SENIOR FPGA/DIGITAL DESIGN ENGINEER

Auctis; Torrance (CA); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace firm is seeking a Senior FPGA/Digital Design Engineer to develop FPGA systems for military aerospace applications. This role requires at least 10 years of relevant experience, strong VHDL coding skills, and PCB design knowledge. The position offers a hybrid work option, allowing three days a week in the office. In this role, you will document projects, lead technical presentations, and contribute to product development in a collaborative environment, ensuring the highest standards of design and implementation.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of design and development engineering experience, preferably in Aerospace or Defense.
• Demonstrated expertise in digital design including modern microprocessors/DSPs, high speed digital logic, and communication links.
• Knowledge of board design and layout including design tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop FPGAs for flight actuation systems.
• Perform circuit analysis and board level design.
• Document design, analysis, and verification results.

Skills

FPGA design experience

VHDL coding

PCB design

Digital design expertise

Test benches and simulations

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Tools

ModelSim

Job description

About the job SENIOR FPGA/DIGITAL DESIGN ENGINEER

Base Salary - USD $145,000 to $180,000

Relocation Assistance Available - Possible for ideal candidate

Required Experience: 10+ to 15 years

Minimum Education - Bachelor's Degree

SCREENING QUESTIONS

Do you have 10 or more years of FPGA design experience?

Do you have coding experience with VHDL or Verilog?

Do you have experience in the aerospace or defense industry?

Do you have PCB design experience?

IDEAL CANDIDATE

• Ideal candidate works for an aerospace company
• Experience with ModelSim
• Experience and willingness to do some PCB design
• Must have BSEE degree (Computer Science does not qualify)

DESCRIPTION

Our company is looking for a Senior FPGA / Digital Design Engineer to design and develop FPGA's that interface with electronic, electro-mechanical and mechanical components for flight actuation systems. You will solve challenging problems and develop solutions that find application across military aerospace industries. Reporting to the Electronics Engineering Manager, you will have a 9/80 work schedule and a hybrid work option (3 days per week in office) in Torrance, CA.

Our company's Military Aircraft provides flight control equipment and systems to the worlds leading military platforms. Headquartered in East Aurora, NY, we employ 13,000 employees in 27 countries. We have a culture of trust and mutual respect; and for you, working with us can mean deeper job satisfaction, better rewards, and a great quality of life inside and outside of work.

As a Sr. Digital/FPGA Design Engineer, you will:

• Contribute to the development of new electronic product requirements through consulting with our customers and system engineers.
• Perform trade studies and analyses to validate conceptual designs.
• Perform circuit analysis and board level design including schematic capture and specifying printed circuit board design requirements (placement constraints, trace parameters, and routing layer constraints).
• Develop firmware for FPGAs that work with electronics, sensors, electro-hydraulic actuators, electromechanical components, and communication links for actuation systems or avionics equipment.
• Conduct prototype testing, integration testing, and design verification and validation testing
• Document design, analysis, and verification results with accurate and concise reports
• Perform FPGA verification following project plans and standards.
• Provide formal technical presentations to internal and external customers to support program review and business development.
• Specify and support design of lab test setups.

To be considered for this role, heres what youll need to bring with you:

• Bachelors degree in electrical engineering
• 10+ years of design and development engineering experience (Aerospace or Defense industry experience is desirable)
• Digital design expertise including modern microprocessors / DSPs, high speed digital logic, FPGA, memory, analog-to-digital, digital-to-analog converters, and communication links.
• Demonstrate detail knowledge of VHDL or Verilog coding and how to optimize for performance.
• 3+ years of experience designing test benches and simulations using digital simulation tools (example Modelsim, Active-HDL) for verification of FPGA designs.
• Analysis expertise including power dissipation, power use, timing, signal integrity, component derating, and Acceptance Test / Built-In Test coverage.
• Knowledge of board design and layout including design tools

SKILLS AND CERTIFICATIONS

• Experience with VHDL or Verilog coding (VHDL preferred)