Senior FPGA Engineer (DOD cleared)

Senior FPGA Engineer

Location: Tucson, AZ

Schedule: On-Site

Clearance: Secret clearance or higher required prior to start


Role Summary

Seeking a senior-level FPGA Engineer to support the design, development, verification, and integration of production-quality FPGA solutions for advanced defense systems. This role covers the full FPGA lifecycle from requirements and architecture through VHDL coding, simulation, place-and-route, integration, debug, and production release support.


Key Responsibilities

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  Develop and verify FPGA designs using VHDL.
  
  


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  Support FPGA architectures for system-level applications.
  
  


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  Translate system-level requirements into FPGA requirements.
  
  


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  Perform simulation, synthesis, place-and-route, timing closure, integration, and debug.
  
  


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  Work with circuit card designers and systems engineers to define interfaces and design requirements.
  
  


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  Support FPGA designs involving RF/EO DSP, controls, data links, embedded processing, processor interfaces, and gigabit serial interfaces.
  
  


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  Create technical documentation, including requirements, verification plans, and user guides.
  
  


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  Support internal and external technical reviews as needed.
  
  

Required Skills

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  8+ years of FPGA engineering experience.
  
  


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  VHDL coding and digital design experience.
  
  


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  Experience with Xilinx, Altera, or Microsemi FPGA devices and tool flows.
  
  


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  Hands-on FPGA integration and debug experience.
  
  


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  Experience delivering FPGA solutions into system-level applications.
  
  


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  Ability to support FPGA work from requirements definition through integration and test.
  
  


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  Secret clearance or higher required prior to start.
  
  

Preferred Skills

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  Radar or image processing experience.
  
  


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  Embedded systems experience using ARM, MicroBlaze, or Nios processors.
  
  


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  Experience with gigabit serial interfaces or multi-gigabit transceivers.
  
  


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  SystemVerilog / UVM verification experience.
  
  


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  Experience with emulation platforms such as Veloce.
  
  


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  Strong technical documentation and review support experience.
  
  

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