Hardware Engineer III - Secret Clearance

SGS Consulting; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SGS Consulting seeks an experienced hardware engineer to design, develop, and test advanced computer hardware, including FPGA-based systems, CPUs, and peripherals. You will coordinate multi-person design efforts, validate through simulation and physical testing, and iterate to achieve robust, radiation-tolerant products.

The role requires strong VHDL/Verilog skills, deep Xilinx toolchain knowledge, UNIX scripting, and hands-on lab experience with test equipment. Bachelor's degree is required.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating team-based design development processes for FPGA based designs.
• Proficiency in mixed language VHDL/Verilog, simulation, verification, synthesis, timing closure.
• In-depth knowledge of UNIX based scripting and Xilinx toolchains.
• Experience with legacy IP and UNIX build environments.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, and tests computer hardware, including systems, circuits, chips, and peripherals.
• Supervises production and installation of parts; tests and retests to ensure functionality.
• Designs software systems that control hardware and tests circuits.
• Identifies defects and refines processes; builds and prototypes.
• Analyses information to recommend hardware and peripherals; specifies power supply needs.
• Retrieves data for analysis of system capabilities; uses engineering tools and equipment.
• Evaluates design effectiveness and performs iterations for high reliability hardware.

Skills

FPGA design coordination

VHDL/Verilog

Xilinx Virtex MPSoCs

DDR4 physical layer

GateRocket hardware acceleration

UNIX scripting

Xilinx ISE

Xilinx Vivado

Modelsim/Questa

PCB design & debugging

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Altium Designer

Orcad

Cadence Allegro

Job description

Job Responsibilities

Designs, develops, and tests computer hardware, including computer systems, circuit boards, computer chips, keyboards, routers, and printers. Supervises the manufacturing, production, and installation of the parts.Designs and oversees the production of computer hardware equipment.Tests and re-tests parts to ensure they work properly.Identifies and isolates defects.Designs and develops the software systems that control computers.Designs and tests circuits and other electronic components.Tests work and refine processes.Integrates components into the final design. Evaluates the effectiveness of the design and change if necessary.Generates specifications for parts.Controls the efficiency of processes. Builds, tests and modifies product prototypes.Analyzes information and recommend appropriate hardware to users.Designs support peripherals, including central processing units (CPUs), support logic, microprocessors, custom integrated circuits, and printers and disk drives. Specifies power supply requirements and configuration.Retrieves data for analysis of system capabilities.Experience with Hardware engineering software (Altium Designer, Orcad, Cadence Allegro) and Electronics tools (soldering irons, magnifiers)

Skills

Experience coordinating team-based design development processes for FPGA based designs is required, including mixed language VHDL/Verilog code development with proficiency in advanced VHDL grammars and techniques, simulation, verification, synthesis, timing closure and hardware-based acceleration. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, in-depth knowledge of Xilinx Virtex MPSoCs, DDR4 physical layer, and GateRocket hardware acceleration platforms. Additionally, the candidate must be able to function proficiently in an exclusively UNIX based environment with a deep in-depth familiarity of UNIX based scripting, Xilinx ISE, Xilinx Vivado, Modelsim/Questa, laboratory test equipment, network test equipment, and source/revision control tools. Should be able to develop implementation architectures from requirements documents or high-level specifications with limited direction. Requires the use and maintenance of legacy IP and UNIX build environments. Requires the ability to troubleshoot designs operating within an integrated system. Experience with terrestrial network standards, and design and debug of complex circuit boards for high reliability and radiation tolerant systems Experience with Signal Integrity tools in support of PCB design and development.

Education/Experience

Bachelor's Degree