FPGA Engineer - P4

Butler America Aerospace L.L.C.; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 103,320 - 121,228; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Medical, dental and vision

Job summary

Butler America Aerospace, LLC in Tucson, AZ seeks an experienced FPGA Engineer – P4 to design and verify FPGA solutions for complex missile guidance and signal processing systems. The role requires hands-on VHDL coding, system-level thinking, and collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams.

The position involves delivering production-quality FPGA releases, architecture decisions, and verification planning, with an active Secret clearance required to start and eligibility for SAP.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
• 8+ years of FPGA design/verification experience.
• Active U.S. Security clearance prior to start.
• Ability to attain Special Program Access (SAP).

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver production quality FPGA releases from initial proof of concept up to production.
• Architect FPGA-based systems to determine parts, interfaces, and CONOPS.
• Translate system requirements into FPGA requirements.
• Design and code in VHDL for reliability and maintainability.
• Verify designs using self-checking techniques with directed and constrained random tests.
• Create documentation including requirements and verification plans.

Skills

Digital design

VHDL coding

FPGA design

System requirements translation

Integration & debug

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

Tools

Linux

Xilinx Vivado

Siemens QuestaSim

Job description

Job Details

FPGA Engineer – P4
Location: Tucson, AZ
Job ID: #72742
Duration: 12 months contract
Pay Range: $75-88 per hour W2
Security Clearance: Active Secret clearance required to start

Project Overview

The Effector Digital Products department is seeking an Electrical Engineer with FPGA development or verification experience to join our team. We are looking for candidates willing to collaborate, innovate and team with our engineers to generate and utilize today's cutting edge technology to design and verify FPGAs that implement missile guidance, video and digital signal processing. Our technology base includes high speed digital electronics, configurable logic, and homogeneous/heterogeneous multiprocessor designs.

Responsibilities

Design and deliver production quality FPGA releases from initial proof of concept up to production.

• Architect FPGA based systems to determine parts, interfaces, and 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, 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.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering (degrees in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering Technology considered).
• Minimum 8 years of experience, including at least 1 of the following: digital design and VHDL coding for Xilinx or Microsemi devices, delivering FPGA solutions to system level applications, hands‑on experience with integration and debug.
• Active U.S. Security clearance prior to start date (U.S. citizenship required).
• Ability to attain Special Program Access (SAP).

Desired Skills

• FPGA design experience in radar processing techniques.
• Image processing techniques for visual and infrared sensors.
• Embedded systems design using ARM, Microblaze, or Nios processors.
• Experience with gigabit serial interfaces and multi‑gigabit transceivers (MGTs).
• Constrained random verification in UVM using SystemVerilog.
• Verification utilizing emulation platforms such as Veloce.

Tools & Technologies

• Linux operating system.
• FPGA Design and Verification tools (e.g., Xilinx Vivado, Siemens Questasim).

Benefits

401(k), medical, dental and vision, sick time as applicable to state law.

EEO Statement

Butler America Aerospace, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. The company 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 Human Resources at [e-mail].