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Umbra · 3 days ago

Senior Digital Design Engineer

Reston, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$160K/yr - $210K/yr

5+ years exp

Umbra is an American space technology company delivering advanced systems that empower customers worldwide with unmatched access to critical information from space. They are seeking a Senior Digital Design Engineer to develop HDL based digital designs and collaborate with various engineering teams to support their Mission Solutions business unit.

AerospaceGeospatialImage RecognitionInformation TechnologySatellite CommunicationSoftware

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Develop FPGA-based digital designs for radar, electronic warfare, and communications

Work with electrical and systems engineers to integrate Xilinx SoC based hardware with high-speed data converters and associated microwave transmitter and receiver chains

Continuously collaborate with the payload engineering team to address mechanical, thermal and power subsystems and interfaces

Rapidly develop prototypes and iteratively improve hardware and firmware

Prepare engineering documentation, reports, and test plans

Perform other professional duties as assigned

Qualification

FPGA designXilinx devicesVHDL/VerilogDigital design conceptsMCU/SoC softwareDigital communication systemsSystems thinkingProblem solvingCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's of Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering or equivalent

Knowledge of foundational electrical engineering, computer architecture and digital design concepts

5-8+ years of proven, relevant experience in digital design with FPGA and SoC devices

Development experience with Xilinx devices and design suite, such as Vivado, SDK and Vitis

Expertise in VHDL and/or Verilog

Experience developing MCU and SoC software in Rust or C/C++

Working knowledge of modern FPGA architectures and external interfaces, including high speed converters, DDR RAM, and Solid-State NAND and NOR based storage

Familiarity with standard physical layers for digital communication (UART, SPI, LVDS)

Comfortable working in a dynamic and fast-paced development environment