Senior FPGA Design Engineer - Defense, Secret Clearance

Innova Solutions Inc.; Camden, Northern (NJ, KY); Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & pharmacy coverage

Dental/vision insurance

401(k)

HSA and FSA

Life Insurance

Short/Long-term Disability

Sick time & paid leaves

EAP

Job summary

Innova Solutions seeks a Sr. FPGA Electrical Design Engineer to lead FPGA architecture and RTL implementation for defense applications. You will work with FPGA vendors, EDA flows, and verification methods to ensure robust design delivery.

The role involves board bring-up, HW/SW integration, and NSA certification support. The candidate will have 3–5+ years of FPGA experience with VHDL, Xilinx FPGAs, and Vivado, plus a background in Synthesis, STA, and EDA tooling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering or related field.
• Experience with FPGA design for defense applications and active security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Derive FPGA design specifications from system requirements and architect FPGA solutions.
• Develop RTL (VHDL) and perform module-level simulations.
• Perform synthesis, place-and-route, and static timing analysis.
• Execute RTL quality checks (Lint, RDC, CDC, formal EDA) and end-to-end verification.
• Support board bring-up, HW/SW integration tests, and NSA certification efforts.

Skills

VHDL

Xilinx FPGAs

Vivado

RTL design

Synthesis

STA

Ethernet I2C SPI AXI

EE/CS background

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering or related

MS/PhD an asset

Tools

Questa Prime

QVIPs

UVM

Mentor EDA

Questa Lint

Primetime

Synplify

Vivado

Libero

Quartus

Job description

Innova Solutions seeks a Sr. FPGA Electrical Design Engineer to lead FPGA architecture and RTL implementation for defense applications. You will work with FPGA vendors, EDA flows, and verification methods to ensure robust design delivery.

The role involves board bring-up, HW/SW integration, and NSA certification support. The candidate will have 3–5+ years of FPGA experience with VHDL, Xilinx FPGAs, and Vivado, plus a background in Synthesis, STA, and EDA tooling.