Senior Digital Hardware Engineer – FPGA, DSP & VHDL

Henderson Group Recruiting; City of Syracuse (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

Henderson Group Recruiting has partnered with a cutting-edge DoD sensing technology manufacturer in the Syracuse area to hire a Senior Electrical Engineer – Digital Hardware. The role focuses on designing and implementing digital hardware, FPGA-based solutions, and high-speed interfaces for next-generation devices.

You will lead FPGA development using VHDL/Verilog on Xilinx platforms, design PCBs, and work with a multidisciplinary team across the full product lifecycle.

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 and signal analyzers.
• Experience with VHDL and Verilog.
• U.S. Citizenship required with 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 or Verilog on Xilinx platforms.
• Perform hardware integration, testing, validation, troubleshooting, and production support.
• Design high-speed digital interfaces, data acquisition systems, DSP, and communication architectures.
• Develop Python and Bash scripts to automate engineering workflows.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams through the product lifecycle.

Skills

Digital hardware design

FPGA design (VHDL/Verilog)

PCB design

Lab instrumentation

Troubleshooting skills

Python scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field

Tools

Altium Designer

Xilinx Vivado

MATLAB

Python

Linux

Job description

Henderson Group Recruiting has partnered with a cutting-edge DoD sensing technology manufacturer in the Syracuse area to hire a Senior Electrical Engineer – Digital Hardware. The role focuses on designing and implementing digital hardware, FPGA-based solutions, and high-speed interfaces for next-generation devices.

You will lead FPGA development using VHDL/Verilog on Xilinx platforms, design PCBs, and work with a multidisciplinary team across the full product lifecycle.