Engineer IV bei General Atomics

• Design and implement FPGA-based solutions for high-speed digital processing, signal processing, and control systems.
• Develop and optimize FPGA architectures, including RTL (Register Transfer Level) coding, simulation, synthesis, and timing analysis.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure FPGA designs meet system-level performance, reliability, and cost requirements.
• Participate in design reviews, requirements analysis, and test procedure development to ensure compliance with industry standards and best practices.
• Support integration and testing of FPGA designs, including debugging and troubleshooting hardware and firmware issues.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, including design specifications, test plans, and analysis reports.
• Stay current on industry trends and advancements in FPGA technologies, and proactively identify opportunities for innovation and technology insertion.
• Work with GA engineering staff and chief engineers on concept development, prototype design, and integration of FPGA solutions for satellite systems, advanced sensors, and other high-technology products.
• Demonstrate experience in improving legacy systems and developing new FPGA-based systems.
• Perform FPGA engineering analyses, document findings, communicate results to engineering and program management staff, and provide technical presentations.
• Function in an advisory or leadership role for a project/program, providing planning, direction, and oversight to less experienced staff or teams in technical efforts involving FPGA-based systems.
• Evaluate integration of FPGA solutions within broader system architectures and ensure appropriate documentation, testing, and updates are completed.
• Plan for future applications of FPGA solutions based on new developments in engineering technology.
• Communicate with colleagues and management throughout solution development and deployment cycles.
• Perform other duties as assigned or required.

Job Qualifications:

• Typically requires a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, or PhD in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution and progressive engineering experience as follows: six or more years of experience with a bachelor’s degree, four or more years of experience with a master’s degree, or two or more years with a PhD. Equivalent engineering experience may be substituted in lieu of education.

Required Experience:

• Expertise in FPGA design, including RTL coding (e.g., Verilog, VHDL) and development for high-speed data processing applications.
• Experience with FPGA tools such as Xilinx Vivado, Libero, or similar platforms.
• Proficiency in simulation tools for FPGA verification (e.g., ModelSim, QuestaSim).
• Embedded processing and controls; analysis, design, and implementation of hardware systems to include digital, analog, and RF is required; guiding a design through development and into production.

Desired Skills (ranked high to low):

• Experience with PCB Design Software (e.g., Altium, PADS), SPICE circuit simulation tools, and signal integrity tools (e.g., HyperLynx, ANSYS).
• Familiarity with scripting languages (e.g., Python, Tcl) for FPGA tool automation.
• Knowledge of high-speed communication protocols (e.g., PCIe, Ethernet, DDR, SERDES).
• Demonstrated technical expertise and application of engineering principles, concepts, theory, and practice, with the ability to organize, plan, schedule, conduct, and coordinate workloads to meet established deadlines or milestones.
• Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills to effectively interface with other departments, customers, government representatives, and/or professionals.
• Capable of representing the organization as a prime technical contact.
• Customer-focused and able to formulate plans based on the development of innovative new designs in resolving advanced technical engineering problems.
• Must be able to work on a self-initiated basis or in a team environment.
• Must be able to prepare and conduct detailed technical presentations and reviews for all levels of management, professional and support staff, customers, potential customers, and government representatives.

Additional Requirements:

• Must be customer-focused and able to work on a self-initiated basis or in a team environment, with the ability to work extended hours and travel as required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD TS/SCI security clearance is required.