Job opening
FPGA Engineer
Filed under Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
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Location: Fullerton, CA & El-Segundo, CA
Clearance: Active Secret required (Top Secret acceptable if willing to work at Secret level)
Duration: 1 year (Possible extension)
Job Description:
FPGA & ASIC Design Solutions team supporting next‑generation military GPS and high‑reliability digital systems. We are seeking experienced and motivated Senior Electrical or Computer Engineers with strong FPGA/ASIC design or verification backgrounds to contribute across requirements capture, digital architecture, RTL design, verification, and lab integration.
Key Responsibilities:
Design & Architecture:
- Requirements capture and development of FPGA/ASIC digital architectures.
- RTL design and implementation in VHDL or Verilog.
- Timing analysis and closure on high‑speed digital systems.
- Resource trade‑off analysis and design optimization.
Verification:
- Testbench development using VHDL or SystemVerilog / UVM
- Functional verification of RTL blocks and subsystems.
- Support constrained-random, functional coverage, and best‑practice verification methodologies.
Integration & Lab Work:
- Hands-on FPGA/ASIC validation using advanced lab equipment.
- Work within secure, air‑gapped environments for system bring-up.
- Integration support with multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Required Qualifications:
- Active Secret clearance at start.
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- Expertise in FPGA design and/or verification.
- Strong VHDL experience.
- Proficiency with Intel/Altera FPGA tools (preferred), Modelsim, Synopsys, and/or FPGA vendor toolchains.
- Experience with high‑speed digital systems, interfaces, and signal processing.
- Ability to work independently and communicate clearly in documentation and presentations.
- Strong hands‑on lab experience (non‑negotiable)
Desired Skills:
- SystemVerilog + UVM verification
- ASIC experience (nice-to-have)
- Design-for-Test (DFT) and manufacturability knowledge
- Unix/Linux, scripting, C/C++, or Perl experience.