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# Digital Hardware Engineer

- **Company:** I3, Llc
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $115,000.0 - $189,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Boolean Algebra, Communications Protocols, Computer Engineering, Digital Electronics, Microprocessors, Digital Technology, Firmware, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Hardware Description Language, RS-232, Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter, Verilog, VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL), Vivado, Serial Peripheral Interface, Application Specific Integrated Circuits, ModelSim, SC Clearance
- **Published:** October 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9225238/digital-hardware-engineer

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in electrical/computer engineering, physics, or related field.
 * Minimum two (2) years of experience.
 * Thorough understanding of HDL (VHDL or Verilog).
 * Experience with buses such as RS232, RS422, UART, SPI, I2C.
 * Ability to generate architectural block diagrams from existing firmware designs.
 * Experience developing and testing FPGAs or ASICs.
 * Knowledge of Altera and Xilinx development environments (e.g. Vivado, Quartus, Synplify).
 * Knowledge of FPGA/ASIC simulation and validation environment (e.g. ModelSim, Verdi).
 * General knowledge of DSP coding and communication protocols.

Preferred:

 * Master's degree in electrical/computer engineering, physics, or related field.
 * Knowledge of microprocessor architecture and high speed interfaces as applied to FPGA Core functions.
 * Experience with analysis of existing digital logic designs.
 * Ability to design/recognize control flow computational paths and DSP data path components (e.g. digital filters, FFTs, and error-correction codes).
 * Experience authoring technical reports and presentations.

Security Clearance:

 * Current Secret clearance with ability to possess TS/SCI.

## Description

* Design, implement, analyze and test FPGA-based digital systems.
 * Develop HDL and block designs for FPGAs.
 * Integrate manufacturer IP FPGA cores (processor, ADC, DAC, etc.) into customized firmware architectures.
 * Design and validate testbench routines for simulation of FPGA designs and sub-designs.
 * Generate technical reports documenting design and analysis.