Digital Engineer 3

CHIPTON ROSS
San Diego, CA, United States
about 1 month ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Experience required
3 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Agile Methodology Systems Engineering Communications Protocols Software Debugging Software Design Documents Programming Tools Electronic Design Automation Ethernet Firmware Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) PCI Express System on a Chip
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Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL) Vivado Serial Peripheral Interface SC Clearance Software Defined Radio

Job description

  • Design, develop, integrate and test VHDL-based digital designs for our end-user customers and businesses, primarily focused on software defined radio VHDL firmware code bases.
  • Work using FPGA programming development tools and environments
  • Work with multi-disciplinary teams, such as with Systems Engineering, Digital Engineering, Hardware, and Integration & Test
  • Work in waterfall or Agile software development environment
  • Analyze system concept of operation, requirements and design documents to resolve functional, performance or timing issues.

Requirements

  • BS + 5 years of experience in related STEM field; MS + 3 years of experience.
  • Significant hands-on current experience in the field of VHDL design.
  • Candidate must have excellent written and communication skills and be able to work independently and within groups.
  • Candidate must have working knowledge of formal engineering development process, VHDL design and verification.
  • An active Secret Clearance is required to start., * 8 or more years of professional technical experience.
  • Experience with VHDL design and OSVVM verification for FPGA firmware
  • Experience with AMD/Xilinx series including Zynq, Kintex, Ultrascale, Versal family of devices.
  • Experience with Communication Protocols (I2C, SPI, UART, PCIe, Ethernet)
  • Experience with Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools: Vivado, Quartus, QuestaSim
  • Knowledgeable in FPGA physical constraints and achieving timing closure.
  • Generation of Test benches and support of formal VHDL Verification.
  • Experience with board RO system level debug using test equipment such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
  • Experience with translating systems requirements into programmable logic requirements, design documents, and test specifications.
  • Candidate should have hands on experience with DoD communications systems.

REQUIRED EDUCATION

Bachelor’s in Science is required.

School must be accredited., * Applicants responding to this position will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements by currently possessing the ability to view classified government information.

  • Employment will be contingent on clearing a drug screen and background check. Both must clear prior to start date.
  • Candidates responding to this posting must currently possess the eligibility to work in the United States. No third parties please.

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