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# Firmware Engineer

- **Company:** TALENT REMEDY LLC
- **Location:** Reston, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Testing (Software), Data Analysis, Automation of Tests, C++ (Programming Language), Continuous Integration, Linux, Programming Tools, Ethernet, Firmware, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Github, Python (Programming Language), SystemVerilog, Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter, VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL), Serial Peripheral Interface, Code Inspection, Software Coding, Docker
- **Published:** October 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.disabledperson.com/jobs/75861116-firmware-engineer

## About the Role

* 5+ years relevant experience
 * BS/MS in EE, CE, or CS
 * Expertise with firmware, VHDL (RTL), System Verilog (Testing)
 * Experienced with Xilinx and Microchip FPGAs; and their associated development tools
 * Experience developing test benches and running simulations to exercise the design and to verify compliance
 * Experience interfacing and working with hardware designers during development, integration, and test phases
 * Experience using schematics and block diagrams as inputs for firmware development
 * Experience in high-speed serial links: GTY/GTM, JESD204B/C, Ethernet, SpaceWire
 * Experience in standard peripheral interfaces: SPI, I2C, UART, Ethernet MAC, LVDS
 * Experience in memory interfaces: DDR3/4, QDR, FRAM, etc.
 * Strong Python skills for build/test automation and data analysis
 * GitHub fluency, CI/CD for FPGA flows (GitHub Actions or equivalent): automated linting, synthesis, simulation regression, timing closure, bitstream generation, release tagging
 * Proficient with VS Code
 * Requires the ability to obtain and maintain secret level clearance, which requires U.S. Citizenship.

Bonus Areas:

 * Proficient with Linux, Docker containers, and automation
 * Developing Hi-Rel/Space programs and TMR coding
 * Digital Signal Processing, precision timing, optical comms (modems)
 * Developing code (C, C++) for microcontrollers and embedded FPGA processors
 * Designing GUI-based (Python) test software to exercise firmware
 * Using lab instruments (oscilloscope, logic analyzer, etc.)

## Description

We are looking for an experienced Firmware Engineer to contribute to the development of products on our client's Research and Development Division in Herndon VA. As part of our R&D division, the Firmware Engineer would join our firmware team to develop, integrate, and test our firmware products in our client's spaced-based, electro-optical systems.