reconfigurable SoC platforms (e.g., AMD Xilinx MPSoC, AMD Xilinx RFSoC,…