ASIC Design Leader

• 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.

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