Staff FPGA Engineer with Security Clearance

VTG; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

VTG in Reston, VA is seeking a Staff FPGA Engineer to rapidly develop and implement FPGA designs on Xilinx SoC platforms. You will contribute to the full design lifecycle from requirements through testing and board bring up, handling high-speed interfaces and signal processing tasks. The role requires 12+ years of FPGA experience, strong VHDL/Verilog skills, and familiarity with Vivado or ModelSim.

A U.S. Secret clearance is preferred, with competitive pay and a dynamic defense-focused

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field.
• 12+ years of professional FPGA design experience.
• Experience with Xilinx SoC is highly preferred.
• Active U.S. Secret clearance is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Integrate third-party IP as necessary.
• Participate in design life cycle from requirements to board bring up.
• Implement high speed interfaces and signal processing features.
• Ensure designs meet safety and performance standards with traceability.
• Investigate and resolve HDL and system level issues during testing.

Skills

FPGA design

VHDL/Verilog

SoC bring-up

Teamwork/communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Vivado

ModelSim

Quartus

Job description

Overview VTG is seeking a Staff FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) Engineer to support our Defense customer in Reston, VA. Our Staff FPGA Engineer will be responsible for rapidly developing, testing, and implementing FPGA designs on Xilinx SoC/FPGA platforms. This requires strong skills in digital circuit design, VHDL/Verilog coding, and simulation to contribute to projects that are shaping the future of defense. What will you do?

• Integrate third-party vendors IP, as necessary
• Participate in entire design life cycle: from requirements and concept, through design and hand on testing/board bring up
• Implement a variety of signal types such as high speed comms (ethernet, serial), signal processing (analog, digital)
• Ensure designs meet all relevant safety and performance standards, with traceability back to top-level system requirements, as necessary
• Investigate and resolve bugs found during hand on testing (at HDL level and system level) Do you have what it takes?
• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field
• 12+ years of professional experience in FPGA design and development. Experience with Xilinx SoC is highly preferred
• Familiarity with design software like Vivado (preferred), ModelSim, or Quartus
• Proficient in VHDL and/or Verilog
• Experience in SoC hardware bring-up, preferably on ARM-based systems
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, challenging environment
• Excellent problem-solving and organizational skills
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance Preferred Qualifications:
• Working knowledge of designing for safety-critical functions
• FPGA interfaces and high speed busses
• Experience with systems on a Chip (SoC)
• Low-level firmware (C/C++) development for bring-up and test Contingent Upon Contract Award VTG's estimated starting pay range is $150,000-$195,000 which is a general guideline for the geographic location. When extending an offer, VTG also considers work experience, education, skill level, market considerations and may possibly include contractual requirements which may cause an offer to fall outside of this range.