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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Mid to Senior Systems/Hardware Engineer (VHDL) - **Company:** CACI International Inc. - **Location:** Fort Meade, MD, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $131,800.0 - $290,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Java (Programming Language), Microsoft Windows, Systems Engineering, User Authentication, Unix, C++ (Programming Language), Configuration Management, Information Systems, Linux, Network Interface Controllers, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Key Management, Ruby on Rails, Service-Oriented Architecture, Software Requirements Analysis, Systems Architecture, Verilog, VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL), ModelSim, Information Technology, DODAF - **Published:** August 30, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000gpqt31 ## About the Role **_Required_** : + Minimum five plus (5+) years of industry experience + Current Top Secret/Secure Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance with Poly + Bachelor's (BA) degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university or related experience + Must have knowledge of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) + Must have knowledge of ModelSim, for VHSIC hardware description language ( **VHDL** ) or Verilog HDL coding and simulations, and Xilinx tools **_Desired_** : * Software languages (Java, C, C++, Ruby on Rails) and operation systems (Unix, Linux, Windows). ## Description * Manage system requirements and derived requirements to ensure the delivery of production systems that are compatible with the defined system architecture(s) - Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF), Service-oriented Architecture (SOA), etc. * Assist with the development of system requirements, functional requirements, and allocation of the same to individual hardware, software, facility, and personnel components. * Coordinate the resolution of action items from Configuration Control Board (CCB) meetings, design reviews, program reviews, and test reviews that require cross-discipline coordination. * Participate in Integrated Product Teams to design new capabilities based upon evaluation of all necessary development and operational considerations. * Allocate real-time process and error budgets to systems and subsystem components. * Generate alternative system concepts, physical architectures, and design solutions. * Define the methods, processes, and evaluation criteria by which the systems, subsystems and work products are verified against their requirements in a written plan. * Develop system design solutions that satisfies the system requirements and fulfills the functional analysis. * Review and provide input to program and contract work breakdown structures, work packages, and the integrated master plan. * Participate in the development of system engineering documentation, such as System Engineering Plans, Initial Capabilities Documents, Requirements Specifications, and Interface Control Documents. * Participate in interface definition, design, and changes to the configuration between affected groups and individuals throughout the life cycle * Derive an understanding of stakeholder needs, functions that may be logically inferred, and implied as essential to system effectiveness from system requirements. * Derive lower-level requirements from higher-level allocated requirements that describe in detail the functions that a system component must fulfill, and ensure these requirements are complete, correct, unique, unambiguous, realizable, and verifiable. * Participate in establishing and gaining approval of the definition of a system or component under development (requirements, designs, interfaces, test procedures, etc.) that provides a common reference point for hardware and software developers. * Develop derived requirements for Information Assurance Services (Confidentiality, Integrity, Nonrepudiation, and Availability); 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