ASIC Design Leader

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.
Crane, United States of America
12 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Crane, United States of America

Tech stack

Computer Engineering
Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
Systems Development Life Cycle
Verilog
VHDL
Application Specific Integrated Circuits
Information Technology
Software Version Control

Job description

  • Provide technical leadership in the development and evaluation of custom integrated circuit designs for defense applications,

  • Investigate, research, and operationalize state-of-the-art and innovative tools and tool chains to ASIC designs.

  • Maintain relationships with fabrication sites for ASICs.

  • Champion proposal and whitepaper writing efforts.

  • Perform program and project management duties such as task management and reporting.

  • Plans and conducts research and development efforts, generally involving the different projects with multiple parts.

  • Manage and mentor electrical and computer engineers through knowledge transfer on technical approaches and best practices.

  • Oversee data collection exercises and acceptance testing of on-chip technologies.

  • Develop use cases and tradeoffs of technologies along with recommendations for product pipelines.

  • Manage workflow and version control of block diagrams, schematics, and code.

  • Lead design, integration, and testing efforts through both hands-on and delegated approaches.

  • Maintain technical knowledge and a presence in the technical communities by attending conferences and interfacing with professional associations.

Requirements

This full-time position is in the Systems Development Department of Kratos SRE and is a highly motivated and self-driven role that will focus on leading development efforts for next-generation technologies for microelectronics, + U.S. Citizen with ability to obtain DOD/IC Security Clearance.

  • A Master's degree or Ph.D. (or equivalent experience) in electrical engineering, physics, and/or computer science/engineering.

  • Experience interfacing with government and non-government customers.

  • Experience modeling and simulating analog and digital architectures.

  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.

  • Experience with electronics testing and instrumentation, including oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers, function generators, power supplies, and data acquisition.

  • 5+ years of ASIC development

  • 2+ years of design implementation and verification using Verilog/VHDL

  • 5+ years of experience with FPGAs with knowledge of Verilog/VHDL

  • 5+ years of experience with testing ASIC designs

  • Willing to travel within the Continental United States (CONUS).

Preferred Qualifications

  • Knowledgeable in anti-tamper and hardware assurance technologies and techniques.

  • Knowledgeable in the fundamentals of device physics

  • Experience transitioning hardware from the bench top to fielded systems.

  • Experience with radiation effects in microelectronics

  • Strong mathematical problem-solving skills

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