Firmware Engineer II - Secure Embedded & HDL Design

Prattwhitney; Largo (FL); On-site; USD 69,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Three weeks vacation

401(k) plan with match

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Collins Aerospace in Largo, Florida, seeks a firmware/hardware engineer to generate firmware requirements and documentation from system architecture and to design HDL-based digital circuits for FPGA devices. You will build test benches, create device constraints, and automate build, integration, and test activities, with limited travel.

A STEM degree and DoD Secret clearance are required, with 2+ years in digital hardware design and verification. Onsite role with competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 2 years of prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field
• Active and transferable DoD Secret security clearance is required prior to start date.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
• Minimum 2 years of experience in digital hardware design and verification
• Familiar with communication interfaces and bus standards (e.g., SPI, I2C, PCIe, UART, or Gb Ethernet)
• Familiar with using logic analyzers, high-speed oscilloscopes, signal generators, and/or target device debugging tools

Responsibilities

• Generate firmware requirements based on the system architecture
• Generate firmware documentation that describes the firmware architecture
• Design HDL based digital circuits that are structured and readable
• Build test benches to verify/test the HDL based design
• Generate constraints for target device
• Create scripts to automate build, integration, and test activities
• Verify target device functionality in laboratory environment
• Less than 10% business travel may be required

Skills

Digital hardware design

FPGA design

VHDL

Bus interfaces (SPI/I2C/PCIe/UART)

Lab equipment (oscilloscopes, logic on

Education

STEM degree

Advanced degree in related field

Tools

Mentor Graphics

Synopsys

Cadence

Xilinx

Intel (Altera)

Lattice

Job description

Collins Aerospace in Largo, Florida, seeks a firmware/hardware engineer to generate firmware requirements and documentation from system architecture and to design HDL-based digital circuits for FPGA devices. You will build test benches, create device constraints, and automate build, integration, and test activities, with limited travel.

A STEM degree and DoD Secret clearance are required, with 2+ years in digital hardware design and verification. Onsite role with competitive benefits.