Sr. FPGA Engineer

Apex Bridge Talent Group; Melbourne (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Apex Bridge Talent Group is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to design, test, and document safety-critical hardware for aerospace and defense applications. You will develop FPGA/CPLD designs, conduct RTL synthesis, and support qualification testing across multiple project phases.

Ideal candidates bring 5–10+ years of circuit design experience, strong VHDL/SystemVerilog skills, and hands-on hardware integration. Travel up to 25% may be required, and a DO-254 background is highly valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 5–10+ years of circuit design experience
• Master’s degree with 3+ years preferred for advanced roles
• Proven HDL-based FPGA/CPLD design with verification
• Experience with VHDL and SystemVerilog
• Familiarity with DO-254 avionics standards
• Hands-on hardware build, test, and integration experience

Responsibilities

• Design, test, and document safety-critical hardware
• Develop FPGA/CPLD designs across design phases for aerospace systems
• Perform RTL synthesis, test bench development, and design verification
• Prototype evaluation, design-to-cost tradeoffs, and design reviews
• Support qualification testing and system integration
• Travel up to 25% as needed

Skills

FPGA Design

VHDL Coding

SystemVerilog

UVM test benches

DO-254 experience

MATLAB & Simulink

Timing Designer

Hyperlynx

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Timing Designer

Hyperlynx

Job description

• The Electrical Engineer designs, tests, and documents safety-critical hardware.
• Responsible for developing and supporting FPGA/CPLD designs through all phases of design and system integration for high-reliability embedded aerospace and ground-based vehicle systems applications.

Responsibilities

• Perform activities such as requirements generation, design, RTL-synthesis, test bench development and design simulation, static timing, and power analysis, and requirements-based design verification.
• Prototype evaluation, design-to-cost tradeoffs, design reviews, qualification test support, system integration support, production, and obsolescence support tasks.
• Maintain the desire to stay current in the continuously developing field and to expand knowledge base and skills in FPGA design and digital hardware engineering.
• Works with hardware engineers and senior management to enhance existing applications and build additional applications
• Designs and develops hardware systems
• Tests and modifies hardware to ensure it meets specifications and requirements
• Understands and utilizes internal processes and tools for the development of hardware
• Decisions may have minor impact on cost, schedule, and technical performance
• Contributes to engineering estimates on simple hardware designs
• Improved depth of product domain knowledge
• Bachelor's Degree and 5-10+ years’ work experience or master’s degree and 3+ years of work experience.

Required Skills

• Experience with VHDL, System Verilog designs and UVM test benches
• Please for Aerospace a DO-254 experience
• 5-10+ years circuit design experience, with the demonstrated ability to design HDL-based FPGAs and CPLDs.
• Knowledge of digital electronic devices and circuit design principles. Experience using design/analysis tools, such as Timing Designer and Hyperlynx a plus.
• Hands-on hardware build, test, and integration experience.
• Motivated self-starter with the ability to effectively work in a team environment.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, judgment, and analytical capability, along with follow-up and monitoring skills.
• Strong written and oral presentation skills.
• Experience with MATLAB and Simulink for auto-generation of FPGA code
• Familiarity with FPGA integration into digital circuit card designs to ensure electrical integrity of FPGA design in embedded applications.
• 5-10 years’ work experience
• Up to 25% Travel

Skills

• FPGA Design
• D0-254
• VHDL Coding
• Design Verification testing or Target testing in lab