Principal FPGA Engineer (DOD cleared)

Associates Systems; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health

Dental Vision

PTO

Holidays

401K

Job summary

Associates Systems in Tucson, AZ is seeking a Principal FPGA Engineer to design, verify, and integrate FPGA solutions for advanced defense systems. The role spans requirements through VHDL coding, simulation, place-and-route, and production release support.

You will translate system-level requirements into FPGA specifics, perform verification, and collaborate with circuit card designers and systems engineers. A Secret clearance or higher is required prior to start.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of FPGA engineering experience.
• VHDL coding and digital design experience.
• Experience with FPGA devices and tool flows.
• Secret clearance or higher required prior to start.

Responsibilities

• Develop and verify FPGA designs using VHDL.
• Support FPGA architectures for system-level applications.
• Translate system-level requirements into FPGA requirements.
• Perform simulation, synthesis, place-and-route, integration, and debug.
• Work with circuit card designers and systems engineers to define interfaces and design requirements.
• Support FPGA designs involving RF/EO DSP, controls, data links, embedded processing, processor interfaces, and gigabit serial interfaces.
• Create technical documentation, including requirements, verification plans, and user guides.
• Support internal and external technical reviews as needed.

Skills

FPGA experience

VHDL design

System-level FPGA

FPGA integration

Code/debug automation

Requirements-to-test

Secret clearance

Tools

Xilinx Vivado

Altera Quartus

Microsemi Libero

Job description

Principal FPGA Engineer

Location:Tucson, AZ

Schedule: On-Site

Clearance: Secret clearance or higher required prior to start

Role Summary

Seeking an FPGA Engineer to support the design, development, verification, and integration of FPGA solutions for advanced defense systems. This role supports the FPGA lifecycle from requirements and architecture through VHDL coding, simulation, place-and-route, integration, debug, and production release support.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and verify FPGA designs using VHDL.
• Support FPGA architectures for system-level applications.
• Translate system-level requirements into FPGA requirements.
• Perform simulation, synthesis, place-and-route, integration, and debug.
• Work with circuit card designers and systems engineers to define interfaces and design requirements.
• Support FPGA designs involving RF/EO DSP, controls, data links, embedded processing, processor interfaces, and gigabit serial interfaces.
• Create technical documentation, including requirements, verification plans, and user guides.
• Support internal and external technical reviews as needed.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of FPGA engineering experience.
• VHDL coding and digital design experience.
• Experience with Xilinx, Altera, or Microsemi FPGA devices and tool flows.
• Hands-on FPGA integration and debug experience.
• Experience delivering FPGA solutions into system-level applications.
• Ability to support FPGA work from requirements definition through integration and test.
• Secret clearance or higher required prior to start.

Preferred Skills

• Radar or image processing experience.
• Embedded systems experience using ARM, MicroBlaze, or Nios processors.
• Experience with gigabit serial interfaces or multi-gigabit transceivers.
• SystemVerilog / UVM verification experience.
• Experience with emulation platforms such as Veloce.
• Strong technical documentation and review support experience.

Employment type

Full Time W-2 or Contract

Rate

open to Negotiation

Benefits

• Health
• Dental Vision
• PTO
• Holidays
• 401K

Candidate response time

All Qualified candidates will be responded to in 24 hours or less

Security clearance required

Interim Secret required prior to start