Electrical Engineer (FPGA/VHDL)

Rocketdyne; Mason (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Rocketdyne in Cincinnati, Ohio, is seeking an FPGA engineer with VHDL experience to contribute to FPGA developments across requirements, system design, detailed design, and hardware integration on cutting-edge systems. The role spans launch vehicle avionics and orbital vehicle communications within Rocketdyne Space Electronics.

You will design, verify, and integrate VHDL components, analyze timing and clock domains, and present technical reviews. A DoD clearance is required or obtainable.

Qualifications

• Associates Degree in Electrical Engineering (EE, EET or ECE) and minimum 8 years prior related experience; OR Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (EE, EET, or ECE) and minimum 4 years prior related experience; OR Graduate/Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering (EE, EET, or ECE) and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience.
• Proficient knowledge of FPGAs and VHDL design including a minimum of 4 years of direct experience in: ModelSim/Questa or equivalent logic simulation tools, MATLAB/Simulink, standard streaming and memory mapped interfaces (Avalon, AMBA, etc.), FPGA vendor tools (Microchip, Intel/Altera, AMD/Xilinx)

Responsibilities

• Design, implementation, verification, and integration of VHDL components.
• Effective communication skills with internal customers.
• Participate in VHDL peer reviews.
• Analysis of component synthesis, timing, and clock domain crossings.
• Technical presentations including internal design reviews.

Skills

FPGA development

VHDL

Digital design

Education

Associate's degree in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

ModelSim/Questa

MATLAB/Simulink

Avalon/AMBA interfaces

FPGA vendor tools (Intel/Altera, AMD/Xilinx)

Job description

Rocketdyne in Cincinnati Ohio is currently seeking a talented FPGA engineer with experience developing VHDL. You will get the opportunity to participate in FPGA developments including requirements, system design, detailed design, and hardware integration on cutting-edge systems. The diverse product portfolio at Rocketdyne Space Electronics business unit provides opportunities to work on launch vehicle avionics and orbital vehicle communications.

Essential Functions

• Product Development
  • Design, implementation, verification, and integration of VHDL components.
  • Effective communication skills with internal customers.
  • Participate in VHDL peer reviews.
• Analysis of component synthesis, timing, and clock domain crossings.
• Technical presentations including internal design reviews.

Qualifications

• Associates Degree in Electrical Engineering (EE, EET or ECE) and minimum 8 years prior related experience; OR Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (EE, EET, or ECE) and minimum 4 years prior related experience; OR Graduate/Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering (EE, EET, or ECE) and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience.
• Proficient knowledge of FPGAs and VHDL design including a minimum of 4 years of direct experience in:
  • ModelSim/Questa or equivalent logic simulation tools
  • MATLAB/Simulink
  • Standard streaming and memory mapped interfaces (Avalon, AMBA, etc.)
  • FPGA vendor tools (Microchip, Intel/Altera, AMD/Xilinx)

Preferred Additional Skills

• Proficiency in digital hardware design, interfaces, and architectures:
  • NAND, NOR, and DDR memory interfaces
  • GigE, 10GigE, GigE Vision
  • High Speed Serializers and Deserializers (SERDES)
  • LVDS, RS-422, I2C, SPI
• Understanding of project/task management and technical estimating
• Facilitate in continuous improvement activities
• Working knowledge of manufacturing, assembly, and test processes
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance
• Experience in design for test, quality, reliability, manufacturability, and EMC is a plus.
• Experience in Agile Scrum development methods is a plus.

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