Senior Firmware Engineer
Core
Develop, verify, and certify complex FPGA hardware designs for defense mission systems under DO-254 DAL A compliance.
Role type
Senior IC firmware/hardware engineer (FPGA)
Builds
Certified FPGA hardware solutions for defense mission systems
Domain
Defense / Aerospace / Digital Logic
Required skills
FPGA design, RTL coding (VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog), DO-254 compliance, verification planning, testbench creation, timing analysis, tool qualification
Preferred skills
Digital circuit architecture, resource trade-offs, revision control (Git/Subversion)
Technologies
FPGA, SystemVerilog, Verilog, VHDL, ModelSim, Synplify, Quartus, Vivado, DOORS
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain hardware requirements traceable to system-level specs; Design and implement complex FPGA hardware; Conduct rigorous functional testing and quantitative analysis; Evaluate and qualify design/verification tools; Document design decisions and traceability matrices; Collaborate with systems engineers and certification authorities
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC