Electrical Engineering

Job Description:
Pay Range: $50/hr - $75/hr

• The Electrical Engineering Contractor will support product development through design, implementation, verification, and integration of FPGA-based VHDL components.
• This role requires strong expertise in digital hardware design, reliability analysis, and compliance with aerospace and defense standards.
• The ideal candidate will collaborate across engineering teams, participate in design reviews, and contribute to high-reliability electronic system development.

• Minimum four years of direct experience with FPGA and VHDL design.
• Experience using Model Sim or Questa logic simulation tools.
• Experience with MATLAB and Simulink.
• Experience with standard streaming and memory-mapped interfaces such as Avalon and AMBA.
• Experience with FPGA vendor tools including Microchip, Client Altera, or client Xilinx.
• Experience in aerospace, defense, or government programs.
• Experience performing electrical stress and derating analysis, FMECA, reliability predictions, fault tree analysis, and system hazard analysis.
• Experience reading and analyzing electrical schematics.

• Design, implement, verify, and integrate VHDL components for FPGA-based systems.
• Analyze component synthesis, timing constraints, and clock domain crossings.
• Participate in VHDL peer reviews and internal design evaluations.
• Deliver technical presentations and participate in internal design reviews.
• Perform electrical stress analysis, reliability analysis, and hazard analysis in accordance with industry standards.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and engineering process enhancements.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, assembly, and test teams to ensure design for manufacturability and reliability.
• Contribute to project planning, task estimation, and technical documentation.

• Associate, Bachelor’s, or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Systems Engineering with required years of related experience.
• Proficiency in FPGA and VHDL design with simulation and vendor tool experience.
• Two or more years of experience performing reliability and hazard analysis under military or industry standards.
• Strong ability to read and interpret electrical schematics.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance.

• Experience with NAND, NOR, DDR memory interfaces, and high-speed serial interfaces.
• Experience with GigE, 10
  
  GigE, GigE Vision, SERDES, LVDS, RS-422, I2C, and SPI.
• Experience in design for test, quality, reliability, manufacturability, and EMC.
• Experience working in Agile Scrum development environments.

• Strong teamwork and collaboration skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to reprioritize tasks effectively.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Systems Engineering preferred.
• Equivalent combination of education and prior related experience may be considered.