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Staff FPGA Digital Engineer - 5

Northrop GrummanChandler, AZFull-time$108,200.00 - $162,400.00

This Staff FPGA Digital Engineer will join the Space Systems Electro-Optics organization and provide technical leadership across FPGA architecture, implementation, testing, and system integration. The engineer will create HDL modules and verification environments, manage FPGA builds and constraints, analyze timing, and debug designs using simulation and laboratory equipment. The position involves close collaboration with hardware, software, algorithm, and senior technical teams, along with maintaining detailed engineering documentation and enforcing development standards. It also includes mentoring less experienced staff and addressing difficult problems across multiple assignments. This opportunity suits an experienced FPGA specialist with deep AMD Xilinx, VHDL or Verilog, interface, verification, and hardware-debugging expertise who can obtain a DoD Secret clearance.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or related field with 12 years of relevant experience, or equivalent advanced-degree experienceAbility to obtain a U.S. DoD Secret clearanceAdvanced FPGA/SoC design experience using VHDL or Verilog, especially with AMD Xilinx devicesExperience with timing, power, I/O constraints, static timing analysis, and FPGA verificationProficiency with interfaces including Ethernet, PCIe, AXI4, UART, and SDLCExpertise with Questa/ModelSim, OSVVM or UVM, and hardware debugging tools
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