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Staff FPGA Engineer, Intelligence Systems

Reston, VA (NOVA-01)💼 Full-time💰 $220,000–$220,000🗓 2026-07-14 → 2026-07-31

Core

Developing, testing, and implementing FPGA designs on Xilinx SoC/FPGA platforms for U.S. Intelligence Community customers to address national security requirements.

Role type

Staff FPGA Engineer (Defense/Intelligence)

Builds

Specialized engineering products and capabilities for the Intelligence Community

Domain

Defense technology / FPGA hardware design

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

VHDL, Verilog, digital circuit design, Xilinx SoC design, HDL simulation, SoC hardware bring-up, high-speed comms (Ethernet, serial), signal processing

Preferred skills

SystemVerilog, safety-critical function design, FPGA interfaces and high-speed busses, team leadership, full lifecycle product development

Technologies

Xilinx SoC, Vivado, ModelSim, Quartus, ARM-based systems

Responsibilities

Integrate third-party vendor IP; participate in the entire design life cycle from requirements to board bring-up; implement signal types including high-speed comms and signal processing; ensure designs meet safety and performance standards; investigate and resolve bugs at HDL and system levels

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic impact

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