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# FPGA Engineer

- **Company:** General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** Annapolis Junction, MD, United States
- **Salary:** $114,975.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** UClibc (C Standard Library), Computer Engineering, Dynamic Random-Access Memory, Ethernet, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), RS-232, Static Timing Analysis, Systems Architecture, System on a Chip, Serial Peripheral Interface, Git, Yocto
- **Published:** August 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3368385301&tx=JP8781FFQ&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field, plus a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree, plus 6 months of relevant experience., Ability to obtain a Department of Defense TS/SCI security clearance is required at time of hire. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required., * Proficient in the principles and techniques of FPGA design. Keeps abreast of technology trends.

 * Proficient written and verbal communications skills. Ability to think creatively, and multi-task.
 * Proficient skill in communicating issues, impacts, and corrective actions.

What sets you apart:

 * Experience with Zynq processors using Petalinux, Yocto, or Buildroot.
 * Experience with Git for version control and CI/CD flows for FPGA.
 * Experience with Multi-Gigabit Transceivers (MGTs): GTX/GTH/GTY/GTZ/etc…
 * Experience with bus protocols like: 1G/10G/40G/100+G Ethernet, Interlaken, Aurora/SerialLite II, RS-232, SPI, I2C, and CAN.
 * Experience interfacing to external memory interfaces like: DRAM / SRAM.
 * Understanding of static timing analysis, timing closure and floor planning techniques for designs that include but are not limited to custom developed solutions with embedded hard & soft processors and with commercial & custom IP.

## Description

As an FPGA design engineer, you'll be a member of a cross functional team responsible for product design from system architecture & requirements allocation through product release and production of cost-sensitive secure products.


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