Field-Programmable Gate Arrays Engineer

Tekskills Inc.; Melbourne (FL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Tekskills Inc. in Melbourne, Florida is seeking an Electrical Engineer responsible for designing, testing, and documenting safety-critical hardware. The role requires developing and supporting FPGA/CPLD designs through all phases of design and system integration for high-reliability aerospace and ground-based vehicle systems.

The ideal candidate will have 5-10+ years of circuit design experience and strong skills in VHDL and System Verilog. Join our team to enhance applications and develop hardware systems, ensuring they meet specifications and requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 5-10+ years of experience or Master's and 3+ years experience.
• Hands-on hardware build, test, and integration experience.
• Understanding of digital electronic devices and circuit design principles.

Responsibilities

• Perform requirements generation, design, RTL-synthesis, and design simulation.
• Prototype evaluation, design reviews, and qualification test support.
• Maintain current knowledge in FPGA design and digital hardware engineering.

Skills

VHDL Design

System Verilog

Circuit Design

FPGA Integration

Matlab and Simulink

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

Timing Designer

Hyperlynx

Job description

The Electrical Engineer designs, tests and documents safety-critical hardware. Responsible for developing and supporting FPGA/CPLD designs through all phases of design and system integration for high-reliability embedded aerospace and ground-based vehicle systems applications.

Responsibilities

• Perform activities such as requirements generation, design, RTL-synthesis, test bench development and design simulation, static timing and power analysis, and requirements-based design verification.
• Prototype evaluation, design-to-cost tradeoffs, design reviews, qualification test support, system integration support, production and obsolescence support tasks.
• Maintain the desire to stay current in the continuously developing field and to expand knowledge base and skills in FPGA design and digital hardware engineering.
• Works with hardware engineers and senior management to enhance existing applications and build additional applications
• Designs and develops hardware systems
• Tests and modifies hardware to ensure it meets specifications and requirements
• Understands and utilizes internal processes and tools for the development of hardware
• Decisions may have minor impact on cost, schedule, and technical performance
• Contributes to engineering estimates on simple hardware designs
• Improved depth of product domain knowledge
• Bachelor's Degree and 5-10+ years’ work experience or master's degree and 3+ years of work experience.

Required Skills

• Experience with VHDL, System Verilog designs and UVM test benches
• Please for Aerospace a DO-254 experience
• 5-10+ years of circuit design experience, with the demonstrated ability to design HDL-based FPGAs and CPLDs.
• Knowledge of digital electronic devices and circuit design principles.
• Experience using design/analysis tools, such as Timing Designer and Hyperlynx a plus.
• Hands-on hardware build, test, and integration experience.
• Motivated self-starter with the ability to effectively work in a team environment.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, judgment, and analytical capability, along with follow-up and monitoring skills.
• Strong written and oral presentation skills.
• Experience with Matlab and Simulink for auto-generation of FPGA code
• Familiarity with FPGA integration into digital circuit card designs to ensure electrical integrity of FPGA design in embedded applications.