Senior Digital Hardware Engineer - FPGA & High-Speed Systems

Sapphire Recruitment, LLC; Village of Liverpool (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Sapphire Recruitment, LLC is seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer – Digital Hardware in the Syracuse area to lead the design and development of advanced digital hardware for next-generation products. The role involves FPGA work, high-speed interfaces, and robust testing and production support, with a DoD sensing technology focus.

The candidate will design PCBs, develop schematics, and architect FPGA solutions using VHDL/Verilog on modern Xilinx platforms, while collaborating across

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
• 10-15+ years of digital hardware design experience.
• 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.
• Design high-speed digital interfaces, data acquisition systems, digital signal processing (DSP), and communication architectures.
• 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

VHDL/Verilog

Python scripting

DSP

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Xilinx Vivado

MATLAB

Python

Linux

Job description

Sapphire Recruitment, LLC is seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer – Digital Hardware in the Syracuse area to lead the design and development of advanced digital hardware for next-generation products. The role involves FPGA work, high-speed interfaces, and robust testing and production support, with a DoD sensing technology focus.

The candidate will design PCBs, develop schematics, and architect FPGA solutions using VHDL/Verilog on modern Xilinx platforms, while collaborating across