FPGA Development Engineer (senior level)

Sopra Steria; Wisconsin; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual cash bonus

2% retirement benefit

Training/Professional Development

6 paid holidays

Medical, dental and vision insurance

Vacation / Sick Time / Bereavement

Employee Assistance Program

Spouse / Child life insurance

Whole Life Insurance / Critical Illnes

Job summary

CS Group US is seeking an experienced FPGA Development Engineer with real-time embedded systems expertise to lead requirements, design and development for safety-critical airborne systems.

The role focuses on DO-254 objectives, certification support, and technical leadership across hardware, software, and verification teams. Onsite in CT, hybrid, or remote work options are available, with up to four weeks of travel per year.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field.
• 7+ years of FPGA/digital hardware/embedded systems experience.
• Strong understanding of embedded hardware architectures, DO-254, safety-critical development, systems engineering, and HDL languages.
• Proven leadership and communication skills; willing to travel up to four weeks per year.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end FPGA development activities for embedded aerospace and defense systems from concept to integration.
• Collaborate across systems, hardware, software, verification, and certification teams.
• Ensure compliance with DO-254 objectives and support certification audits and data package development.
• Define interfacing between Hardware and FPGA; define interfacing between Software and FPGA.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers.

Skills

FPGA development

Embedded hardware architectures

Systems engineering processes

Communication and leadership

Willing to travel

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

VHDL

Verilog

SystemVerilog

Python

Job description

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced FPGA Development Engineer with experience in real-time embedded systems development to lead requirements, design and development activities of safety-critical airborne systems.

The ideal candidate will be capable of receiving systems requirements and able to guide the development lifecycles to satisfy DO-254 objectives. This individual will provide technical leadership across development activities as well as provide input to certification and verification teams.

This role can be onsite (CT), hybrid, or fully remote.

Responsibilities

• Technically lead end-to-end FPGA development activities for embedded aerospace and defense systems from concept to integration.
• Collaborate across systems, hardware, software, verification, and certification teams.
• Ensure compliance of safety-critical FPGA design in accordance with DO-254 and AC 20-152A objectives by supporting certification audits, reviews and data package development.
• Able to define interfacing between Hardware and FPGA.
• Able to define interfacing between Software and FPGA.
• Define, solve and defend technical decisions to stakeholders while guiding technical implementation; including conducting of formal design reviews.
• Ensure efficient and accurate capturing of device-level requirements.
• Accurate and effective implementation of requirements into conceptual and detailed design.
• Support development efforts in alignment to developed schedules and quality objectives while interfacing with stakeholders to communicate technical status.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior and mid-level engineers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related engineering, science, or technical discipline.
• 7+ years of relevant experience in FPGA, programmable logic, digital hardware, or embedded systems development.
• Strong understanding of:
  • Embedded hardware architectures and development processes
  • COTS IP selection and associated analyses
  • Safety-critical hardware development
  • Systems engineering processes
  • VHDL, Verilog and SystemVerilog or similar hardware design languages
  • Python and other equivalent scripting languages
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and root-cause investigation skills.
• Excellent communication and technical leadership skills.
• U.S. Citizenship is required. Dual citizenship should be disclosed.
• Able to travel approximately up to four weeks in a year.

CS Group US values diversity in the workplace and encourages women, visible minorities, ethnic minorities, aboriginal people and people with disabilities to apply.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Benefits

• All members included in annual cash bonus opportunity
• 2% annual retirement benefit opportunity
• Training/Professional Development opportunities for all members
• 6 paid holidays
• Industry leading medical, dental, and vision Insurance
• Vacation / Sick Time/ Bereavement leave
• Employee Assistance Program, including mental health benefits
• Spouse / Child Optional Life
• Whole Life Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance / Legal Assistance / Military Leave