Digital Design Engineer

Digital Design Engineer

Plans, performs, and executes engineering research and design development for both new products and existing products. Performs design/HDL analysis, including high speed and low power designs. Participates in simulation, verification, and integration tasks. Takes algorithmic or functional specifications and converts that to a design that can be implemented for use in a lab or field environment. Develops models, simulate and verify designs, fabricate prototypes, and test hardware solutions.

Creates and maintains accurate and detailed design files.

Candidate should possess experience in electrical engineering and a track record of demonstrating designs on hardware. Digital HDL design experience is required, including complex, high-speed HDL based implementations of algorithms targeting programmable logic devices (PLDs, FPGA, ASIC, etc), microprocessors, DSP and/or ARM processors. Hands-on experience with code design, simulation and testing is required.

Required Degree Level: Bachelor's Degree

Design

Experience:

Creating and maintaining accurate and detailed design files (7 years)

Experience with complex, high-speed HDL based implementations of algorithms (7 years)

Performing basic design calculations (7 years)

Product Design (7 years)

Hardware:
Experience with Xilinx Versal (4 years)

Hardware Design (7 years)

Programming FPGA Development (VHDL/Verilog or System Verilog) (7 years)

VHDL / Verilog (7 years)

Software Tools:
Xilinx FPGA (RFSoC & Ultrascale) (7 years)

Xilinx Vivado (7 years)

Systems:
Experience working in a UNIX based environment with familiarity of UNIX based scripting (7 years)

A digital design engineer is needed to develop VHDL for use in a free-space optical communication system. Requirements include greater than 7 years of experience with team based VHDL development processes for FPGA based designs, including VHDL code development, simulation, verification, synthesis, high-speed timing closure and hardware-based acceleration. Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills. In-depth knowledge of Xilinx Ultrascale+ and Versal FPGAs is required.

Must be able to function proficiently in an exclusively UNIX based environment. In depth familiarity of UNIX based scripting, Xilinx Vivado, Modelsim/Questa, laboratory test equipment, network test equipment, and source/revision control tools is required. Experience developing implementation architectures from requirements documents or high-level specifications is required. Experience using and maintaining legacy IP and UNIX build environments is required. Requires the ability to troubleshoot designs operating within an integrated system.

Preferred Skills include experience with DDR4 memory, terrestrial network standards, DSP processing techniques, and design and debug of complex circuit boards. Knowledge of Matlab, Perl, TCL, System C, System Verilog is also preferred.

Candidate should expect to be onsite a minimum of 4 days/week. Interim clearance is sufficient to start. Initial interview via Zoom, second round interviews will be in person. They will entertain a relocation candidate and a second round Zoom, but local candidates should plan to interview in person.