Digital Electronics Engineer – Avionics

JobSquad Florida; Coral Gables (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

JobSquad Florida is seeking a Digital Electronics Engineer to design, verify, and test digital electronic systems used in avionics products. The role focuses on VHDL-based digital design, FPGA and ASIC technologies, and airborne hardware development.

You will collaborate with Hardware, Software, Systems, Test, and Quality teams across the product development lifecycle to deliver reliable, high-performance electronic systems that meet applicable aviation industry standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related discipline.
• Practical FPGA and/or ASIC design and verification experience.
• Knowledge of digital logic, timing analysis, simulation, and hardware debugging.
• Familiarity with FPGA development tools such as Xilinx Vivado, Intel Quartus.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement digital electronic systems using VHDL and hardware description languages.
• Develop and verify FPGA- and ASIC-based digital designs.
• Perform simulation, synthesis, place-and-route, timing analysis, and hardware verification.
• Develop test benches and conduct laboratory testing, troubleshooting, and debugging.
• Support DO-254 compliance, requirements traceability, verification planning, and certification documentation.
• Work with microprocessors, microcontrollers, digital logic, and hardware interfaces.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to integrate digital hardware into avionics products.
• Maintain design documentation, test plans, and verification records.

Skills

VHDL

FPGA design

ASIC design

Digital logic

Education

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

Tools

Xilinx Vivado

Intel Quartus

Job description

We are seeking a Digital Electronics Engineer to design, develop, verify, and test digital electronic systems used in avionics products. This role focuses on VHDL-based digital design, FPGA and ASIC technologies, microprocessors, microcontrollers, and airborne hardware development.

The engineer will collaborate with Hardware, Software, Systems, Test, and Quality teams throughout the product development lifecycle to deliver reliable, high-performance electronic systems that meet applicable aviation industry standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement digital electronic systems using VHDL and hardware description languages.
• Develop and verify FPGA- and ASIC-based digital designs.
• Perform simulation, synthesis, place-and-route, timing analysis, and hardware verification.
• Develop test benches and conduct laboratory testing, troubleshooting, and debugging.
• Support DO-254 compliance, requirements traceability, verification planning, and certification documentation.
• Work with microprocessors, microcontrollers, digital logic, and hardware interfaces.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to integrate digital hardware into avionics products.
• Maintain design documentation, test plans, and verification records.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Practical FPGA and/or ASIC design and verification experience.
• Knowledge of digital logic, timing analysis, simulation, and hardware debugging.
• Familiarity with FPGA development tools such as Xilinx Vivado, Intel Quartus, or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with DO-254 airborne electronic hardware development or certification.
• Aerospace or avionics electronics experience.
• Experience with synthesis, place-and-route, timing closure, and laboratory verification.
• Familiarity with requirements-based design, traceability, and hardware verification documentation.

Ideal Candidate: An engineer with hands-on VHDL and FPGA design experience who can contribute to the development, testing, verification, and certification of digital hardware for avionics applications.