Senior ASIC/FPGA Design Engineer - Digital Hardware / Defense Sy

Senior ASIC/FPGA Design Engineer

Digital Hardware | Defense Systems

Scottsdale, AZ

Pay Estimated: $89.48 - $94.48/Hour

U.S. Citizenship is required by Federal Law

We are hiring a Senior ASIC/FPGA Design Engineer to lead digital hardware design, development, and verification activities supporting complex defense engineering programs requiring eligibility for a DoD TS/SCI security clearance. This role supports the complete ASIC/FPGA development life cycle, including digital architecture, system simulation, synthesis, place and route, timing analysis, power optimization, technical documentation, and engineering leadership across multidisciplinary project teams.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the definition, design, verification, and documentation of Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) and Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) solutions throughout the hardware development life cycle.
• Develop digital hardware architectures, module interfaces, system simulations, and detailed design approaches.
• Evaluate ASIC/FPGA implementation workflows, including high-level design, logic synthesis, place and route, timing analysis, and power utilization.
• Develop test and simulation plans, establish functional verification criteria, analyze test results, and evaluate design performance.
• Evaluate semiconductor foundry technologies, device libraries, simulation tools, and vendor capabilities to support hardware development.
• Develop and maintain engineering deliverables, including technical plans, specifications, design documentation, and customer-facing work products.
• Present technical requirements, design concepts, engineering decisions, and verification results to management, engineering teams, and external customers.
• Support technical subcontract management, including Statements of Work (SOW), proposal evaluations, source selection, technical oversight, and subcontractor deliverable acceptance.
• Lead technical feasibility assessments, analyzing customer proposals, specifications, engineering documentation, and design requirements.
• Select hardware components and equipment based on technical specifications, performance, and reliability requirements.
• Apply established engineering standards, organizational processes, and development procedures throughout the ASIC/FPGA product life cycle.
• Identify and implement improvements to ASIC/FPGA engineering processes, methodologies, and technical workflows.
• Contribute to technical approaches and engineering estimates for small proposals and development initiatives.
• Lead technical tasks for small engineering teams and projects, providing guidance and direction to junior engineers.
• Establish technical objectives, resolve complex engineering challenges, and guide successful execution of major programs and projects.
• Support project planning and performance management activities using Earned Value Management (EVM) concepts, Schedule Performance Index (SPI), Cost Performance Index (CPI), Cost Account Management (CAM), and Statistical Process Control (SPC).
• Collaborate with engineering management, multidisciplinary project teams, customers, and vendors to communicate technical risks, impacts, and corrective actions.
• Identify opportunities to apply artificial intelligence (AI) to improve engineering processes, productivity, and innovation.

Qualifications:

• U.S. Citizenship is required by Federal Law
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance within a reasonable period following hire.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) field with 8+ years of job-related experience; OR a Master's degree with 6+ years of job-related experience.
• Advanced knowledge of ASIC/FPGA engineering principles, digital hardware design, development processes, and verification methodologies.
• Experience with ASIC/FPGA architecture, system simulation, detailed hardware design, and module interface development.
• Understanding of digital hardware implementation workflows, including synthesis, place and route, timing analysis, and power utilization.
• Experience developing verification plans, analyzing simulation results, and evaluating digital hardware performance.
• Ability to evaluate technical specifications, component reliability, vendor capabilities, and hardware development feasibility.
• Experience developing technical documentation, engineering specifications, design presentations, and customer deliverables.
• Knowledge of engineering project leadership principles, including SPI/CPI, Earned Value Management (EVM), Cost Account Management (CAM), and Statistical Process Control (SPC).
• Experience guiding technical activities, resolving complex engineering problems, and supporting multidisciplinary project execution.
• Ability to communicate engineering decisions, technical risks, performance impacts, and corrective actions to management, project teams, and customers.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in Agile engineering or product development environments.

Moseley Technical Services, Inc. is an AA/EEO/Veterans/Disabled Employer.