FPGA DSP Firmware Design Engineer

FPGA DSP Firmware Design Engineer

Requirements

• BS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering or related degree and 2+ years of relevant experience or an MS degree in a related field and relevant experience
• Must be able to obtain a Secret security clearance
• Experience with at least one FPGA Integrated Design Environment tool set such as Xilinx Vivado and Mentor Graphics ModelSim
• Strong debug and problem solving skills
• Experience in HDL Design / Development, including: Ability to distill higher level requirements into micro-architecture, VHDL, Verilog HDL coding, Digital simulation using Modelsim/Questa or similar, Experience with designer-level test bench (VHDL or SystemVerilog)
• Familiarity with revision control (git, cvs, clearcase, etc.)
• Working knowledge of internal logic analyzer (ILA/chipscope/signaltap)
• Experience and willingness for lab testing

Responsibilities

• Analyze, design, simulate, and implement algorithms in hardware descriptor languages, HDL (VHDL, Verilog), based on customer requirements and/or MATLAB model(s)
• Collaborate with a multi-disciplined design team (electrical engineers, systems engineers and scientists) to design and integrate challenging DSP FPGA designs and RF sensor systems
• Collaborate with a multi-disciplined design team to design and integrate DSP applications for latest System on a Chip (SoC) implementations such as Xilinx Zynq Ultrascale+, Intel Stratix-10, and Xilinx RFSoC
• Analyze, design, and implement HDL test benches in hardware description languages, HDL (VHDL, Verilog), for code validation and validation against models
• Perform design constraints generation and verification as well as evaluate synthesis and timing performance reports
• Implement and validate signal processing concepts such as FFTs, channelizers, digital filters, digital modulation, digital down/up-conversion, adaptive processing, etc. into either new or existing modular HDL designs
• Analyze, design, simulate, and implement designs which interface to common signaling standards, typical IP hard macros such as SERDES, PLLS, etc. and/or protocols such PCIe, JESD204B, LVDS, etc.
• Analyze schematic diagrams for either custom or commercial-off-the shelf (COTS) electronic hardware involving high-speed digital and/or analog circuitry in associated FPGA-centric systems
• Develop and maintain requirements documents, functional specification documents, interface control documents, etc.
• Generate and maintain engineering drawings and configuration management policies for FPGA project hierarchy
• Develop project test plans and test procedures, provide test planning support, and assist in the execution of both lab testing and field testing
• Provide occasional technical support and/or field support planning, and other field support in general if needed
• Conduct experimental tests on latest FPGA and SoC evaluation boards, evaluate results, and then develop specifications for selecting next-generation components for deliverable systems
• Work on problems of diverse scope, determining methods and procedures to be used on new assignments, and providing feedback and recommendations to other technical personnel
• Interact with outside customers, suppliers, and functional peer groups
• Some travel and work at remote sites for limited time periods may be occasionally required
• Provide status reports to project managers and/or division production manager as required

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering
• Experience with DSP fundamentals and FPGA implementation
• Experience with Matlab/Simulink
• Experience with microchip EDA tools and flows (Synopsys, Cadence, etc.)
• Experience in leading a design team
• Experience in hardware design and hands-on lab debug
• Experience with SystemVerilog/UVM
• Experience with generating scripts (Perl, Tcl, Python, etc.)
• Working knowledge of C/C++
• Experience with interfaces: ADC/DACs, SerDes, PCIe, JTAG, DDRx
• Existing Secret (or above) Clearance