Firmware Engineer IV

Textron Systems; Cockeysville (MD); On-site; USD 136,400 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Work Schedules

Education Assistance

Career Development & Training Opportunities

Wellness Program

Medical, Dental, Vision & 401(K) with Company Funding

Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

An engineering solutions company is seeking a Firmware Engineer IV in Cockeysville, Maryland. The role requires over 10 years of experience in Mixed Signal electronics design and a deep understanding of VHDL for FPGA development. Ideal candidates will collaborate in a multidisciplinary team for emerging military programs and possess strong simulation and verification skills. Benefits include flexible work schedules, education assistance, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Greater than 10 years of experience in Mixed Signal electronics design.
• Highly experienced VHDL designer with ASIC experience.
• Active security clearance is preferred, eligibility for clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• Develop new FPGA designs with an emphasis on simulation and verification, and transition of those designs into ASICs.
• Utilize VHDL techniques to implement decoders, encoders, shift registers, counters, and state machines.
• Collaborate within a multidisciplinary design engineering team during development phases.

Skills

VHDL design

Mixed Signal electronics design

FPGA programming

Simulation and verification

Software documentation

Education

BS degree in electrical engineering or computer programming

MS degree

Tools

Xilinx ISE

Xilinx Vivado

Job description

Overview

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Base pay range

$136,400.00/yr - $209,000.00/yr

About This Role

Textron Systems is seeking an experienced Firmware Engineer to join our team. This individual will work as part of a multidisciplined design engineering team during the development phases of an emerging program. The individual will be responsible for developing new FPGA designs with an emphasis on simulation and verification, and the transition of those designs into ASICs. The individual should be fluent in the VHDL code techniques required to implement decoders, encoders, shift registers, counters, and state machines to control serial bus data transfers, decode & execute commands and generate simple parallel data stream outputs. Our Design Engineering team is focused on developing and improving new product designs to support advanced emerging programs for military customers.

Responsibilities

• Develop new FPGA designs with an emphasis on simulation and verification, and transition of those designs into ASICs.
• Utilize VHDL techniques to implement decoders, encoders, shift registers, counters, and state machines to control serial bus data transfers, decode and execute commands, and generate simple parallel data stream outputs.
• Support programming and debugging of FPGA; guide and support conversion of VHDL code into an ASIC.
• Collaborate within a multidisciplinary design engineering team during development phases of an emerging program.

Qualifications

• Greater than 10 years of experience in Mixed Signal electronics design
• Highly experienced VHDL designer with ASIC experience
• Design of decoders, registers, counters, and state machines to decode serial commands, control serial data transfers and generate variable pulse widths.
• Strong simulation and verification skills with Test Bench experience
• Xilinx experience in ISE and Vivado preferred.
• Demonstrated software documentation discipline
• Experience in working within a formal software development environment.
• Support programming and debug of FPGA
• Guide and support conversion of VHDL code into an ASIC.
• Education Requirements: BS degree in electrical engineering or computer programming, MS a plus.
• Active security clearance is preferred, eligibility for clearance is required

Benefits

• Flexible Work Schedules
• Education Assistance
• Career Development & Training Opportunities
• Wellness Program (including Fitness Reimbursement)
• Medical, Dental, Vision & 401(K) with Company Funding
• Paid Parental Leave

EEO

Textron is committed to Equal Opportunity in Employment, to all applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, age, national origin, military status, veteran status, disability, sex (including pregnancy and sexual orientation), genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.

Recruiting Company

Textron Systems

Primary Location

US-Maryland-Hunt Valley

Job Field

Engineering

Schedule

Full-time

Job Level

Individual Contributor

Job Type

Experienced

Shift

First Shift

Job Posting

09/05/2025, 5:37:47 AM