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# Lead Digital FPGA Design Engineer (Secret Clearance)

- **Company:** PROLIM Global Corporation
- **Location:** Los Angeles, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Systems Engineering, Communications Protocols, Software Debugging, Software Design Documents, Programming Tools, Digital Arts, Electronic Design Automation, Ethernet, Firmware, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Hardware Description Language, PCI Express, System on a Chip, Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter, VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL), Vivado, Serial Peripheral Interface, SC Clearance, Software Defined Radio
- **Published:** October 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/lead-digital-fpga-design-engineer-secret-clearance-los-angeles-ca--ae10deb7-69de-45bd-936b-eb3a8ec050f9

## About the Role

Technical/Engineering Design, FPGA Design, Secret Clearance, Technical/Engineering Design, Secret Clearance, FPGA Design, VHDL Hardware Description Language, Graphic Design, Testing, Radio Firmware, * BS + 5 years of experience in related STEM field; MS + 3 years of experience.

 * Significant hands-on current experience in the field of VHDL design.
 * Candidate must have excellent written and communication skills and be able to work independently and within groups.
 * Candidate must have working knowledge of formal engineering development process, VHDL design and verification.

Preferred Qualifications for Digital Engineer:

8 or more years of professional technical experience.

Experience with VHDL design and OSVVM verification for FPGA firmware

Experience with AMD/Xilinx series including Zynq, Kintex, Ultrascale, Versal family of devices.

Experience with Communication Protocols (I2C, SPI, UART, PCIe, Ethernet)

Experience with Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools: Vivado, Quartus, QuestaSim

Knowledgeable in FPGA physical constraints and achieving timing closure.

Generation of Test benches and support of formal VHDL Verification.

Experience with board RO system level debug using test equipment such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.

Experience with translating systems requirements into programmable logic requirements, design documents, and test specifications.

Candidate should have hands on experience with DoD communications systems.

## Description

* Design, develop, integrate and test VHDL-based digital designs for our end-user customers and businesses, primarily focused on software defined radio VHDL firmware code bases.
 * Work using FPGA programming development tools and environments
 * Work with multi-disciplinary teams, such as with Systems Engineering, Digital Engineering, Hardware, and Integration & Test
 * Work in waterfall or Agile software development environment
 * Analyze system concept of operation, requirements and design documents to resolve functional, performance or timing issues.