Senior FPGA Design Engineer – Infrared Systems

Leonardo DRS; Melbourne (FL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401(k) savings plan

9/80 work schedule

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Leonardo DRS is seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer in Melbourne, FL to lead FPGA development for EOIS infrared sensors and systems. The role interfaces with circuit, IC, test, and systems engineers to advance design, development, and testing of high-performance EO/IR platforms.

The senior engineer will drive RTL coding, verification, and production-ready documentation while mentoring junior staff and ensuring alignment with program requirements and schedules.

Qualifications

• BSEE or BSCpE degree required.
• 10+ years FPGA design experience.
• Fluent in VHDL and Verilog; experience with Xilinx and Microsemi FPGAs.

Responsibilities

• Participate in requirements analysis, electronics architecture definition, RTL coding, test bench design, verification, synthesis, place and route, timing closure, Design Verification Testing, and the generation of FPGA design documentation.
• Responsible for driving technology and completion of activity on time and budget
• Design, develop, analyze, document and support testing of products, systems or subsystems
• Ability to complete a technical project independently
• Mentor and coach other engineers
• Review customer specifications and requirements, and develop designs to best support them, including cost as a key design variable
• Provide budget, cost and schedule input for design assignments
• Document component and subsystem specifications and material requirements
• Specify and evaluate supplier components, subsystems and services
• Support the program design to cost and design for manufacture requirements
• Develop prototypes to retire key development risks
• Communicate clearly (written and oral) with manufacturing, supply chain, program management and the customer as required
• Participate heavily in preparation of the more complex and significant proposals
• Provide technical expertise and assistance to other engineers and support personnel
• Interact with technical management, other professionals, technicians and support personnel to coordinate, recommend and confer regarding technical activities and progress
• Support, communicate, reinforce and defend the mission, values and culture of the organization
• Attend appropriate engineering, customer or business meetings

Skills

VHDL

Verilog

Xilinx FPGAs

Vivado/Libero/QuestaSim

FPGA design

Team mentoring

Education

BSEE or BSCpE

Tools

Vivado

QuestaSim

Libero

Job description

Leonardo DRS is seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer in Melbourne, FL to lead FPGA development for EOIS infrared sensors and systems. The role interfaces with circuit, IC, test, and systems engineers to advance design, development, and testing of high-performance EO/IR platforms.

The senior engineer will drive RTL coding, verification, and production-ready documentation while mentoring junior staff and ensuring alignment with program requirements and schedules.