General Dynamics · 3 months ago
Senior FPGA Engineer
USA-MN-Bloomington
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expGeneral Dynamics Mission Systems has an opening for a Senior Advanced FPGA Engineer in Bloomington, MN. The role involves defining, designing, verifying, and documenting FPGA developments, as well as leading technical tasks and 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 FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) developments
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
Contributes to the generation and maintenance of work products (i.e. plans, specifications, design documentation, etc.) used for internal consumption and/or deliverable to external customers
Develops and presents requirements, concepts, designs, decisions and results to internal management, other organizations, teammates and customers
May contribute to technical subcontract management that may include SOW development, proposal evaluation, source selection, technical oversight, and subcontractor work product evaluation and acceptance
Reviews vendor capability to support product development
Applies a strong understanding of the organizationally defined processes throughout the lifecycle of the program or project
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 development life cycle
Leads 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
Contributes to the technical approach on small proposals
Provides leadership and/or direction to lower level employees
Leads technical tasks for small teams or projects
Exercises latitude in determining technical objectives of assignments
Guides the successful completion of major programs and projects
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering, Technology or Mathematics field
8+ years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree plus 6 years of job-related experience
Ability to obtain a Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required at time of hire
U.S. citizenship is required
Strong knowledge of other related disciplines
Strong understanding of FPGA engineering processes
Very experienced with Microchip Polarfire FPGAs
Very experienced in utilizing UVM (Universal Verification Methodology) for FPGA verification
Very experienced using SystemVerilog for FPGA development
Strong awareness of business objectives and Engineering's role in achieving
Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
Strong written and verbal communications skills
Ability to think creatively
Ability to multi-task
Strong skill in communicating issues, impacts, and corrective actions
Strong ability to recognize and clearly report information relevant to sound engineering design
Strong understanding of basic project leadership principles including SPI/CPI, Earned Value, Cost Account Management (CAM), and Statistical Process Controls
Provides resolution to problems to a diverse range of complex problems which require the use of ingenuity and creativity
Frequent contact with managers within and outside of Engineering
Frequent contact with project teams across the company
Frequent contact with external customers and vendors
Occasional contact with Business Development
Preferred
Agile experience preferred
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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