Remote FPGA & SoC Hardware Design Engineer

Leidos Inc; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 87,100 - 157,450; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off (4+ weeks)

11 paid Holidays

401K with a 6% company match

Flexible schedules

Discounted Stock Purchase Plans

Technical Upskilling

Education and Training Support

Parental Paid Leave

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Hardware Design Engineer to support circuit board and FPGA firmware design across a multi-disciplined team. The role involves high-speed digital design, HDL development, and integration of FPGA-centric systems and RF sensors.

The position may be part-time or full-time with telecommuting options depending on candidate. Travel to remote sites could be required occasionally.

Qualifications

• Ability to be granted a security clearance.
• Experience with at least one FPGA integrated design and simulation environment tool and such as Xilinx Vivado/Vitis and Siemens ModelSim.
• Experience with at least one schematic entry and PCB Layout tool set such as Altium, KiCad, or Cadence Allegro/OrCad.
• Experience with hardware integration, test and debug tools (high-speed logic analyzers, scopes, spectrum analyzers, etc.)
• Proficiency in general computer skills such as Microsoft Office Excel, PowerPoint and Word
• BS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering or related degree
• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Responsibilities

• Proficient in schematic design and BOM generation for higher-speed digital and mix-signal circuit card designs.
• Analyze, design, simulate, and implement algorithms in hardware descriptor languages, HDL (VHDL, Verilog).
• Collaborate with a multi-disciplined design team to design and integrate FPGA designs and RF sensor systems.
• Collaborate with a multi-disciplined design team to design and integrate DSP applications for latest SoC implementations such as AMD/Xilinx Zynq Ultrascale+, Intel Agilex, and AMD/Xilinx RFSoC.
• Analyze, design, and implement HDL test benches in hardware description languages, HDL (VHDL, Verilog).
• Perform design constraints generation and verification as well as evaluate synthesis and timing performance reports.
• Analyze, design, simulate, and implement designs which interface to signaling standards (PCIe, JESD204B/C, LVDS).
• Develop and maintain requirements documents, functional specification documents, interface control documents.
• Develop project test plans and test procedures, provide test planning support, and assist in lab testing and field testing.
• Conduct experimental tests on FPGA and SoC evaluation boards, evaluate results, and develop specs for next-generation components.
• Work on problems of diverse scope, provide feedback to other technical personnel, travel occasionally.

Skills

High-speed digital design

HDL design (VHDL/Verilog)

Schematic design

PCB Layout

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

MS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Tools

Xilinx Vivado/Vitis

Siemens ModelSim

Altium

KiCad

Cadence Allegro/OrCad

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Hardware Design Engineer to support circuit board and FPGA firmware design across a multi-disciplined team. The role involves high-speed digital design, HDL development, and integration of FPGA-centric systems and RF sensors.

The position may be part-time or full-time with telecommuting options depending on candidate. Travel to remote sites could be required occasionally.