Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer - Military Avionics (Onsite)

Marvin Engineering Company; Inglewood (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

The Marvin Group in Inglewood, CA, seeks an embedded firmware engineer with military avionics experience to design and validate FPGA/microcontroller systems for LRUs. You will bridge hardware and software, implement RTL and firmware, and contribute to V&V in a fast-paced, cross-functional setting.

Applicants should have strong HDL/C/C++ skills, experience with 1553/CAN buses, and a track record of delivering flight hardware.

Qualifications

• Minimum BSEE, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering and a minimum of 12 years’ experience in relevant development environment, preferably for military or commercial aviation
• Knowledge of end-to-end FPGA and embedded controller firmware/software development – design, build, and V&V process for high reliability electronics
• Proficiency in VHDL, Verilog, SystemVerilog, C, C++
• Proficiency in simulation, synthesis, toolchains (Questa, Synplify)
• Static timing analysis and constraints for synthesis; back-annotated (gate-level) simulation
• Experience with MIL-STD-1553B bus and 1760 messages; CAN/UART/I2C protocols
• Experience with FPGA/CPLD in flight/avionics environments
• Strong communication and English proficiency
• Engineering report writing proficiency
• MS Office proficiency
• Proof of Education is required

Responsibilities

• Decompose system requirements to FPGA/microcontroller (L4/L5) requirements via implementable design trades and analysis
• Define conceptual design architecture, block diagrams, and I/O definitions for embedded electronics for LRUs
• Develop FPGA and/or microcontroller firmware including RTL coding, simulation, synthesis, place-and-route, and final programming file generation
• Perform static timing and design analyses as needed
• Collaborate with Hardware Engineer to define test requirements and generate test documentation
• Collaborate on initial board bring-up and V&V testing
• Support reviews such as Requirements, Concept, PDR/CDR, MRR, TRR
• Perform other tasks as assigned

Skills

HDL Verilog/SystemVerilog

C/C++

1553 Bus knowledge

PCB/embedded firmware

VHDL

SystemVerilog

HDL tools (Questa)

Synplify

Education

BSEE or higher

Tools

Questa

Synplify

Job description

The Marvin Group in Inglewood, CA, seeks an embedded firmware engineer with military avionics experience to design and validate FPGA/microcontroller systems for LRUs. You will bridge hardware and software, implement RTL and firmware, and contribute to V&V in a fast-paced, cross-functional setting.

Applicants should have strong HDL/C/C++ skills, experience with 1553/CAN buses, and a track record of delivering flight hardware.