Senior FPGA Engineer

Job Overview

Direct Hire - Full Time position in Cincinnati, OH. Pay: $106,500 to $197,500 based on relevant experience. Position . An excellent position with a large defense technology company delivering innovative mission solutions.

Senior FPGA Engineer

Please apply ONLY if you have extensive FPGA and Verilog experience.

United States Citizenship is required due to government contract requirements.

• Bachelor's Degree
• 6+ years of relevant experience (4 with Master’s, 10 with no degree)
• Knowledge using Verilog for Logic Design.
• Programming experience in C for embedded systems, including development of algorithms, manipulation of data structures, and implementing highly optimized code.
• Experience with lab tools:
  Logic Analyzers, oscilloscopes, JTAG/ICE debuggers and protocol analyzers.
• Familiar with hardware, software and firmware development methodologies to ensure quality and time‑to‑market (design verification, code reviews, unit testing, prototyping and product testing).
• Familiar working with code version control repository tools, such as Subversion (SVN), GIT or TFS.
• Digital Design practices and principles, logic design and architecture and experience with HDL's (i.e Verilog, VHDL).

We are looking for an outstanding Hardware Engineer to be responsible for architecture, design and development of next generation Electronic Safe and Arm Devices utilizing the latest state of the art technologies. The ideal candidate for this role would share a passion for creating and innovating new technologies in a highly dynamic, fast‑paced environment. We are looking for highly talented, motivated, and versatile engineers that can create the next generation fuzing solutions.

ASIC / FPGA designs will include various sensor interfaces, sequence verification, A/D and D/A interfaces, communication protocols, state machines, timer chains, etc. used in Electronic Safe and Arm Devices (Fuzes) for DOD weapon systems. Microsemi / Actel is our targeted FPGA and Questa Sim is our simulation tool. The primary responsibilities will focus on Verilog FPGA design, System Verilog UVM verification and C# based microcontroller development.

• Knowledge using System Verilog for verification with AVM, VMM, OVM, or UVM a plus.
• Developing C# source code targeting enhanced Flash Microcontrollers.
• Good English knowledge (speech and writing)

• Analysis of the requirements, architecture definition, design and debug of FPGA and associated hardware and microcontroller products and associated firmware.
• Developing Verilog HDL targeting Antifuse and enhanced Flash FPGA's.
• Performing effective analysis of functional issues or performance profiling with the hardware and firmware in test environments or target host systems.
• Contribute to process improvements to ensure hardware‑firmware quality and time‑to‑market.