FPGA Engineer - P3

Butler America Aerospace L.L.C.; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 112,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K, medical, dental, and vision

Job summary

Butler America Aerospace, LLC. is seeking an FPGA Engineer - P3 in Tucson, AZ to develop and verify FPGA designs for major vendors and device families, including Xilinx, Altera, and Microsemi. The role focuses on VHDL-based development for RF, EO DSP, controls, data links, and embedded interfaces, with heavy collaboration across disciplines.

Active Secret Clearance is required to start. This is a 12-month contract position with a pay range of $81-91 per hour.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in digital FPGA design using VHDL.
• Experience with Xilinx or Microsemi devices and flow tools.
• Experience delivering FPGA solutions to system-level applications.
• Hands-on integration and debugging experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and verify FPGA designs for Xilinx, Altera, and Microsemi.
• Implement designs in VHDL for RF, EO DSP, and interfaces.
• Collaborate with circuit-card designers and systems engineers on requirements and architecture.
• Verify designs from requirements through integration and test.

Skills

Digital design

VHDL coding

FPGA tooling

FPGA system integration

Debugging hardware

Job description

FPGA Engineer - P3

Location: Tucson, AZ

Job ID: #73284

Duration: 12 months contract

Pay Range: $81-91 -W2 hourly

Active Secret Clearance required to start

Job Description

• FPGA Engineers develop and verify designs for all major FPGA vendors and device families including: Xilinx, Altera, and Microsemi.
• Designs are implemented using VHDL for the following applications: gigabit serial interfaces, Radio Frequency (RF) and Electro Optical (EO) DSP, controls, data links, embedded processing and processor interfaces.
• Designers work with circuit card designers and systems engineers to develop requirements, architect new parts, collaborative modeling of algorithms, code development, simulation, and place and route.
• Designs are verified against requirements and design support is expected from requirements definition through integration and test.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Minimum 5 years of experience to include at least 1 of the following:
• Digital design and VHDL coding
• Xilinx or Microsemi devices and flow tools
• Delivering FPGA solutions to system level applications
• Hands on experience with integration and debug

Desired

• FPGA design experience in one or more of the following areas:
• Radar processing techniques
• Image processing techniques for visual and infrared sensors
• Embedded systems design using ARM, Microblaze, or Nios processors
• Gigabit serial interfaces and multi-gigabit transceivers (MGTs)
• Constrained random verification in UVM using System Verilog
• Verification utilizing emulation platforms, such as Veloce?
• Day to day
• Design and deliver production quality FPGA releases from initial proof of concept up to production
• Architect FPGA-based systems to determine parts, interfaces, and Concept of Operations (CONOPS)
• Translate system level requirements into FPGA requirements
• Design and code in VHDL for reliability and maintainability
• Verify designs utilizing self-checking techniques with directed and constrained random tests, while tracking functional and code coverage
• Help drive projects and execute to program schedules on time and budget
• Create complete documentation including requirements, verification plan, and user's guides
• May support internal and external technical reviews
• US Citizen

Benefits provided

• 401K,medical, dental, and vision, sick time as applicable to state law.

Butler America Aerospace, LLC. is an equal opportunity employer. Butler evaluates applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics. The Butler America Aerospace, LLC. EEO Policy Statement and "Know Your Rights" Poster is available here: Applicant and Employee Notices.

Butler America Aerospace, LLC. is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please contact the Human Resources Department at [e-mail].