Senior Specialist, Electrical Engineering – FPGA Engineer; FOS

Senior Specialist, Electrical Engineering – FPGA Engineer (FOS)

Location:

Cincinnati, Ohio

Work Schedule:

4/10 Schedule (4 Days per Week, 10 Hours per Day)

Employment Type:

Full-Time

Our client is seeking a highly skilled Senior FPGA Engineer to support the architecture, design, development, and verification of next-generation Electronic Safe and Arm Devices (Fuzes) utilized within advanced Department of Defense weapon systems. This position will focus on FPGA architecture, Verilog HDL development, System Verilog verification, embedded firmware development, and hardware integration activities. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in FPGA design, embedded systems, digital logic design, hardware verification, and real-time system development.

The selected candidate will work with cutting-edge technologies supporting mission-critical aerospace and defense applications while collaborating with multidisciplinary engineering teams in a fast-paced, highly technical environment.

• Analyze system requirements and develop FPGA architectures.
• Design, implement, and debug FPGA solutions for Electronic Safe and Arm Devices.
• Develop FPGA logic using Verilog HDL.
• Design state machines, timer chains, sensor interfaces, communication protocols, Client/DAC interfaces, and sequence verification logic.
• Support Microsemi / Actel FPGA development environments.

• Develop and execute FPGA verification plans.
• Perform functional verification using System Verilog methodologies.
• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and peer reviews.
• Conduct simulation, validation, and debugging activities.

• Develop embedded software using
  
  C.
• Implement data structures, algorithms, and optimized embedded code.
• Support microcontroller development and integration activities.
• Develop and maintain firmware for hardware platforms.

• Debug FPGA and embedded hardware designs.
• Utilize:
  Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, Protocol Analyzers, JTAG/ICE Debuggers.
• Support laboratory testing and hardware bring-up activities.

• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Improve hardware and firmware development methodologies.
• Ensure product quality and accelerated time-to-market.

One of the following:

• Bachelor's Degree with 6+ years of relevant experience OR
• Master's Degree with 4+ years of relevant experience OR
• 10+ years of relevant experience in lieu of degree

• Strong Verilog HDL development experience.
• Digital logic design and architecture experience.
• FPGA design, simulation, implementation, and debugging.

• Strong C programming experience.
• Embedded systems development experience.
• Experience implementing:
  Algorithms, Data structures, Real-time embedded applications

• Experience with:
  Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, Protocol Analyzers, JTAG/ICE Debuggers

• Design Verification
• Code Reviews
• Unit Testing
• Product Testing
• Prototype Development

• Git
• SVN
• TFS

• System Verilog Verification
• UVM
• OVM
• AVM
• VMM
• C# Development
• Microcontroller Firmware Development
• Microsemi / Actel FPGA Experience
• Questa Sim Simulation Environment
• Aerospace & Defense Industry Experience
• DO-254 Exposure
• Safety-Critical Systems Development