Electrical Engineer

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Founded in 1918, Kearfott Corporation is a leading global aerospace and defense supplier specializing in precision motion control products and inertial navigation components. With over a century of experience, Kearfott delivers quality, reliability, and cutting‑edge technology for maritime, land, air, and space navigation and guidance solutions.

We are looking for talented individuals who want to be part of a world‑class workforce. Join Kearfott and become part of a company recognized for technical expertise and respected worldwide as a full‑service provider.

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As a key member of a technical team, you will specify, design, verify, and integrate FPGA and/or ASIC solutions to support inertial measurement (IMU) and navigation (INS) products used in aircraft, UAVs, missiles, land vehicles, and sea platforms. You will work on both IRAD and customer‑funded contracts for commercial and military markets.

• Proficient in developing programmable digital systems using HDL and associated simulation and implementation tools in the FPGA/ASIC development process.
• Execute all phases of development: conception, requirements, design, implementation, hardware integration, verification, and lifecycle support.
• Familiar with state‑of‑the‑art MPSoC technologies and research best‑fit solutions per application.
• Collaborate with electrical and mechanical teams.
• Work independently with minimal oversight to meet project and product quality requirements in a certified environment.

• Conceptualize, design, develop, and verify HDL solutions that support system requirements.
• Develop processing architecture implemented in VHDL.
• Build test benches to verify processing approaches; experience with Model Sim is a plus.
• Synthesize designs that meet or exceed strict timing and reliability constraints across temperatures.
• Leverage FPGA architecture to maximize device resources.
• Utilize vendor‑supplied soft and hard IP where applicable.
• Document lifecycle per DO-254: requirements generation and formal validation.
• Spec, develop, and perform verification testing on end‑item hardware.
• Work within version control environments.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Minimum B.S. in Electrical or Computer Engineering; M.S. preferred.
• 8–10 years of HDL design and verification experience.
• Experience with DOORS is a plus.
• Familiarity with Xilinx, Microchip (Micro Semi/Actel), Synopsys, Mentor Graphics tools.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Bonus:
  System Verilog for verification (UVM) and scripting skills.
• Bonus: C‑language based software familiarity.

• Minimum B.S. in Electrical Engineering.
• At least 7 years as a senior engineer in FPGA/ASIC design & verification.
• Daily on‑site availability.
• U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.
• Available to travel within the U.S.

Salary Range: $140,000 – $165,000 annually (New Jersey). Final offer may vary based on experience and internal consistency.

Benefits include medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; a 401(k) plan with company match; tuition assistance; paid vacation, sick days, and holidays; a 9/80 work week with every other Friday off; and monthly employee events celebrating workplace culture.

Equal Opportunity Employer – including disabled/veteran hiring.

Mid‑Seniority level

Full‑time

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