Senior FPGA Engineer — Defense Hardware & Leadership Path

AeroVironment, Inc.; Florida; On-site; USD 91,000 - 139,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401K with company match

9/80 work schedule

Paid holiday shutdown

Job summary

AeroVironment, Inc. in Sunrise, FL is seeking an experienced Senior FPGA Engineer to design and implement complex FPGA-based systems for defense and communications applications.

You will work with a multidisciplinary team across hardware, software, DSP, and systems engineering, taking concepts from architecture through verification while mentoring and guiding junior engineers on technical directions. This role offers leadership and hands-on problem solving in a dynamic environment with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical/computer engineering with 8 years of experience, or Master’s with 6 years of experience.
• Proficiency in digital design and simulation.
• Proficiency in hardware description languages (HDLs), preferably VHDL.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
• Subject matter expert in at least one area with broad knowledge across related domains.

Responsibilities

• Design complex digital hardware and FPGA-based systems.
• Prepare full project design documentation including requirements, design specs, test plans, and reports.
• Design and conduct experiments; analyze data to validate system performance.
• Collaborate with hardware, FPGA, DSP, software, systems, and test engineers throughout the lifecycle.
• Assign tasks to engineers, technicians, and staff; manage schedules and budgets.
• Prepare scopes of work, budgets, and schedules for projects.
• Assist in proposals to obtain funding for engineering projects.

Skills

Digital design

FPGA engineering

HDL (VHDL)

C/C++ basics

Mentoring / leadership

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Master’s degree in a related field

Tools

Xilinx FPGA

Intel/Altera FPGA

TFS

Git

Job description

AeroVironment, Inc. in Sunrise, FL is seeking an experienced Senior FPGA Engineer to design and implement complex FPGA-based systems for defense and communications applications.

You will work with a multidisciplinary team across hardware, software, DSP, and systems engineering, taking concepts from architecture through verification while mentoring and guiding junior engineers on technical directions. This role offers leadership and hands-on problem solving in a dynamic environment with