Senior FPGA Engineer

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MITRE's Electronic Systems Development department is seeking to hire talented engineers with a background in FPGA and/or 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 FPGA technology and 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

Roles & Responsibilities :

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

Basic Qualifications:

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 a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 3 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.

* Candidates should have a strong foundation in programming and experience with one or more RTL languages such as VHDL, Verilog/System Verilog, and a solid background with RTL synthesis and simulation tools

* Experience implementing complex embedded systems

* Experience with industry standard best practices for design, verification, test, and deployment

* Experience integrating third-party Intellectual Property (IP) into custom designs

* Excellent oral and written communication skills

* Per the U.S. Government's eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.

* Capable of obtaining and maintaining a DoD Secret security clearance

* This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site

Preferred Qualifications:

* M.S. or PhD in Electrical and/or Computer Engineering or similar field

* Experience deploying on cutting-edge, reconfigurable SoC platforms (AMD Xilinx MPSoC, AMD Xilinx RFSoC, AMD Xilinx Versal, Intel Agilex SoC)

* Experience working across all phases of digital design, including architecture, implementation, verification, test, documentation, and version control

* Exposure to leading edge process nodes and foundries including Global Foundries, Intel, and TSMC

* Solid understanding of processor interface techniques such as memory mapped peripherals and interrupts

* Experience with scripting languages and build tools (TCL, Python, CMake)

* Understanding of microelectronic circuits and transistors

* Experience in EDA ASIC design tools including synthesis, timing closure, and place & route

* Basic understanding of signal processing concepts and exposure to MATLAB

* Demonstrated technical leadership in FPGA design and verification methodologies (UVM, OVM)

* Exposure to hardware emulation platforms such as Cadence Palladium and Siemens Veloce

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

None

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

Secret

Salary compensation range and midpoint:

$126,800 - $158,500 - $190,200 Annual

Work Location Type:

Onsite

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