Electrical Engineer

Electrical Engineer – US Citizenship Required

Full‑time

The Electrical Engineer will develop FPGA designs for all major vendors and device families including Xilinx, Altera, Lattice, and Microsemi. Designs are implemented using VHDL for applications such as gigabit serial interfaces, RF and EO DSP, controls, data links, embedded processing and processor interfaces. Designers work with circuit card designers and systems engineers to develop requirements, architect new parts, partition and perform code development, simulation, place and route.

Designs are verified against requirements using directed test and constrained random methodologies. Design support is expected from requirements definition through integration and test. Design documentation and configuration management are required.

This PERM position is located in Tucson, AZ and includes a comprehensive relocation package.

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
• Six (6) years of experience with digital design and VHDL coding
• Four (4) years of experience with embedded processor and SOC development for FPGA devices
• Expertise with Altera and Xilinx devices and flow tools
• Expertise in FPGA timing constraint application and closure, and hands‑on integration and debug experience with FPGA‑based systems
• Digital Signal Design processing for FPGA devices, both programming and testing
• Applied experience applying fixed‑point analysis and conversion of floating‑point algorithms
• MATLAB scripting and simulation

• MS or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
• Knowledge of C programming and scripting languages such as Perl or Python highly desired
• Knowledge of embedded systems design using Microblaze, Nios, or ARM processors a strong plus
• Highly motivated, high performers with a strong desire to learn and contribute in a fast‑paced team environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to perform work without appreciable direction
• Past experience in a leadership role such as team lead, technical lead, project lead, etc.

Eligible for security clearance. Non‑US citizens may not be eligible to obtain a security clearance. Position is open to US citizens only. Hiring agencies and independent contractors are not acceptable.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.