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# Software Engineer - FPGA

- **Company:** Innova Solutions
- **Location:** Salt Lake City, UT, United States
- **Salary:** $166,400.0 - $176,800.0
- **Contract:** Temporary to permanent
- **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Unit Testing, C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Computer Engineering, Data Transmissions, Software Debugging, Ethernet, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), MATLAB, Machine Learning, PCI Express, Signal Processing, Simulink, Software Engineering, Software Requirements Analysis, Systems Integration, Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter, Verilog, VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL), Vivado, Serial Peripheral Interface, Application Specific Integrated Circuits, ModelSim, Git, Information Technology, Physical Design, Software Version Control
- **Published:** September 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9193511/software-engineer-fpga

## About the Role

* Bachelor's Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience
 * This position needs an Active Secret Security Clearance.

Preferred Skills:

 * Master's degree in computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, or electrical engineering
 * Experience leading small engineering teams or technical contributors
 * Experience developing electronic support (ES) and/or electronic attack (EA) signal-processing capabilities
 * Experience implementing complex modem and/or DSP algorithms in FPGA-based programmable logic; comparable ASIC design experience is also applicable
 * Experience implementing industry-standard interfaces, such as 10/100/1000 Ethernet, SPI, UART, SDRAM, DDR3, JESD, and PCIe
 * Experience with FPGA simulation, synthesis, and implementation tools, such as ModelSim, Synplify, AMD Xilinx Vivado/ISE, and/or Intel Quartus
 * Experience with high-speed serial FPGA interfaces operating at 3 Gbps or greater
 * Experience achieving timing closure in large FPGA designs
 * Experience with high-level synthesis (HLS)
 * Hands-on laboratory debug experience using signal generators, digital oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, bit-error-rate testers (BERTs), and other advanced measurement equipment
 * Familiarity with Git source control
 * Familiarity with C, C++, C#, MATLAB, and/or Simulink

## Description

* We are seeking an experienced FPGA Design Engineer to help develop advanced electronic warfare (EW) and wireless digital communications systems.
 * Ideal candidates bring experience in EW, wireless communications, modems, and/or digital signal processing (DSP).
 * You will contribute across the full design lifecycle, including proposals, requirements definition, RTL development, simulation, synthesis, place-and-route, verification and test, system integration, and field support.
 * This role offers challenging technical work within a collaborative team of talented engineers and opportunities to work independently while leading small teams of technical contributors.
 * Electronic warfare (EW)
 * Signal detection, classification, and identification
 * Radar systems and signal processing
 * Advanced digital signal processing (DSP) techniques
 * Digital modulation and demodulation
 * Forward error correction (FEC)
 * Machine learning
 * FPGA verification using simulation and unit testing
 * Experience developing in VHDL (preferred) or Verilog