Systems and Test Integration Engineer - FPGA Integration & Verification
On-siteScottsdale, Arizona, United States
Job Summary
Design FPGAs for the shared test infrastructure, handling interface translation between the unit under test and the test system, and implement real-time functions like packet timestamping and precision command scheduling. Integrate and debug FPGA communication interfaces on real hardware, building and maintaining CI/CD stages that produce FPGA artifacts for the shared development environment. Collaborate with test software and hardware groups to define interfaces, coordinate integration, and align on platform capabilities while contributing to the Hardware Development Environment's evolution toward full flight-representative capability. Debug firmware issues using lab instrumentation and document designs and bring-up procedures. This role supports spacecraft payload development at General Dynamics Mission Systems in Scottsdale, AZ, requiring a TS/SCI clearance and offering a 9/80 flexible schedule.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field, plus a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree, plus 6 months of relevant experience
- Department of Defense TS/SCI security clearance is preferred at time of hire. Candidates must be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance within a reasonable amount of time from date of hire
- Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information
- U.S. citizenship is required
- 3+ years of experience in FPGA design, integration, and hardware bring-up, spanning microarchitecture definition through hardware integration
- Proficiency in SystemVerilog and/or VHDL for RTL design
- Comfortable writing designer-level testbenches to stimulate and validate your own submodules in simulation before hardware
- Ability to work at the systems level: understanding how the surrounding system drives test FPGA requirements and how the test FPGA fits into the larger test-and-integration picture
- Hands-on experience designing and integrating FPGA interfaces such as Ethernet, JESD204B/C, SPI, etc.
- Proficiency in synchronous and asynchronous design principles, timing closure, and constraint generation
- Experience with FPGA vendor toolchains (Xilinx/AMD Vivado, Lattice Diamond/Radiant, or equivalent)
- Hands-on experience integrating FPGA interfaces in a lab environment (JTAG, oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, debugging on real hardware)
- Proficiency in scripting languages such as Linux shell scripts, Python, and Tcl
- Experience with Git-based version control workflows (branching strategies, merge requests, code review)
- Experience working in Linux environments (RHEL, Ubuntu); comfortable at the command line
- Familiarity with CI/CD platforms (GitLab CI or equivalent) for FPGA build and release automation
- Experience with computer networking (Ethernet configuration, subnets, routing)
- Familiarity with agile/scrum workflows and sprint-based delivery
- Experience deriving test FPGA requirements from system-level needs: working with hardware, systems, and test engineers to define what a test FPGA has to do, not just implementing a fully-architected design
Desired Qualifications
- Exposure to verification methodologies like the Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) is a plus
- You identify opportunities to apply AI tools for continuous improvement and automation
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