Digital Design Engineer

Sky Limit Systems; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Sky Limit Systems in the South Miami, FL area is seeking a Digital Design Engineer to develop complex programmable logic and digital electronic systems for avionics applications. You will own FPGA/ASIC hardware design through simulation, synthesis, timing analysis, and verification, and support DO-254 certification.

You will collaborate with hardware, software, and systems engineers and produce engineering documentation, test benches, and traceability throughout the lifecycle, ensuring robust,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with FPGA / programmable logic design.
• Experience with RTL design, simulation, synthesis, and timing analysis.
• Experience working with FPGAs and/or ASICs.
• Understanding of digital circuit and embedded hardware design.
• Experience with FPGA development tools such as Xilinx Vivado, Intel/Altera Quartus, or similar EDA platforms.
• Experience developing and executing test benches.
• Ability to work from hardware/system requirements through completed and verified designs.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop FPGA and programmable logic for avionics electronic systems
• Develop and implement digital designs using VHDL / RTL
• Work with FPGAs, ASICs, microprocessors, and microcontrollers
• Take designs from initial requirements through simulation, synthesis, implementation, and verification
• Develop test benches and perform functional simulation of digital designs
• Perform synthesis, place-and-route, and timing analysis
• Debug and optimize designs for functionality, performance, reliability, and timing
• Support FPGA/hardware integration and bring-up activities
• Work closely with hardware, software, and systems engineers to integrate designs into larger avionics architectures
• Develop engineering documentation and maintain requirements traceability throughout the design lifecycle
• Support DO-254 development and certification activities

Skills

FPGA / programmable logic design

VHDL / RTL

FPGAs & ASICs

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Tools

Xilinx Vivado

Intel/Altera Quartus

Job description

Onsite Position - South Miami, FL Area

We’re looking for a Digital Design Engineer to develop complex programmable logic and digital electronic systems for advanced avionics applications. This is a design-focused engineering role. We’re looking for someone who has hands-on experience developing FPGA/ASIC-based hardware using VHDL, taking designs through simulation, synthesis, implementation, timing analysis, verification, and ultimately DO-254 certification.

What You’ll Do

• Design and develop FPGA and programmable logic for avionics electronic systems
• Develop and implement digital designs using VHDL / RTL
• Work with FPGAs, ASICs, microprocessors, and microcontrollers
• Take designs from initial requirements through simulation, synthesis, implementation, and verification
• Develop test benches and perform functional simulation of digital designs
• Perform synthesis, place-and-route, and timing analysis
• Debug and optimize designs for functionality, performance, reliability, and timing
• Support FPGA/hardware integration and bring-up activities
• Work closely with hardware, software, and systems engineers to integrate designs into larger avionics architectures
• Develop engineering documentation and maintain requirements traceability throughout the design lifecycle
• Support DO-254 development and certification activities

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline
• Strong hands-on experience with FPGA / programmable logic design
• Experience with RTL design, simulation, synthesis, and timing analysis
• Experience working with FPGAs and/or ASICs
• Understanding of digital circuit and embedded hardware design
• Experience with FPGA development tools such as Xilinx Vivado, Intel/Altera Quartus, or similar EDA platforms
• Experience developing and executing test benches
• Ability to work from hardware/system requirements through completed and verified designs

Highly Preferred

• Hands-on DO-254 experience
• Previous avionics or aerospace electronics experience
• Experience taking FPGA designs through a formal certification lifecycle
• Requirements capture, verification, and traceability experience
• Experience integrating FPGA designs with microprocessors, microcontrollers, and embedded software
• Experience with hardware debugging and lab test equipment

The profile we’re really looking for: an engineer who has actually designed programmable logic, not someone whose experience is primarily FPGA testing or verification. You should be comfortable owning the design in VHDL, working through synthesis and timing, and supporting the hardware through integration and certification.