DSP & FPGA Engineer — High-Speed RF & SoC Solutions

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 100,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) seeks a DSP and FPGA engineer to design and integrate high-speed RF communications systems built around software defined radios, implementing Matlab-derived algorithms in HDL.

You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, support field testing and debugging under tight timelines, and engage sponsors to address national security challenges using PS/PL of SoCs such as Xilinx Zynq.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or related field.
• 3+ years of software development experience with proficiency in VHDL/Verilog, FPGA development tools (e.g. Xilinx Vivado), and simulation tools (e.g. ModelSim).
• Use GitLab for build automation and CI/CD to automatically test, configure, build and deploy complex software applications.
• Able to acquire a Secret level security clearance by start date; U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Take a sophisticated signal processing algorithm developed in Matlab and implement in HDL, verify in simulation, and integrate on FPGAs.
• Collaborate with experienced engineers on development of signal processing algorithms for wireless communication systems.
• Support integration, field testing, debugging, and troubleshooting under tight time constraints.
• Engage with sponsors to understand and tackle their toughest problems.

Skills

VHDL/Verilog

FPGA tools

CI/CD (GitLab)

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree (Electrical/Computer Engineering or CS)

Tools

Xilinx Vivado

ModelSim

GitLab CI/CD

Job description

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) seeks a DSP and FPGA engineer to design and integrate high-speed RF communications systems built around software defined radios, implementing Matlab-derived algorithms in HDL.

You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, support field testing and debugging under tight timelines, and engage sponsors to address national security challenges using PS/PL of SoCs such as Xilinx Zynq.