General Dynamics · 3 months ago
FPGA Engineer
USA-MN-Bloomington
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$126K/yr - $133K/yr
5+ years expGeneral Dynamics Mission Systems has an immediate opening for an Advanced FPGA Engineer located in Bloomington, MN. The role involves defining, designing, verifying, and documenting advanced FPGA developments in embedded systems, while also contributing to the improvement of FPGA organizational processes.
AerospaceNational SecurityPublic Transportation
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Responsible for definition, design, verification and documentation for Advance FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) developments in embedded systems
Experience with Ethernet Frame structure & protocols
Determines architecture, system simulation and detailed design approach
Defines module interfaces and all aspects of device design and simulation
Evaluates the process flow including but not limited to high level design, synthesis, place and route, timing and power utilization
Creates test and simulation plans that establish functional criteria
Verifies test results and analyzes performance
May also review vendor capabilities, foundry technologies, device libraries and simulation tools
Participates in the improvement of the FPGA organizational processes
Supports the generation of technical engineering products by using the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the FPGA development life cycle
Contributes to the research and analysis of data, such as customer design proposal specifications, and manuals to determine feasibility of design or application
Selects components and equipment based on analysis of specifications and reliability
May provide leadership and/or direction to lower level employees
Independently determines approach to solutions
Contributes to the completion of major programs and projects
Plans and executes project tasks for activities described above
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field, plus a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience
Ability to obtain a Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required at time of hire
U.S. citizenship is required
Proficient use and understanding of FPGA engineering concepts, principles, and theories
Proficient in the principles and techniques of FPGA design
Proficient understanding of FPGA processes
Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
Proficient in System Verilog
Proficient in Vivado
Proficient in QuestaSim or ModelSim
Proficient working in Linux environment
Proficient in Git
Proficient knowledge of other related disciplines
Proficient awareness of business objectives and Engineering role in achieving
Proficient written and verbal communications skills
Ability to think creatively
Ability to multi-task
Proficient skill in communicating issues, impacts, and corrective actions
Proficient ability to recognize and clearly report information relevant to sound FPGA design
Proficient ability to develop and sell concepts and ideas
Regular contact with senior levels of internal work groups
Works under limited direction
Contact with project leaders and other professionals within the Engineering department and with project teams across the company
Some contact with external customer
Preferred
Experience with Microchip Polarfire FPGAs
Experience utilizing UVM (Universal Verification Methodology) for FPGA verification
Xilinx Versal experience
Benefits
Highly competitive benefits
Flexible work environment
Contributions are recognized and rewarded
Company
General Dynamics
General Dynamics is a defense industry contractor for shipbuilding, marine, combat and defense systems and, munitions.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$84.9M2010-09-10Grant· $30M
2009-12-30Grant· $33.6M
2009-08-05Grant· $21.3M
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