FPGA Engineer VHDL, Radar & Imaging

FPGA Engineer (Contract)

Location:

Tucson, AZ. Must hold an active Secret Clearance.

FPGA Engineer with experience supporting FPGA development, verification, integration, and troubleshooting within complex digital hardware and defense engineering environments.

• Design and develop FPGA architectures and logic solutions in VHDL
• Architect FPGA-based systems — determine parts, interfaces, and CONOPS
• Translate system-level requirements into FPGA requirements
• Verify designs using self-checking techniques, directed tests, and constrained random tests; track functional and code coverage
• Support integration and debug from proof of concept through production
• Work closely with circuit card designers, systems engineers, and multidisciplinary teams
• Drive projects and execute to program schedules on time and budget
• Create documentation including requirements, verification plans, and user guides
• Support internal and external technical reviews

• Digital design and VHDL coding
• Xilinx or Microsemi devices and flow tools
• Delivering FPGA solutions to system-level applications
• Hands‑on integration and debug experience

• Radar processing techniques
• Image processing for visual and infrared sensors
• Embedded systems design using ARM, Microblaze, or Nios processors
• Gigabit serial interfaces and multi‑gigabit transceivers (MGTs)
• Constrained random verification in UVM using System Verilog
• Emulation platforms such as Veloce

Estimated Minimum Rate: $68.03 per hour. Estimated Maximum Rate: $97.19 per hour.