Firmware Engineer

HIDDEN LEVEL INC•Syracuse, NY

4d•$84,000 - $90,000•Hybrid

About The Position

At Hidden Level, we’re building the future of airspace awareness through cutting-edge RF sensing technology. Our mission is to make the world safer—whether it’s protecting troops, securing infrastructure, or enabling smarter cities. We design, manufacture, and deploy advanced sensor systems that deliver real-time insights for defense and commercial applications. As we expand, we’re looking for a Firmware Design Engineer to develop FPGA-based solutions for Hidden Level’s advanced RF sensing systems. In this role, you will design, simulate, and test digital logic for data acquisition, signal processing, hardware control, and high-speed communications. You will collaborate across engineering teams to develop and integrate solutions for testing in laboratory and field environments.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
Proficiency with VHDL and/or Verilog to configure FPGAs and other embedded systems.
Understanding of synchronous digital design, such as finite state machines, pipelining, combinatorial and sequential logic.
Ability to create testbenches and use simulation to verify RTL behavior.
Ability to travel 10%

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with AMD FPGAs, the Vivado design environment and their capabilities
Experience writing thorough, self-checking testbenches for automated unit-tests
Familiarity with source control, preferably Git.
Excellent written and oral communication skills, coupled with the ability to listen, question, and understand stakeholder needs.
Experience with or the willingness to learn about: Communication, Radar, and other Sensor systems
Real-time control of RF front-end, memories, high-speed interfaces, and other hardware components
Matlab, Simulink, HDL Coder, IP Integrator, and Xilinx System Generator
Digital Signal Processing, Software Defined Radios, and RF System Design

Responsibilities

Work in a small, dedicated team passionate about solving challenging problems and delivering results.
Collaborate with Software, Systems, Mechanical, and RF engineers to design new and improve existing systems.
Participate in collaborative, cross-functional design and code reviews.
Aid in the creation and review of requirements and develop solutions to meet design goals.
Architect and design digital logic solutions for the latest AMD FPGA and SoC devices such as Zynq Ultrascale+ and Zynq Ultrascale+ RFSoCs.
Design and implement HDL components for data acquisition, digital signal processing, command and control, external hardware interfaces, high-speed communication protocols such as Ethernet and PCIe, and more.
Perform timing closure and create well-constrained, maintainable solutions that are easily extensible and employ an efficient use of resources.
Integrate and test new designs in simulation, lab, and field environments.
Use Python, TCL, and other scripting languages to automate and improve workflows.