Staff FPGA Engineer

VTG
  • Reston, Virginia
  • Full-time
30+ days ago

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.
Responsibilities:
  • 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)
Qualifications:
  • 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 

Numbers & Facts

LocationReston, Virginia
Job TypeFull-time

Skills

  • ARM (Advanced RISC Machine)unmatched
  • Analog Signalunmatched
  • Broadbandunmatched
  • C Programming Languageunmatched
  • C++ Programming Languageunmatched
  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Computer Engineeringunmatched
  • Computer Firmwareunmatched
  • Digital Circuit Designunmatched
  • Electrical Engineeringunmatched
  • Electronic Engineeringunmatched
  • Ethernetunmatched
  • FPGAunmatched
  • FPGA Designunmatched
  • Hardware Description Languageunmatched
  • IP (Internet Protocol)unmatched
  • ModelSimunmatched
  • Organizational Skillsunmatched
  • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
  • Safety Standardsunmatched
  • Secret Clearanceunmatched
  • Security Clearanceunmatched
  • Signal Processingunmatched
  • Software Designunmatched
  • System-on-a-Chip (SoC)unmatched
  • Team Playerunmatched
  • Test Plan/Scheduleunmatched
  • Testingunmatched
  • Traceabilityunmatched
  • VHDL Hardware Description Languageunmatched
  • Verilog Hardware Description Languageunmatched

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