Electrical Engineer

PDS Tech, Inc.; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 136,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

PDS Tech Commercial is seeking an Electrical Engineering – Design Verification Engineer in Cedar Rapids, IA. You will lead verification of ASIC/FPGA/SoPC designs for aviation applications, creating test plans, testbenches, and coverage models while aligning with DO-254 DAL A requirements.

Collaboration with design, systems, and certification teams is essential as you drive verification from concept through integration, with schedule flexibility and a competitive hourly pay rate of $77.11.

Qualifications

• Degree in STEM with 5+ years experience or advanced degree.
• Experience building testbenches and verification environments.
• Proficiency with SystemVerilog, VHDL, Verilog and common ASIC/FPGA tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop verification plans from requirements and traceability.
• Create and maintain testbenches, sequences, and coverage models.
• Perform ASIC/FPGA/SoPC verification via simulations and analysis.
• Support DO-254 DAL A certification artifacts and audits.
• Collaborate with design, systems, and certification teams.

Skills

SystemVerilog

VHDL/Verilog

Python

C/C++

CDC

Testbench development

Verification planning

Constrained-random verification

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Advanced degree in related field

Tools

QuestaSim

Vivado

Libero

Synplify Pro

Job description

Electrical Engineering – Design Verification Engineer

Help Engineer the Digital Hardware Behind the Future of Flight

Location: Cedar Rapids, IA 52498
Job Type: Full-Time, 12-Month Contract
Schedule: Monday-Friday | First Shift, 7:30 AM-4:30 PM CST | Schedule flexibility available
Pay Rate: $77.11 per hour

Take Your Engineering Expertise to New Heights

PDS Tech Commercial is partnering with a leader in the aviation industry to find an experienced Electrical Engineering – Design Verification Engineer ready to make an impact on the next generation of aerospace technology.

In this highly technical role, you'll join a growing Avionics FPGA/ASIC organization developing high-performance, safety-critical digital hardware for advanced Displays, Computing, and Networking solutions.

Your expertise will directly contribute to ensuring complex ASIC, FPGA, and SoPC designs meet rigorous performance, quality, and aviation certification standards. Working alongside digital designers, systems engineers, and certification teams, you'll drive requirements-based and coverage-driven verification from initial concept through integration and DO-254 DAL A certification.

If you thrive on solving complex verification challenges and want your work to contribute to technology designed for the skies, this could be your next opportunity.

What You'll Do

As a Design Verification Engineer, you'll take ownership of critical verification activities while collaborating across engineering disciplines. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Develop comprehensive verification plans based on requirements capture, decomposition, and traceability.
• Architect and implement advanced constrained-random and directed verification environments using UVM/SystemVerilog.
• Create and maintain reusable verification components, testbenches, sequences, and functional coverage models.
• Perform ASIC, FPGA, and SoPC verification through simulation, inspection, analysis, and hardware testing.
• Conduct functional, code, and assertion coverage analysis and drive closure against verification objectives.
• Apply industry best practices such as linting, CDC analysis, LEC, assertions, and regression automation.
• Partner with design teams to review architecture, interface specifications, and RTL implementation for testability and completeness.
• Generate DO-254 DAL A verification artifacts and support certification activities for Airborne Electronic Hardware.
• Participate in technical peer reviews and FAA SOI audits.
• Contribute to engineering bids and support RFIs/RFPs, including verification scope and effort estimates.
• Communicate effectively with engineering, program management, and customer teams.
• Mentor junior verification engineers and recommend workflow and tool improvements.
• Support project engineering responsibilities as needed.

Required Qualifications

We're looking for an accomplished engineer who can bring both technical depth and collaborative leadership to the team.

You must have:

• A degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) with typically 5+ years of relevant professional experience, or an advanced degree in a related field.
• Experience developing testbenches and verification environments using SystemVerilog, VHDL, and/or Verilog.
• Hands‑on experience with verification and simulation tools such as QuestaSim, Vivado, Libero, and/or Synplify Pro.
• Understanding of common digital interfaces such as PCIe, DDR, Ethernet, I2C, ARINC 429, and CAN.
• Experience verifying timing behavior, device‑level timing constraints, and clock domain crossings (CDC).
• Experience with scripting or programming languages such as Python, Perl, Linux shell, C, or C++.
• The ability to work both independently and collaboratively within globally distributed, cross‑functional engineering teams.

Preferred Qualifications

You’ll stand out if you also bring:

• Strong experience with UVM and constrained-random verification methodologies.
• Knowledge of DO-254 processes and verification‑related design assurance activities.
• Familiarity with chip‑level verification practices, including functional coverage, code coverage, assertions, and Logical Equivalence Checking (LEC).
• Experience with video and/or networking technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to manage cost, schedule, and performance for verification activities.
• Basic risk management experience, including risk identification, quantification, and mitigation planning.

Why Join Us?

At PDS Tech Commercial, we’re connecting talented engineers with opportunities to work on technologies that move the aerospace industry forward.

In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Work on mission-critical aerospace technology: Contribute to advanced electronics and digital hardware designed for demanding airborne applications.
• Solve sophisticated engineering challenges: Apply cutting-edge FPGA/ASIC verification methodologies to complex, safety-critical designs.
• Expand your technical expertise: Gain valuable exposure to DO-254 DAL A certification, advanced verification environments, and next‑generation avionics.
• Collaborate with exceptional engineering talent: Work alongside digital design, systems, certification, program, and customer teams.
• Make a measurable impact: Your verification work will play a critical role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and compliance of hardware designed for the future of aviation.
• Enjoy competitive compensation: Earn $77.11 per hour while building valuable experience with a recognized aviation industry leader.
• Benefit from schedule flexibility: Work a first-shift Monday-Friday schedule with flexibility available.

Bring your expertise. Verify with confidence. Help shape the future of flight.

This position requires use of information or access to facilities subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or Export Administration Regulations (EAR). These regulations may limit access of controlled technologies: 1) to U.S. Persons, including U.S. Citizens, lawful permanent residents, and other narrow categories including refugees and asylees, or 2) to certain foreign nationals that have received an export license.

Pay Details: $77.11 per hour

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Military connected talent encouraged to apply

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