Early Career FPGA Design Engineer - Space- Remote Sensing, Onsite

Position: Early Career FPGA Design Engineer - Space-based Remote Sensing, Onsite
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* Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance
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What Your Job Will Be Like

We are seeking a FPGA Design Engineer to provide technical expertise for remote sensing and satellite systems. The successful applicant will have experience with digital designs for embedded applications, for example: processor board design (both CPUs and/or GPUs); FPGA design and HDL (specifically VHDL) experience; high-speed network and interface electronics; and high-speed analog to digital interfaces.

We are seeking a FPGA Design Engineer to provide technical expertise for remote sensing and satellite systems. The successful applicant will have experience with digital designs for embedded applications, for example: processor board design (both CPUs and/or GPUs); FPGA design and HDL (specifically VHDL) experience; high-speed network and interface electronics; and high-speed analog to digital interfaces.

Due to the nature of the job the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

Salary Range

$102,400 - $199,700

* Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

Qualifications We Require

* Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline, or an equivalent combination of directly relevant education and engineering or scientific experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform independent research and development

* Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance

Qualifications We Desire

The ideal R&D S&E Electrical Engineering candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:

¿ Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation).

¿ Ability to work independently and collaborate well in a multidisciplinary team of designers and test engineers.

¿ Outstanding verbal and written skills, including the ability to develop and present briefings that are clear and compelling

Also, for this posting we are seeking individuals with the following experience:

¿ Proven ability to be self-motivated and work independently as well as in a multi-disciplinary team environment, building consensus and resolving issues

¿ Experience in the design, development, test, and implementation of electrical systems, especially high-speed digital electronics

¿ Experience in the development of FPGAs and SoCs using toolsets (e.g. Xilinx Vitis and Vivado toolset, Microchip Libero SoC design suite)

¿ Experience in HDL verification techniques (e.g. HDL test benches)

¿ Experience in test driven development practices (e.g. CI/CD)

¿ Proficiency with space radiation effects in digital electronics (e.g. single event effects)

¿ Leadership experience in a technically relevant project

¿ Strong organization and planning skills and ability tackle more than one assignment at a time.

¿ Desire to learn new skills as required and develop expertise in areas that may be unfamiliar

¿ Active Q and TS//SCI clearances

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