General Dynamics · 13 hours ago
Advanced FPGA Engineer
USA-VA-Manassas
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$123K/yr - $136K/yr
5+ years expGeneral Dynamics is a leading company in engineering high technology solutions and products for defense and scientific arenas. They are seeking an FPGA Engineer to join their Air and Missile Defense program, focusing on developing the next generation AN/SPY-6 radar for the U.S. Navy, with responsibilities including advanced FPGA design, development, and testing.
AerospaceNational SecurityPublic Transportation
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Leading and contributing to advanced FPGA design, development, debugging, and testing projects
Collaborating with a dynamic team on cutting-edge technologies and innovative solutions
Hands-on experience with industry-standard tools like AMD Vivado and simulation tools such as QuestaSim
Opportunities to tackle complex technical challenges and make a significant impact
A supportive and flexible work environment that fosters professional growth
Responsible for definition, design, verification, documentation, development, maintenance and debug of several classified FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array)
Determines architecture, system simulation and detailed design approach
Defines module interfaces and all aspects of devise 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 ASIC/FPGA organizational processes
Review, modify and debug existing RTL code and cores in an effort to find, understand and repair complex problems reports at several different Radar test sites
Participate in a fast paced environment that supports several geographically dispersed Radar test sites
Participate in daily customer call in an effort to provide suggestions to help resolve and diagnosis problems that may be difficult to recreate in simulation or with test hardware available in our labs
Supports the generation of technical engineering products by using the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the ASIC/FPGA development life cycle
Some Travel may be required
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering, Technology or Mathematics field
5+ years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree and 3 years of job-related experience
5+ years hardware development experience using FPGAs, microprocessors, high speed digital circuits in embedded designs
3+ years of experience with FPGA designs, VHDL and/or Verilog
Experience working with FPGA soft CPU cores similar to Xilinx microblaze
Experience with AMD/Xilinx ISE, Vivado, Vitis, Chipscope FPGA tools; experience with Altera tools will be considered
Experience with designing/debugging high speed interfaces (10GE, 1GE, aurora, PCIe, RLDRAM, DDRx)
Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required at time of hire
U.S. citizenship is required
Preferred
Experience working with/in a Linux OS environment
Experience with high speed digital electronics, proper timing and debugging capabilities
Embedded software development and/or digital board design experience
An understanding of Digital Signal Processing (DSP) techniques and layout of high-speed digital boards
Knowledge of Ethernet networking and packet structure
Working Knowledge of lab test equipment (scopes, multimeters, spectrum analyzers, etc.)
Basic knowledge of C/C++ programming
Experience with WireShark or similar tools
Basic knowledge of RF technology and Radar operations
Benefits
401k matching
Flex time off
Paid parental leave
Healthcare benefits
Health & wellness programs
Employee resource and social groups
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
Leadership Team
Lauren Bradshaw, SHRM-CP
Global Mobility Business Partner/ EAP
Matthew Brandon, MSHR
Manager, Sr HR Business Partner
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