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# Hardware Design Engineer (RR-3)

- **Company:** Legato, LLC
- **Location:** Annapolis Junction, MD, United States
- **Salary:** $200,000.0 - $230,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Analog Electronics, Boolean Algebra, Computer Engineering, Software Debugging, Firmware, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Hardware Description Language, Hardware Design, Commercial Software, Reverse Engineering, Signal Processing, Verilog, VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL), Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Mentor Graphics, Hardware Infrastructure, Physical Design
- **Published:** May 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=3e2e2d233f4a22ff

## About the Role

* Experience designing and developing ASIC/FPGA/SoC microelectronics including simulation, verification, and debugging
 * Experience with HDL coding (Verilog/VHDL)
 * A deep understanding of digital logic and analog circuits
 * Knowledge and understanding of computer architecture and semiconductor physics
 * Knowledge of physical ASIC design and fabrication including place and route tools and semiconductor manufacturing
 * Familiar with commercial software tools to build circuit schematics and simulate or verify designs (Cadence, Mentor Graphics, Synopsys, etc..)

 * Twelve (12) years of experience in integrated circuit or microelectronic component design or revered engineering of the same.
 * A bachelors degree in a technical discipline. In lieu of a degree, an additional five (5) years of experience, for a total of seventeen (17) years, may be substituted

## Description

Legato, LLC recruiters (Staffing@legatocorp.com) would love to speak with you regarding the following position: Hardware Design Engineer in Fort Meade, MD.
Security Clearance Required: TS/SCI w/ Polygraph
Salary Range: $200,000-$230,000, depending on experience.
What You Will Do:

The Hardware Design Engineer designs and tests new integrated circuits and hardware components for a wide variety of signal processing applications and research. Designs, documents, and develops code (to include firmware) for digital signal processors or other programmable hardware devices such as Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) and Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) hardware. Analyzes the function of existing integrated circuits and hardware components for the purpose of reverse engineering the hardware and firmware. Conducts the necessary hardware engineering and related functions to modify and adapt vendor-manufactured hardware to meet special Government needs and contingencies.


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