ASIC & FPGA Design Engineer

Butler America Aerospace L.L.C.; Grand Prairie (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K

Medical benefits

Dental

Vision

Sick time

Job summary

Butler America Aerospace L.L.C. is seeking a Senior ASIC & FPGA Design Engineer in Grand Prairie, TX. You will lead architecture, verification and integration of FPGA-based hardware for defense programs, ensuring performance and reliability across systems.

Responsibilities include design specification, timing closure, test bench development, HIL testing and cross-functional collaboration. U.S. citizenship and DoD clearance eligibility are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor in Electrical Engineering or related field; Master preferred.
• Minimum 3 years FPGA design and simulation verification experience.
• Proficiency in HDL programming (VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog).
• Experience with Xilinx/AMD toolsets and UltraScale design methodology.
• FPGA simulation tools such as Synopsys VCS.
• Strong timing, clock domain crossing and signal integrity knowledge.
• Experience with high-speed interfaces: AXI, Ethernet, PCIe, TCP/IP.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain DoD clearance.

Responsibilities

• Define architecture and RTL design specifications for ASIC/FPGA components.
• Develop synthesis, place-and-route and timing closure strategies.
• Create test plans, verification environments (UVM, SystemC, Python).
• Lead hardware-in-the-loop testing and board-level debugging.
• Analyze timing, power budgeting, resource utilization for FPGA hardware.
• Maintain configuration control and full traceability with GitLab.
• Produce design documentation and release packages per aerospace standards.
• Collaborate with systems, software, hardware, and QA teams.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote best practices in FPGA development.

Skills

HDL languages

VHDL

Verilog

SystemVerilog

Digital design

Timing analysis

High-speed interfaces

FPGA design

Laboratory debugging

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Vivado

Vitis

Vitis HLS

Xilinx/AMD toolsets

Synopsys VCS

GitLab

Job description

ASIC & FPGA Design Engineer

Location: Grand Prairie, TX

Job ID: #72890

Pay Range: $75-88

Job Description

You will be the Senior ASIC & FPGA Design Engineer for the Programmable Logic Design team. Our team creates, prototypes, and fields precision engagement aerospace and defense systems for the U.S. and allied militaries, delivering cutting edge digital solutions that protect the warfighter.

What You Will Be Doing

As the Senior ASIC & FPGA Design Engineer you will act as a technical leader on one or more defense programs, shaping the architecture, verification and integration of advanced FPGA based hardware.

You will translate system level performance, safety and reliability requirements into robust programmable logic designs, while collaborating with cross functional engineers to keep the program on schedule and on budget. Your responsibilities will include:

• Define architecture and design specifications for ASIC/FPGA components; write clean, maintainable RTL (VHDL, Verilog, SystemVerilog) that meets performance, power and reliability goals.
• Develop synthesis, place and route and timing closure strategies to guarantee deterministic operation on target devices.
• Create comprehensive test plans, simulation models and verification environments (UVM, SystemC, Python based testbenches) to validate functional correctness and timing margins.
• Lead hardware in the loop (HIL) testing, board level debugging and integration with subsystem hardware.
• Conduct timing analysis, power budgeting and resource utilization studies to optimize device selection and FPGA utilization.
• Manage configuration control using GitLab (or equivalent), maintain version controlled repositories and ensure full traceability of all artifacts.
• Produce complete design documentation-specifications, test plans, verification reports and release packages-that complies with aerospace standards.
• Collaborate with systems, software, hardware, mechanical, test, manufacturing and quality teams to guarantee seamless integration and milestone compliance.
• Mentor junior engineers, championing best practices in FPGA development, verification and configuration management.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related STEM field from an accredited university; Master's degree preferred.
• Minimum 3 years of professional experience with FPGA design and simulation verification or a related discipline.
• Proficiency in HDL programming with VHDL, Verilog, and/or SystemVerilog.
• Experience with Xilinx/AMD toolsets (Vivado, Vitis, Vitis HLS) and UltraScale design methodology.
• Experience with FPGA simulation tools such as Synopsys VCS.
• Strong understanding of digital design principles, including timing analysis, clock domain crossing, and signal integrity.
• Experience with high-speed interfaces such as AXI, Ethernet, TCP/IP, PCIe, and serial protocols.
• Practical laboratory debug experience with high-speed oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, and signal generators.
• Familiarity with Synopsys EDA tools.
• Must be a US Citizen; must possess or be able to obtain a DoD Secret clearance.

Desired Skills

• LM/MFC design experience and missile program experience.
• Experience with SystemVerilog, Verilog, C/C++, MATLAB/Simulink; Synopsys Synplify, Synopsys VCS, NCSim, ChipScope tool sets.
• Experience with Xilinx/AMD and MicroSemi/Microchip part families, internal FPGA fabric and IP.
• Experience implementing NSA algorithms (e.g., AES, counter mode).
• Experience managing configuration control (GitLab preferred).
• Experience with Vivado and Vitis FPGA toolsets.
• Experience with UVM and Simulink/HDL Coder integration.
• Comfortable using digital oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, power meters, signal generators, and other test equipment.
• Experience with troubleshooting and debugging at board level, including FPGA validation.
• Experience in full ASIC/FPGA lifecycle (architecture, design, simulation, verification, validation, integration & test).
• Strong communication, collaboration, and presentation abilities.
• Controls and digital loop-closure application knowledge.
• Networking proficiency with Ethernet switches, routers, firewalls, and debugging tools (tcpdump, Wireshark).
• Active DoD Secret or Top Secret clearance.

Benefits

401K, medical, dental, and vision, sick time as applicable to state law.

Butler America Aerospace, LLC. is an equal opportunity employer. Butler evaluates applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics. The Butler America Aerospace, LLC. EEO Policy Statement and "Know Your Rights" Poster is available here: Applicant and Employee Notices.

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