Senior Digital Hardware Engineer – FPGA & High-Speed DSP

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

Job summary

Top Dog Recruiting in Syracuse, NY, seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer – Digital Hardware to drive design of advanced digital hardware, FPGA-based solutions, and high-speed interfaces for DoD sensing technology products.

You will lead PCB design, create schematics, support layout, develop FPGA cores in VHDL/Verilog on Xilinx platforms, and perform hardware validation and production support. A U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain clearance are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of digital hardware design experience.
• Experience with FPGAs, microcontrollers, memory and high-speed interfaces.
• Hands-on with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzers.
• Proficient in VHDL and/or Verilog and design reviews.
• U.S. Citizenship with ability to obtain/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.
• Design high-speed digital interfaces, data acquisition systems, DSP, and communication architectures.
• Develop Python and Bash scripts to automate engineering workflows and improve efficiency.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams throughout the product lifecycle.

Skills

Digital hardware design

FPGA design (VHDL/Verilog)

High-speed interfaces

Python scripting

Bash scripting

Lab equipment troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Altium Designer

Xilinx Vivado

Job description

Top Dog Recruiting in Syracuse, NY, seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer – Digital Hardware to drive design of advanced digital hardware, FPGA-based solutions, and high-speed interfaces for DoD sensing technology products.

You will lead PCB design, create schematics, support layout, develop FPGA cores in VHDL/Verilog on Xilinx platforms, and perform hardware validation and production support. A U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain clearance are required.