Sr. FPGA Engineer

Overview

Title:

Sr. FPGA Engineer

Location:

Melbourne, FL

Domain:
Aerospace

Visa: U.S. Citizens or Green Card holders only

The Electrical Engineer designs, tests and documents safety‑critical hardware.

Responsible for developing and supporting FPGA/CPLD designs through all phases of design and system integration for high‑reliability embedded aerospace and ground‑based vehicle systems applications.

• Requirements capture, decomposition, and traceability.
• Develop RTL design code and simulation in VHDL, Verilog, and/or System Verilog.
• Develop hardware test cases, procedures and integration.
• Define the verification strategy, including on‑hardware verification environments, test frameworks and tools.
• Perform ASIC/FPGA/SoPC verification using inspection, analysis, simulation, and test methods.
• Create DO‑254 DAL‑A certification artifacts for Airborne Electronic Hardware (AEH).
• Work with minimal supervision as part of a global team on aggressive schedules.
• Experience with DO‑254 processes and design assurance activities for ASIC, FPGA, and/or SoPC developments.
• Apply best practice chip‑level verification techniques and languages such as constrained random, functional coverage, code coverage, UVM, and System Verilog.
• Conduct and participate in peer reviews throughout the product lifecycle.
• Participate in FAA SOI audits.
• Communicate effectively with engineering, program management, leadership, and customers.
• Recommend new tools and practices for continuous improvement in the ASIC/FPGA design flow.
• Provide guidance or mentor other engineers.

• Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) with minimum 5 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree with minimum 3 years of experience.
• Experience writing RTL and test benches using VHDL, UVM, Verilog, or System Verilog.
• Experience with Linux (or Unix), scripting, C/C++, Python, and/or Perl.
• Experience using FPGA‑specific tools (e.g., Questasim, Vivado, Libero, Synplify Pro).
• Experience with data interfaces such as PCIe, DDR, I2C, Ethernet, CDN, ARINC‑429.
• Proficiency with DO‑254 processes and design assurance activities for ASIC, FPGA, and/or SoPC developments.
• Strong documentation skills for DO‑254 DAL‑A certification artifacts.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with engineers, program management, leadership, and customers.
• Ability to work independently and in a dispersed global team.
• Experience mentoring or guiding other engineers.