DO-254 DAL A FPGA/Firmware Engineer — Aerospace

QDSS UC Co-op; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Professional development support

Competitive pay

Job summary

Quest Defense Systems & Solutions seeks an FPGA/Firmware Engineer to develop and verify complex FPGA solutions for safety-critical aerospace systems, spanning the full DO-254 DAL A lifecycle, including hardware requirements and traceability in DOORS, RTL in VHDL/Verilog, and verification with ModelSim, Synplify, and Vivado.

This Cedar Rapids, IA role offers relocation assistance and a Secret clearance path.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or another applicable engineering or scientific discipline.
• 5+ years of related FPGA experience.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing complex FPGA solutions using VHDL and/or Verilog.
• Experience working within a DO-254-compliant development lifecycle, including DAL A rigor and documentation requirements.
• Experience developing, reviewing, maintaining, and tracing hardware requirements in DOORS.
• Experience with FPGA verification planning, testbench development, functional testing, and verification evidence.
• Working knowledge of digital circuit architecture, FPGA resource tradeoffs, synthesis, timing analysis, and timing closure.
• Experience with tool assessment or tool qualification activities for safety-critical hardware development.
• Experience using revision-control tools such as Git or Subversion.
• U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and implement complex FPGA solutions in VHDL or Verilog for safety-critical aerospace applications in accordance with DO-254 DAL A processes.
• Develop, review, and maintain hardware requirements and bidirectional traceability using DOORS.
• Define digital circuit architectures and evaluate performance, timing, and FPGA resource tradeoffs.
• Perform RTL simulation, synthesis, place-and-route, timing analysis, and timing closure using tools such as ModelSim, Synplify, and Vivado.
• Develop verification plans, procedures, and testbenches using VHDL or SystemVerilog.
• Conduct functional testing, quantitative analyses, and design and verification reviews.
• Integrate FPGA designs with complex hardware and software systems and support lab bring-up, troubleshooting, and validation on target hardware.
• Perform tool assessments and support tool qualification activities for DO-254 Level A hardware development.
• Produce and maintain design documentation, verification evidence, review records, and requirements traceability matrices.
• Collaborate with electrical, software, systems, and test engineering teams throughout the development lifecycle.
• Manage design files and revisions using configuration management tools such as Git or Subversion.

Skills

FPGA design

VHDL/Verilog

DO-254 DAL A

DOORS requirements tracing

RTL simulation

ModelSim

Synplify

Vivado

Verification planning

Git/Subversion

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

ModelSim

Synplify

Vivado

DOORS

Git

Subversion

Job description

Quest Defense Systems & Solutions seeks an FPGA/Firmware Engineer to develop and verify complex FPGA solutions for safety-critical aerospace systems, spanning the full DO-254 DAL A lifecycle, including hardware requirements and traceability in DOORS, RTL in VHDL/Verilog, and verification with ModelSim, Synplify, and Vivado.

This Cedar Rapids, IA role offers relocation assistance and a Secret clearance path.