FPGA Engineer

r. FPGA Engineer 5+ Years in Aerospace and DO-254 experience.
Location: Melbourne, Florida
Duration: Contract & Fulltime both 

Job Description

The Electrical Engineer designs, tests and documents safety-critical hardware.  Responsible for developing and supporting FPGA/CPLD designs through all phases of design and system integration for high-reliability embedded aerospace and ground based vehicle systems applications.

Responsibilities:

Perform activities such as requirements generation, design, RTL-synthesis, test bench development and design simulation, static timing and power analysis, and requirements based design verification.
Prototype evaluation, design-to-cost tradeoffs, design reviews, qualification test support, system integration support, production and obsolescence support tasks.
Bachelor’s Degree andstrong work experience or Master’s Degree and 8+ years of work experience.
 

Required Skills:

5+  years circuit design experience, with the demonstrated ability to design HDL-based FPGAs and CPLDs.
Knowledge of digital electronic devices and circuit design principles.  Experience using design/analysis tools, such as Timing Designer and Hyperlynx a plus.
Hands-on hardware build, test, and integration experience.
Motivated self-starter with the ability to effectively work in a team environment.
Excellent problem solving skills, judgment, and analytical capability, along with follow-up and monitoring skills.
Strong written and oral presentation skills.
Experience with Matlab and Simulink for auto-generation of FPGA code
Familiarity with FPGA integration into digital circuit card designs to ensure electrical integrity of FPGA design in embedded applications.
10-12 years’ work experience
Up to 25% Travel
Minimum Training/Education: BSEE
US Citizenship Required
 

Preferred Skills and Education

Experience with any of the following is a plus:
Design experience with Microprocessor/Microcontroller interfaces such as I2C, SPI, CAN bus ARINC-825, memory interfaces such as SDRAM controllers, Flash, SRAM; serial interfaces (MIL-STD-1553, ARINC-429, RS422, RS485, AFDX ARINC-664) and FPGA design using Microsemi, Xilinx, Lattice, Altera, etc.
Experience with RTCA/DO-254 hardware development objectives
Design tools such as Synplify, ModelSim, Questasim
Experience with high-speed Digital circuit card design, including part placement and routing, constraint generation, and signal integrity analysis.
Experience with VHDL, System Verilog designs and UVM test benches
Experience with state machines, code coverage
Experience with Requirements Management tools (i.e. DOORS), Configuration Management, and Problem Reporting tools.