Digital Design Engineer, Air Dominance and Strike
Core
Design and integrate RTL for FPGA and SoC platforms used in high-performance embedded systems, avionics, and mission-critical hardware for autonomous air platforms.
Role type
Senior IC FPGA Design Engineer
Builds
Flight-critical electronics, PCB assemblies, and FPGA-based processing architectures for next-generation autonomous air platforms
Domain
Defense / Avionics / Embedded Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
VHDL, Verilog, SystemVerilog, FPGA design, RTL implementation, simulation, synthesis, timing closure, hardware debugging, Linux development, Git workflows, Tcl/Python scripting
Preferred skills
Major functional block ownership, AMD/Intel/Lattice FPGA environments, embedded systems co-design, high-speed interfaces (PCIe, Ethernet, JESD204), DO-254 standards, CI/CD flows
Technologies
FPGA, SoC, VHDL, Verilog, SystemVerilog, Linux, Git, Tcl, Python, Jira
Responsibilities
Design and implement RTL for FPGA and SoC-based systems; Translate system requirements into microarchitecture and implementation plans; Own FPGA designs from architecture through integration and timing closure; Develop and execute simulation, synthesis, and implementation flows; Debug functional, timing, and integration issues in simulation and on hardware; Support board bring-up, lab validation, and system integration; Collaborate with hardware, embedded software, systems, and verification engineers
Seniority
Mid-level to Senior, hands-on IC