Sr. FPGA Engineer

Cyient; Melbourne (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Cyient is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to design, test, and document safety-critical FPGA/CPLD hardware for aerospace and ground vehicle systems. You will work on FPGA/CPLD design through all phases, with emphasis on HDL-based implementations and DO-254 compliance.

Responsibilities include requirements generation, RTL synthesis, test bench development, and verification, plus system integration support and production-readiness activities.

Qualifications

• 5-10+ years circuit design experience with HDL-based FPGA/CPLD design.
• Experience with timing analysis and power analysis tools.
• Hands-on hardware build, test, and integration experience.
• Knowledge of DO-254 hardware development objectives.

Responsibilities

• Generate requirements, perform RTL-synthesis and test bench development.
• Conduct design verification, timing and power analysis, and design reviews.
• Support system integration, qualification testing, and production readiness.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers and management to enhance applications.

Skills

UVM test benches

VHDL

SystemVerilog

FPGA design

CPLD design

Matlab

Simulink

Digital electronics

DO-254 knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Timing Designer

HyperLynx

ModelSim

QuestaSim

Synplify

DOORS

Job description

Skill Set : UVM, DO-254, Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)

Skill to Evaluate : UVM, DO-254, Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)

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 and Education

• 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
• Experience with VHDL, System Verilog designs and UVM test benches
• Up to 25% Travel

Preferred Skills and Education

• Experience with any of the following is a plus:
• Design experience with Microprocessor/Microcontroller interfaces such as I2C, SPI, CAN bus ARINC-825, memory interfaces such as SDRAM controllers, Flash, SRAM; serial interfaces (MIL-STD-1553, ARINC-429, RS422, RS485, AFDX ARINC-664) and FPGA design using Microsemi, Xilinx, Lattice, Altera, etc.
• Familiarity with RTCA/DO-254 hardware development objectives
• Design tools such as Synplify, ModelSim, Questasim
• Experience with high-speed Digital circuit card design, including part placement and routing, constraint generation, and signal integrity analysis.
• Experience with state machines, code coverage
• Experience with Requirements Management tools (i.e. DOORS), Configuration Management, and Problem Reporting tools.
• Knowledge of commercial certification objectives and activities.
• Experience with development of formal validation and verification procedures.
• Flight critical fly-by-wire Flight Controls, Actuators, Air Data Systems, Pilot Inceptors, Inertial Sensors and/or Autopilot systems.