ASIC/FPGA/Hardware Engineer

Battelle • Columbus, OH

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

Battelle's Cyber Advanced Microsystem Solutions business unit is seeking an early-career ASIC/FPGA/Hardware Engineer to work in our Columbus, Ohio location. This role is part of an elite, multi-disciplinary team focused on developing unique embedded security solutions for government and industrial customers. The team leverages expertise in physics, computer science, electrical engineering, and mathematics to solve complex security problems. Engineers work in small, agile teams within high-powered labs equipped with specialized software and hardware to invent new Cyber solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 0-6 years of experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field of study; Master’s degree with 0-4 years of experience; or equivalent experience.
• Experience in the full life cycle of Integrated Circuit Design including processes such as, Simulation, Synthesis, Layout, and Fabrication.
• Experience in the full FPGA development flow including RTL design, simulation, synthesis, place-and-route, timing closure, and on-board validation/debug.
• Experience writing Hardware Design Languages (VHDL, Verilog, and/or SystemVerilog) for Register Transfer Logic (RTL), behavioral modeling, and testbench creation.
• Knowledge of hardware validation, debugging, and sign-off methodologies including analysis of simulation results, timing reports, code coverage, equivalence checking, static analysis, etc.
• Familiarity with one or more of the following Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools: Cadence, Synopsys, Siemens, Xilinx Vivado, Altera Quartus, Questa, Modelsim, Icarus Verilog, Verilator, etc.
• Ability to work independently and in a multi-disciplinary environment.
• Organize and follow standard operating procedures and health and safety guidelines.
• Must be a US Citizen with eligibility to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Active Top Secret Clearance with SCI eligibility.
• Experience with leading technical discussions and small IR&D tasks, demonstrating command of the technology and adequately fielding questions which arise.
• Experience building teams of technical experts across a range of skills for collaboration on hard problems and facilitating technical discussions with lower-level staff.
• An understanding of business product offerings and contributing to marketing/business development by providing technical expertise during marketing engagements as well as support business development efforts led by others.
• Experience with forming the technical approach and generating technical volumes for small proposals with minimal guidance.
• Experience with leading Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) creation and labor estimates.
• Experience with one or more of the following: Machine Learning and/or Data Mining, Trusted Electronics, Hardware Security, Side-Channel Analysis.
• Failure analysis tools, techniques, and processes.
• PCB Design.
• Experience with electronic test and measurement equipment and/or debugging operations with both High-speed interfaces, Digital Signal Processing (DSP), and Radio Frequency (RF) digital design experience.
• Experience with FPGAs containing embedded processors.
• Ability to translate ambiguous requirements into working solutions.
• Tapeout experience of mixed-signal chips.
• Programming with Python, Matlab, Labview, or C/C++/C#.
• Working knowledge of Focused Ion Beam (FIB)/ Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) capabilities.
• Reverse Engineering and Vulnerability Research of embedded systems.
• Experience with a disassembler (Ghidra, IDA Pro, BinaryNinja).
• Experience with one or more embedded instruction set architectures (ARM, RISC-V, AVR, etc).

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Advanced Microsystem Solutions team to assess the security, reliability, and trustworthiness of electronic devices, integrated circuits, and embedded systems.
• Perform and support digital circuit analysis throughout various stages of the design lifecycle (RTL, netlist, layout, firmware, bitstreams, etc.) using techniques such as static analysis, formal methods, simulation, and hardware testing/troubleshooting.
• Prototype and develop software implementations for novel research theories.
• Conduct and/or participate in assigned technical tasks and activities with minimum supervision and within time and budget constraints.
• Identify and articulate strengths and weaknesses of solutions, conclusions, and problem approaches during technical discussions.
• Present technical findings to internal and external stakeholders tailored to the client's mission.
• Contribute to rapid prototyping efforts supporting Internal Research and Development (IR&D) studies and mission-driven timelines.
• Document designs, testing, and integration processes to support reproducibility.

Benefits

• Compressed work schedule (every other Friday off).
• Hybrid work arrangement (60% in-office, 40% remote).
• Paid time off.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Wellness incentives and benefits.
• Optional supplemental benefits.
• Coverage for partners, gender-affirming care and health support, and family formation support.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company contribution.
• Tuition assistance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level