Hardware Engineer

The Digital Hardware Engineer will design, implement, and validate advanced digital systems

with an emphasis on FPGA-based development. The engineer will translate functional or

algorithmic specifications into optimized HDL architectures, perform simulation and

verification, and integrate these designs into prototypes and full hardware systems. This role

requires expertise in complex, highspeed digital design and hands-on experience bringing FPGA

implementations into working hardware.

In addition to digital design, the engineer will develop and test supporting hardware such as

power distribution, digital control and other PCBs. Responsibilities include building and refining

prototypes, diagnosing and resolving defects, overseeing hardware integration, and maintaining

detailed design documentation. The ideal candidate has strong FPGA/HDL skills, experience

with hardware design tools, and the ability to evaluate, iterate, and improve both digital and

physical system performance.

Required Skills:

 5 years or more of relevant design experience, hands-on radar systems design, system

realization, and field testing of HF and microwave radar systems.

 Strong knowledge of VHDL/Verilog, Vivado/ISE, ISIM, EDK, System Generator, 3rd

Part IP

 Developing VHDL/Verilog test benches for functional and timing simulation

 Detailed PCB design and bring up using Mentor Graphics and Altium

 Usage of Test Equipment, RF signal generators, Oscilloscopes and Logic Analyzers

Working in Windows 7/10 and Linux environments, and TCL

 Candidate should be familiar with digital receiver design, including direct detect (i.e. RF

sampling) receiver architectures

 Proficiency with MATLAB

 Candidate must have good organizational skills with the ability to complete assignments

working independently and in a team environment, and effectively present results.

 Effective communication with colleagues, sponsors, and other research sites

 Radar timing and basic signal processing.

 RF converters

 Xilinx FPGA development and test in an Embedded environment

 PCB design, schematic capture, component selections and simulation using

Altium/Mentor Graphics. Evaluating design tradeoff against speed and resource

utilization

 Strong knowledge and understanding of analog/digital components, ADC and DAC

performances

 Experience with various hardware interfaces and communication: PCIe, I2C, LVDS,

Serial Data over Fiber Optics with Protocol knowledge

 Software design and development in C/C++

 Desire and ability to participate in field experiments and data collection efforts, which

could involve travel

Work location: Hybrid - Candidates should expect to be onsite 3 days a week

Clearance: Candidates must have an active secret clearance to be considered for this role

Travel: Estimated at 5% domestic and international

Interview Process: Initial pre-screen with Group Leader(s). If candidate advances to

next round, will be a larger group interview with technical staff.

Must Have

Degree Level

Bachelors Degree Yes

Design

Circuit Design 5 years

Electrical/Electronics

New Circuit Characterization and Qualification 5 years

New Circuit Debug 5 years

PCB Design and Layout 5 years

Hardware

Experience with Xilinx/AMD FPGAs, MPSoCs, and ACAPs 5 years

Hardware Design 5 years

Hardware Design Tools such as SolidWorks, PCB Layout Tools such as Altium Designer

5 years

Programming

C/C++ 5 years

FPGA Development (VHDL/Verilog or SystemVerilog) 5 years

FPGA development and diagnostic tools 5 years

MATLAB 5 years

Signal Processing

Advanced Signal Processing, Receiver/Transmitter Design, Radar Architectures 5 years

Develop DSP algorithms optimized for FPGA implementation 5 years

Systems

FPGA Embedded Systems Development (Xilinx, ARM, Microblaze, PetaLinux) 5 years

Testing

Testing and Evaluation 5 years

Duration: 36 Months

Security Clearance Requirement: Yes

Security Clearance Level: Active Secret

Location: Lexington, MA 02421

Pay Range: $75-$110 an hour