Sr. FPGA Engineer – Melbourne, FL; Remote

Job Description

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.

• Perform activities such as requirements generation, design, RTL‑synthesis, test bench development and design simulation, static timing and power analysis, and requirements based design verification.
• Prototype evaluation, design‑to‑cost tradeoffs, design reviews, qualification test support, system integration support, production and obsolescence support tasks.
• Maintain the desire to stay current in the continuously developing field and to expand knowledge base and skills in FPGA design and digital hardware engineering.
• Works with hardware engineers and senior management to enhance existing applications and build additional applications.
• Designs and develops hardware systems.
• Tests and modifies hardware to ensure it meets specifications and requirements.
• Understands and utilizes internal processes and tools for the development of hardware.
• Decisions may have minor impact on cost, schedule, and technical performance.
• Contributes to engineering estimates on simple hardware designs.
• Improved depth of product domain knowledge.
• Bachelor’s Degree and 10‑12+ years’ work experience or Master’s Degree and 8+ years of work experience.

• 10‑12+ years circuit design experience, with the demonstrated ability to design HDL‑based FPGAs and CPLDs.
• Knowledge of digital electronic devices and circuit design principles. Experience using design/analysis tools, such as Timing Designer and Hyperlynx a plus.
• Hands‑on hardware build, test, and integration experience.
• Motivated self‑starter with the ability to effectively work in a team environment.
• Excellent problem solving skills, judgment, and analytical capability, along with follow‑up and monitoring skills.
• Strong written and oral presentation skills.
• Experience with Matlab and Simulink for auto‑generation of FPGA code.
• Familiarity with FPGA integration into digital circuit card designs to ensure electrical integrity of FPGA design in embedded applications.
• 10‑12 years’ work experience.
• Up to 25% Travel.
• Minimum Training/
  
  Education:
  
  BSEE.
• US Citizenship Required.

• Experience with any of the following is a plus:
• Design experience with Microprocessor/Microcontroller interfaces such as I2C, SPI, CAN bus ARINC‑825, memory interfaces such as SDRAM controllers, Flash, SRAM; serial interfaces (MIL‑STD‑1553, ARINC‑429, RS422, RS485, AFDX ARINC‑664) and FPGA design using Microsemi, Xilinx, Lattice, Altera, etc.
• Familiarity with RTCA/DO‑254 hardware development objectives.
• Design tools such as Synplify, Model Sim, Questasim.
• Experience with high‑speed Digital circuit card design, including part placement and routing, constraint generation, and signal integrity analysis.
• Experience with VHDL, System Verilog designs and UVM test benches.
• Experience with state machines, code coverage.
• Experience with Requirements Management tools (i.e. DOORS), Configuration Management, and Problem Reporting tools.
• Knowledge of commercial certification objectives and activities.
• Experience with development of formal validation and verification procedures.
• Flight critical fly‑by‑wire Flight Controls, Actuators, Air Data Systems, Pilot Inceptors, Inertial Sensors and/or Autopilot systems.