Impactful Information Assurance IC/FPGA Designer

The Swift Group, LLC; Maryland; On-site; USD 50,000 - 290,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Wellness program

Financial planning assistance

Retirement plan

Education benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

The Swift Group, LLC is seeking an Information Assurance Hardware Design Engineer at Levels 1–4 in Annapolis Junction, MD. The role focuses on designing and testing ICs and hardware for signal processing applications, including ASIC/FPGA devices and firmware development.

Responsibilities include leading design projects, performing security verification, and producing engineering documentation. A TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance and a strong EE/CE background are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering from an accredited college or university.
• Six (6) years of experience as a HDE in IC design is required at Level 2, etc.

Responsibilities

• Assist with designing new products and processes and improving and maintaining existing products.
• Communicate with the other engineering personnel to coordinate the interrelated design and assure project completion.
• Conduct design analysis on components and assemblies to ensure designs are cost efficient, manufacturable, and reliable.
• Apply ASIC or FPGA place and route (P&R) tools with libraries to create physical implementations of designs.
• Develop and maintain documentation for the P&R design flows.
• Assist with de-processing electronic components and retrieving stored firmware or software.
• Design new products and processes and improving and maintaining existing products.
• Work with tool and library vendors to develop solutions for designers’ P&R design challenges.
• Integrate new P&R tools and libraries into Government CAD environment and assist other designers.
• Lead the designs of new products and processes and improve and maintain existing products.
• Provide technical leadership to less experienced engineers.
• Perform Security Verification Testing and Certification to meet Type I Information Assurance Certification standards.
• Produce security evaluation documentation to support new ASIC and FPGA designs
• Review VHSIC HDL code and provide security recommendations
• Perform full scan to test an ASIC and FPGA
• Evaluate, review, and test security code
• Direct and check the work of other hardware design engineers.

Skills

Hardware design

VHDL

Security testing

P&R tools

Education

Bachelors in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Tools

P&R tools

Job description

The Swift Group, LLC is seeking an Information Assurance Hardware Design Engineer at Levels 1–4 in Annapolis Junction, MD. The role focuses on designing and testing ICs and hardware for signal processing applications, including ASIC/FPGA devices and firmware development.

Responsibilities include leading design projects, performing security verification, and producing engineering documentation. A TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance and a strong EE/CE background are required.