Hardware Design Engineer with Security Clearance

Assertive Professionals; Hanover (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Relocation stipend

Annual compliance bonus

401k match

Job summary

Assertive Professionals seeks a Hardware Design Engineer to design and test ASIC/FPGA hardware for government-grade projects near Hanover, MD. The role requires extensive IC design and reverse engineering experience, TS/SCI clearance, and Linux-based development skills.

The candidate will lead complex hardware design tasks, develop firmware for DSPs, and collaborate with government customers to meet stringent requirements. Immediate opening with competitive benefits and sign-on bonuses.

Qualifications

• TS/SCI clearance with ability to pass a Polygraph.
• 12+ years hardware design engineer experience in IC/microelectronic design or reverse engineering.
• Familiar with ASIC/FPGA design and verification workflows.
• Strong experience with Linux-based development environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead design of ASIC/FPGA components for signal processing applications.
• Design, test and document IP blocks and hardware modules.
• Perform reverse engineering on hardware/firmware as required.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure on-time delivery.

Skills

ASIC/FPGA design

VHDL programming

Reverse engineering

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Tools

Xilinx ISE

Synplify Pro

ModelSim

Job description

Assertive Professionals is in search of a Hardware Design Engineer to support our National Security Customer near Hanover, MD. This is a Funded and Immediate position! Includes a $5,000 sign-on bonus, $2,000 in reimbursable relcation expenses, plus a $1,200 annual compliance bonus! We offer an excellent benefits package, including PTO, 401k Match at 5%, Profit Sharing, Company paid Life Insurance, Dental, Vision, STD/LTD, and two options under a national medical plan with employee contribution. Position Description: Designs and tests new integrated circuits and hardware components for a wide variety of signal processing applications and research. Designs, documents, and develops code (to include firmware) for digital signal processors or other programmable hardware devices such as Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) and Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) hardware. Analyzes the function of existing integrated circuits and hardware components for the purpo~e of reverse engineering the hardware and firmware. Conducts the necessary hardware engineering and related functions to modify and adapt vendor-manufactured hardware to meet special Government needs and contingencies.

• Assist with designing new products and processes and improving and maintaining existing products
• Conduct design analysis on components and/or assemblies to assist in the development process by ensuring designs are cost efficient, able to be manufactured, and reliable
• Communicate with the other engineering personnel to coordinate the interrelated design and assure project completion
• Apply ASIC or FPGA place and route (P&R) tools with various libraries to create physical implementations of designs
• Develop and maintain documentation for the P&R design flows(U) Assist with de-processing electronic components and retrieving stored firmware or software using approved reverse engineering procedures
• Design new products and processes and improving and maintaining existing products
• Integrate new P&R tools, P&R tool updates, and ASIC or FPGA design libraries into Government's computer aided design environment, documents the use of those tools and libraries, and Assist other physical designers to successfully complete their specific P&R design tasks
• Work with tool and library vendors to develop solutions for designers' P&R design challenges
• Perform the de-processing of electronic components and retrieving stored firmware or software using approved reverse engineering procedures
• Lead the designs of new products and processes and improve and maintain existing products
• Provide technical leadership to less experienced engineers
• Perform the de-processing of electronic components and retrieving stored firmware or software using approved reverse engineering procedures and develops improved procedures
• Direct and check the work of other hardware design engineers
• Act as internal consultant providing technical guidance on most complex projects
• Oversee the de-processing of electronic components and retrieving stored firmware or software using approved reverse engineering procedures
• Develop novel procedures for reverse engineering of new component types
• TS/SCI with ability to pass a Polygraph
• Twelve (12) years experience as a hardware design engineer in integrated circuit or microelectronic component design or reverse engineering of the same
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering from an accredited college or university
• Five (5) years of additional hardware design engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree
• 14 Years of experience Programming in VHDL/FPGA
• Programming on Xilinx FPGAs - any combination of VIRTEX-II Pro, VIRTEX-4, VIRTEX-5, or VIRTEX-6 (8 years)
• Programming on Linux platforms (5 years)
• Experience with Xilinx ISE, Synplify Pro, and Modeltech's Modelsim (5 years)
• Writing pin-level VHDL and clocking constraint files (8 years@ 50%)
• Programming in one or more of the following scripting languages: PERL, sh, bash, csh, or python (1 year)
• Using Linux or Unix for day-to-day activities (5 years)
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