FPGA Digital Design Engineer

Job Description
BAE Systems, Countermeasure & Electromagnetic Attack Solutions (CEMA) has an open position for a Principal FPGA Digital Design Engineer!

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At BAE Systems, we deliver a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. If you are an individual that enjoys a cohesive team environment and is interested in a variety of challenges across a variety of products, then we are interested in hearing from you!

Countermeasure & Electromagnetic Attack Solutions (CEMA) Hardware Engineering Group is looking for a Principal FPGA Digital Design Engineer to support FPGA designs through all phases of development. The ideal candidate is expected to perform activities including assisting in design architecture, ownership of RTL coding, synthesis, place and route, timing closure, basic test bench development, lab testing, product support and FPGA security.

Current BAE Systems employees are ineligible for sign-on bonuses.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• Current Security Clearance (Secret), or eligible to obtain one
• 6+ years of relevant experience with bachelor’s degree (less with an advanced degree)
• Experience in FPGA or ASIC Design / Development, including:
  • VHDL (preferred) or Verilog HDL coding
  • Familiarity with Xilinx Vivado or Intel/Altera Quartus
  • Experience with internal logic analyzer (ILA/chipscope/signaltap)
  • Digital simulation using Modelsim/Questa
  • Experience with static timing analysis and timing closure
  • Experience with clock domain crossing techniques
  • Experience with high-speed interfaces like SERDES, PCIe, DDR2/3/4, LVDS
  • Familiarity with revision control (GIT, CVS, Clearcase, Subversion, etc.)
  • Experience generating scripts (Perl, Tcl, Python, shell, etc.)
• Strong debug and problem-solving skills
• Lab testing support