Aviation Firmware Engineer – FPGA/DO-254

Socket.dev; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Acron Aviation is seeking an early- to mid-career Firmware Engineer to join the surveillance hardware team. You will design, develop, verify, and maintain safety-critical firmware for avionics and embedded systems for TCAS and transponder applications in DO-254 compliance.

Collaborate with hardware, system architects, and certification authorities throughout the lifecycle. Ideal candidates have FPGA/Verilog/VHDL experience and a strong grasp of requirements-based verification, with exposure to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 4–9 years of relevant experience.
• Experience with FPGA and firmware design for avionics.
• Hands-on RF or sensor system experience is required.
• Knowledge of DO-254 and certification processes.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, implement, and maintain FPGA-based hardware solutions.
• Develop and verify FPGA designs utilizing VHDL and/or Verilog RTL coding.
• Perform simulation, debugging, and validation activities to meet requirements.
• Execute requirements-based verification activities and document verification results.
• Apply DO-254 processes and related certification activities throughout development lifecycle.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering, quality, certification, and program teams.
• Travel up to 10% to support customers and project activities.

Skills

FPGA design

Firmware development

RF design

Sensor systems

Requirements verification

DO-254 processes

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Tools

VHDL

Verilog

RTL coding

Job description

Acron Aviation is seeking an early- to mid-career Firmware Engineer to join the surveillance hardware team. You will design, develop, verify, and maintain safety-critical firmware for avionics and embedded systems for TCAS and transponder applications in DO-254 compliance.

Collaborate with hardware, system architects, and certification authorities throughout the lifecycle. Ideal candidates have FPGA/Verilog/VHDL experience and a strong grasp of requirements-based verification, with exposure to