Senior FPGA Engineer

avav; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

avav in Sunrise, Florida seeks a Senior FPGA Engineer to lead the design of complex digital hardware and FPGA-based systems for defense, communications, sensing, and electronic warfare. You will guide architecture, simulation, implementation, and verification while collaborating with hardware, software, DSP, and systems engineers.

You will balance hands-on problem solving with technical leadership, potentially pursuing a leadership path or becoming a subject matter expert in FPGA technology,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and 8 years of relevant digital design and/or FPGA engineering experience or a Master’s Degree and 6 years of prior relevant experience.
• Demonstrated proficiency in digital design and simulation.
• Demonstrated proficiency in hardware description languages (HDLs), preferably VHDL.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design complex digital hardware and FPGA-based systems.
• Prepare complete project design documentation, including requirements, design specifications, test plans, and reports.
• Design and conduct experiments; analyze and interpret data to validate system and component performance.
• Collaborate with hardware, FPGA, DSP, software, systems, and test engineers throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Assign tasks to and direct engineers, technicians, and administrative staff.
• Plan and coordinate detailed aspects of engineering work, ensuring technical quality and schedule adherence.
• Prepare scopes of work, budgets, and schedules for assigned projects.
• Assist in the preparation of proposals to obtain funding for engineering projects and programs.

Skills

Digital design

FPGA engineering

HDLs (VHDL)

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field

Master’s Degree in relevant field

Job description

Worker Type Regular

Job Description

AV’s Electronic Warfare business unit is seeking an experienced FPGA Engineer to join our team in Sunrise, Florida. This is an opportunity to work on sophisticated digital hardware and FPGA-based systems that support advanced defense, communications, sensing, and electronic warfare capabilities.

As a Senior FPGA Engineer, you’ll help take complex system concepts from architecture and design through simulation, implementation, integration, and verification. You’ll work alongside talented electrical, FPGA, software, DSP, and systems engineers to create hardware that is high-performing, robust, maintainable, and intentionally simple.

This role is designed for an engineer who enjoys both hands‑on technical problem solving and technical leadership. Depending on your interests and business needs, you may grow along a leadership path—guiding engineers and technicians—or a technical path, becoming a subject matter expert in a critical area of digital hardware and FPGA technology.

Primary Responsibilities Include

• Design complex digital hardware and FPGA-based systems.
• Prepare complete project design documentation, including requirements, design specifications, test plans, and reports.
• Design and conduct experiments; analyze and interpret data to validate system and component performance.
• Collaborate with hardware, FPGA, DSP, software, systems, and test engineers throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Assign tasks to and direct engineers, technicians, and administrative staff.
• Plan and coordinate detailed aspects of engineering work, ensuring technical quality and schedule adherence.
• Prepare scopes of work, budgets, and schedules for assigned projects.
• Assist in the preparation of proposals to obtain funding for engineering projects and programs.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and 8 years of relevant digital design and/or FPGA engineering experience or a Master’s Degree and 6 years of prior relevant experience.
• Demonstrated proficiency in digital design and simulation.
• Demonstrated proficiency in hardware description languages (HDLs), preferably VHDL.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

Technical Depth & Breadth

• Experience with several of the systems and technologies outlined below.
• Serves as a