FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array Engineer

FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) Engineer Rockford IL ONSITE

Salary Around k Cyient benefits (if you need to go slightly higher in salary then go ahead but please remember candidates can get dropped due to salary)

Job Description

The Electrical Engineer designs tests and documents safetycritical hardware Responsible for developing and supporting FPGA/CPLD designs through all phases of design and system integration for highreliability embedded aerospace and ground based vehicle systems applications

Responsibilities

• Perform activities such as requirements generation design RTLsynthesis test bench development and design simulation static timing and power analysis and requirements based design verification
• Prototype evaluation designtocost tradeoffs design reviews qualification test support system integration support production and obsolescence support tasks
• Maintain the desire to stay current in the continuously developing field and to expand knowledge base and skills in FPGA design and digital hardware engineering
• Works with hardware engineers and senior management to enhance existing applications and build additional applications
• Designs and develops hardware systems
• Tests and modifies hardware to ensure it meets specifications and requirements
• Understands and utilizes internal processes and tools for the development of hardware
• Decisions may have minor impact on cost schedule and technical performance
• Contributes to engineering estimates on simple hardware designs
• Improved depth of product domain knowledge
• Bachelors Degree and years work experience or Masters Degree and years of work experience

Required Skills and Education

• years circuit design experience with the demonstrated ability to design HDLbased 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
• Handson hardware build test and integration experience
• Motivated selfstarter with the ability to effectively work in a team environment
• Excellent problem solving skills judgment and analytical capability along with followup and monitoring skills
• Strong written and oral presentation skills
• Familiarity with FPGA integration into digital circuit card designs to ensure electrical integrity of FPGA design in embedded applications
• Up to % Travel
• Minimum Training/Education BSEE
• US Citizenship Preferred due to nature of position

Preferred Skills and Education

• Experience with any of the following is a plus
• Design experience with Microprocessor/Microcontroller interfaces such as IC SPI CAN bus ARINC memory interfaces such as SDRAM controllers Flash SRAM serial interfaces (MILSTD ARINC RS RS AFDX ARINC) and FPGA design using Microsemi Xilinx Lattice Altera etc
• Familiarity with RTCADO absolutely required hardware development objectives
• Design tools such as Synplify ModelSim Questasim
• Experience with highspeed 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 (ie DOORS) Configuration Management and Problem Reporting tools
• Knowledge of commercial certification objectives and activities
• Experience with development of formal validation and verification procedures
• Flight critical flybywire Flight Controls Actuators Air Data Systems Pilot Inceptors Inertial Sensors and/or Autopilot systems