Senior Electrical & FPGA Systems Engineer (Digital Design, FPGA Development & Test Systems)

Location: Tucson AZ (Onsite)
Duration: Contract
Citizenship Requirement: U.S. Citizenship Required
Security Clearance: Active U.S. Security Clearance Required (Ability to Obtain SAP)

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Electrical & FPGA Systems Engineer to support the design development integration verification and testing of advanced electronic systems for defense and missile applications. This role combines expertise in digital hardware design FPGA development embedded systems and test system engineering to support products throughout the entire lifecycle-from concept development through production deployment.

The successful candidate will work in a collaborative multidisciplinary environment and contribute to cutting-edge technologies involving digital signal processing embedded processing high-speed interfaces FPGA architectures and automated test solutions.

• Design develop analyze and integrate complex digital electronic hardware circuit card assemblies (CCAs) and FPGA-based systems.
• Translate system-level requirements into hardware and FPGA architectures specifications and detailed designs.
• Perform requirements analysis trade studies parts selection and system architecture development.
• Develop FPGA solutions using VHDL including coding simulation verification synthesis place-and-route and hardware integration.
• Design and support hardware incorporating processors FPGAs memory devices and communication interfaces.
• Create and maintain schematics electrical drawings interface definitions and design documentation.
• Support PCB design activities layout reviews signal integrity analysis and production readiness assessments.
• Design develop and integrate engineering and production test systems test fixtures interface assemblies and instrumentation solutions.
• Conduct laboratory testing hardware checkout troubleshooting debugging integration and validation activities.
• Verify designs using directed and constrained-random methodologies while tracking coverage and requirements compliance.
• Support technical reviews configuration management risk identification and schedule execution.
• Collaborate with systems engineers software engineers FPGA designers manufacturing teams and program leadership throughout the development lifecycle.

• Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering Technology.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in electrical engineering digital hardware design FPGA development or test system engineering.
• Experience designing digital electronics with processors FPGAs memory and high-speed communication interfaces.
• Experience developing FPGA solutions using VHDL.
• Experience with FPGA development and verification tools.
• Experience with PCB design processes schematic capture hardware integration and troubleshooting.
• Experience with factory and laboratory test equipment such as oscilloscopes power supplies digital multimeters network analyzers and related instrumentation.
• Ability to interpret schematics electrical drawings and interface documentation.
• Knowledge of communication protocols including Ethernet PCIe SPI I2C UART TCP/IP UDP CAN and RS-422.
• Experience taking products from concept and requirements through integration verification and production.
• Active U.S. Security Clearance and ability to obtain Special Access Program (SAP) authorization.

• Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Experience with missile systems defense electronics guidance systems signal processing radar RF or electro-optical systems.
• FPGA experience with Xilinx AMD Microsemi Altera/Intel Zynq UltraScale or similar devices.
• Experience with UVM SystemVerilog constrained-random verification and FPGA emulation platforms.
• Experience with embedded processors such as ARM MicroBlaze or Nios.
• Experience with Mentor Graphics / Siemens EDA tools including DxDesigner xDX Designer HyperLynx Xpedition and QuestaSim.
• Experience with Creo Schematic Mentor Capital Altium Designer Vivado and related design tools.
• Knowledge of software development languages such as C C or C#.
• Experience with LabVIEW SCPI-based instrument control and automated test development.
• Experience leading products from development into production.
• Experience managing technical risks schedules and cross-functional engineering teams.

• FPGA Development: Xilinx Vivado QuestaSim VHDL
• Hardware Design: DxDesigner xDX Designer HyperLynx Xpedition Altium Creo Schematic Mentor Capital
• Operating Systems: Linux
• Test & Integration: Oscilloscopes Network Analyzers Power Supplies Digital Multimeters
• Protocols: PCIe Ethernet SPI I2C UART TCP/IP UDP CAN RS-422

• Independently execute complex hardware FPGA and test system development activities with minimal supervision.
• Deliver high-quality designs that meet technical cost schedule and manufacturing requirements.
• Effectively collaborate across multidisciplinary teams to drive successful product development and deployment.
• Support programs from concept through production while maintaining compliance with established engineering processes.
  
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