Senior Digital Hardware Engineer - FPGA & DSP, Stock Options

R.L. Barclay & Associates; City of Syracuse (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

R.L. Barclay & Associates in Syracuse seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer – Digital Hardware to drive design of cutting-edge digital hardware, FPGA solutions, and high-speed interfaces. This role requires hands-on lab work, multi-layer PCB design, and strong collaboration across engineering teams.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in digital hardware, experience with VHDL/Verilog, and the ability to obtain a U.S. government security clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of digital hardware design experience.
• Experience with FPGAs, microcontrollers, memory, and high-speed interfaces.
• Hands-on lab experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, and similar lab equipment.
• U.S. Citizenship required with the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of advanced digital hardware for next-generation products.
• Design multi-layer PCBs, develop schematics, and support board layout activities.
• Architect and develop FPGA solutions using VHDL and/or Verilog on modern Xilinx platforms.
• Perform hardware integration, testing, validation, troubleshooting, and production support.
• Develop Python and Bash scripts to automate engineering workflows and improve efficiency.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams throughout the entire product development lifecycle.

Skills

Digital hardware design

FPGA design

Schematic capture & PCB design

DSP concepts

Python scripting

Lab measurement & debugging

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelors in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Xilinx Vivado

Altium Designer

Verilog

VHDL

MATLAB

Python

Linux

Job description

R.L. Barclay & Associates in Syracuse seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer – Digital Hardware to drive design of cutting-edge digital hardware, FPGA solutions, and high-speed interfaces. This role requires hands-on lab work, multi-layer PCB design, and strong collaboration across engineering teams.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in digital hardware, experience with VHDL/Verilog, and the ability to obtain a U.S. government security clearance.