Senior FPGA Design Engineer

Description

Are you a Senior FPGA Design Engineer whois looking to join one of the top companies within the Aerospace and Defense industry?

Are you looking to further your career and grow?

Do you have experience designing FPGA products with VHDL?

Acara Solutions is seeking highly qualified candidates to work onsite with our client in Herndon, VA.Interested?

Here's what you'd do:

Reporting to the Manager, Engineering (ASIC/FPGA), the Senior Member of Engineering Staff (SMES) will be part of the key design team, responsible for the delivery of FPGAs for defense applications.

S/he will architect, implement FPGA design, with hands-on design/debug with primarily Ethernet, I2C, SPI, AXI protocols.

Derive FPGA design specifications from system requirements

Develop a detailed FPGA architecture for implementation

Implement design in RTL (VHDL) and perform module-level simulations

Perform Synthesis, Place and Route (PAR), and Static Timing Analysis (STA)

Perform RTL quality using: Lint, Reset Domain Crossing (RDC), Clock Domain Crossing (CDC), Static Formal EDA

Generate verification test plans and perform End to end-to-end simulations

Support Board, FPGA bring up

Validate design through HW/SW integration test with test equipment

Support product collateral for NSA certification

This is a high-impact role in the organization to ensure robust quality and delivery of communication products for National Security.

Here's what you'll get:

Pay rate: $90.00-$115.00/Hour

Hours: 9/80

Length: Contract to Direct (12 Months)

Sound like a good fit?

About Acara Solutions

Acara is a premier provider of recruiting and workforce solutions, and we help companies compete for talent. With a legacy of needs in various industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to them, and customize visionary talent solutions that drive desired business outcomes. We leverage decades of experience to deliver contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide. Job Requirements

Required Skills / Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology or Chemistry or Physics or Mathematics or Data Science or Electrical or Electronics or Computer Engineering or Computer Science

Minimum of 3 years of experience designing FPGA products with VHDL

Minimum of 3 years of experience with Xilinx FPGAs and Vivado

Minimum of 3 years of experience with a Revision control system

Minimum of 3 years of experience with Earned Value Management (EVM)

Minimum of 3 years of experience in FPGA design is going through the design and verification process

Minimum of 3 years of Ethernet framing and protocol experience in FPGA

Preferred Skills / Qualifications:

Master's Degree

PhD

Experience with mapping algorithms to architecture

Experience in C++ (OOP)

Experience with any of the protocols: Ethernet, TCP/IP, PCIe, NVMe, USB

Experience with Xilinx SoC design with SDKs and PetaLinux OS

Experience with High-Level Synthesis (HLS) with Vivado HLX or Mentor Catapult 3

Good written, verbal, and presentation skills

Additional Information :

Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check and a drug screen.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

Active Secret DoD Clearance

Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.

Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.

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