FPGA Design Engineer

Insight Global; Bristol Township (Bucks County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking an FPGA Digital Design Engineer to develop FPGA firmware for airborne telemetry, RF, secure communications, and embedded flight-safety systems. You will work with electrical, RF, systems, and software teams to translate subsystem requirements into FPGA architectures and VHDL implementations.

The role requires deep experience with VHDL, FPGA toolchains, and timing optimization, plus hands-on lab work with oscilloscopes and logic analyzers to verify designs for rugged,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of six years relevant engineering experience, or a graduate degree with four years.
• Minimum four years of experience with VHDL development, FPGA design methodologies, and FPGA toolchains.
• Experience implementing FPGA designs with demanding timing, routing, or resource constraints.
• Experience integrating FPGA designs onto circuit card assemblies and using laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and signal generators.
• Experience with at least one major FPGA vendor platform such as Xilinx (AMD), Intel (Altera), or Microchip (Microsemi).

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, verify, and integrate FPGA firmware for telemetry, RF, secure communications, and embedded flight‑safety systems.
• Translate system requirements into FPGA architecture and HDL implementations.
• Collaborate with electrical, RF, systems, and software engineering teams to meet timing and resource constraints.
• Support ruggedized mission-critical embedded hardware in a defense/aerospace context.

Skills

FPGA design experience

VHDL development

Timing constraints optimization

Cross-functional collaboration

Laboratory testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Master's degree in a related field

Tools

Xilinx toolchain

Intel/Altera toolchain

Microchip/Microsemi toolchain

Job description

Job Description

Insight Global is seeking a FPGA Digital Design Engineer supports the development of field‑programmable gate array (FPGA) firmware for airborne telemetry, radio frequency (RF), secure communications, and embedded flight‑safety systems developed at one of our most trusted federal clients. This role contributes to the design, implementation, verification, and integration of advanced digital telemetry, signal processing, instrumentation, and encryption functions used in ruggedized mission‑critical embedded hardware. The position works closely with electrical, RF, systems, and software engineering teams to translate system‑level requirements into FPGA architecture and very‑high‑speed integrated circuit hardware description language (VHDL) implementations. The successful candidate will join a collaborative engineering organization focused on delivering high‑reliability solutions supporting allied aerospace and defense platforms.

Skills and Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of six years of relevant engineering experience; or a graduate degree and a minimum of four years of related experience; or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of ten years of related engineering experience.
• Minimum four years of experience with VHDL development, FPGA design methodologies, and FPGA toolchains.
• Experience implementing FPGA designs with demanding timing, routing, or resource constraints.
• Experience integrating FPGA designs onto circuit card assemblies and using laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and signal generators.
• Experience with at least one major FPGA vendor platform such as AMD (Xilinx), Intel (Altera), or Microchip (Microsemi).

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [e-mail].