Sr Electrical Engineer II / Principle Engineer - FPGA Design

Job Description

Job Description: Senior Electrical Engineer II - FPGA Design
The Radar Electronics and Controls Department in the Electrical Design Directorate (EDD) at Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) is seeking an Electrical Engineer with strong Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) design skills to join our team. This engineer will develop and implement the firmware (FW) for interface communications, controls and/or data processing applications. The individual is expected to work in a team environment and on diverse projects. The individual will be required to provide development support throughout the product lifecycle, from initial concept to acceptance delivery to maintenance. This position can be a salary grade senior electrical engineer II or principle electrical engineer depending on experience.
U.S. Citizenship status is required as this position will need a U.S. Security Clearance within 1 year of start date.
Applicant will work as part of a highly motivated team environment, and will be collaborating with cross-functional project teams making up a larger program or internal research and development efforts. Our engineers are assigned to a manager of approximately 20 employees with similar skills. Each section manager is responsible for their members’ performance, career development, and assigning tasks that balance the employees’ interests with current needs of the project teams.
Required Skills:

• Minimum of 6 years of professional experience designing complex FPGAs using VHDL/Verilog
• Experience in Xilinx Programmable Devices (Virtex and Spartan Families) or Altera programmable devices (Cyclone, Stratix and Max)
• Experience using VHDL simulation tools ModelSim or NCSim
• Experience using synthesis tools including Synplify and back-end tools including Xilinx ISE/Vivado, Altera Quartus and others
• Experience working in teams and have the ability to multi-task
• Ability to work with a diverse team of engineers
• Experience in high speed interfaces such as SRIO, Aurora Experience with Timing Closure and utilizing Chipscope
• Experience and knowledge developing requirements for Firmware products
• Working knowledge of Configuration Management principles, environments and tools
• Working knowledge in common computer hardware interface and data protocols such as RS-422, USB, PCIe, etc.
• Working knowledge and experience with configuration management tools such as Synergy, Clearcase, or git
• Candidates must be able to develop technical solutions to complex problems that require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity

Desired Skills:

• Understanding of computer architecture and computer hardware optimization techniques
• Working knowledge/course work of signal & image processing, digital communications and/or control theories
• Proficiency in Linux
• Working knowledge in the integration of software drivers for the operation of computer hardware interfaces a plus
• Working knowledge of C/C++ and/or in computer scripting language such as Shell/Perl/Python a plus

Required Education (including Major):

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent (advanced degree a plus)

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