Senior FPGA Engineer
$146,000–$194,000 year
On-siteCosta Mesa, California, United States
Costa Mesa, California, United StatesOn-sitePart Time$146,000–$194,000 yearSenior LevelBachelors DegreeDefense TechnologyLarge
Part TimeSenior LevelBachelors DegreeLargeDefense Technology
Job Summary
Define, own, and execute the product portfolio and roadmap for critical core technology products, leading a cross-functional engineering team to deliver robust embedded compute solutions for vehicle management, DSP, and networking. Drive the full hardware product development lifecycle from concept through sustainment for high-performance PCBs, including host boards for FPGAs, SoCs, and SoMs. Establish and optimize comprehensive product development workflows, manage detailed schedules and deliverables, and collaborate with stakeholders to ensure scalable deployment of core technology solutions.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
- 7+ years of experience designing, testing, and troubleshooting complex board designs in military, automotive or similar hardware
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional hardware and/or embedded systems product development teams, taking products from concept to deployment
- Proficiency in an HDL language (VHDL, Verilog)
- Familiarity with common MCU, CPU, FPGA devices and technologies
- Familiarity with standard interfaces such as Ethernet, CAN, I2C, SPI, PCIe, USB, etc.
- Experience in design for signal integrity / power integrity
- Knowledge of modern analog and digital electronics and electronic circuits
- Competence with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, thermal chambers, current-probes, and automation of tests
- Proficient with Altium Designer or equivalent electronic design automation design tool
- Familiarity with flight software architectures and development processes for embedded systems
- Familiarity with high reliability designs in aerospace environments
- Familiarity with aircraft systems architectures, especially with redundant systems
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance
Desired Qualifications
- Understanding of real-time operating systems (RTOS) and embedded software design principles, particularly for flight-critical applications
- Understanding and familiarity with DO-254, DO-178C, DO-160, DO-311A
- Understanding and familiarity with MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-704, MIL-STD-461
- Expertise in computer networking
- Experience with implementing enhanced security measures
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