Firmware (FPGA Design) Engineer Sr

Lockheed MartinLiverpool, NY
Hybrid

About The Position

Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems in Syracuse, NY is seeking a full-time Mid Career Firmware Engineer (FPGA Design) with Modeling and Simulation experience and knowledge. In this role, you will support design and architecture development, implement FPGA designs and integrate and troubleshoot designs. You will also be involved for the innovation and deployment of algorithms, requirements, and modeling for Electronic Warfare (EW) systems related military and space applications. Lockheed Martin values your skills, training, education and background! Do you want to be part of an environment that encourages and supports employees to think big, perform with quality and build incredible products? We provide the resources, inspiration and focus - if you have the resourcefulness and courage to work hard, then we want to build a better tomorrow with you. Come and experience your future! At Lockheed you won’t be just another face in the crowd. We may think big, but we develop small. You’ll be part of a small agile team of other engineers working with other similar teams to build products larger than you thought possible while collaborating with the smartest people around. We create innovative solutions with the latest technologies. Our products keep our customers safe and bring them home to their families. We provide the resources, inspiration, and focus - if you have the resourcefulness and courage to work hard, then we want to build a better tomorrow with you.

Requirements

  • Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education, with 5 years of professional experience; or 3 years of professional experience with a related Masters degree.
  • FPGA architecture and design, with applied knowledge of either the Xilinx, Intel or Microsemi FPGA devices and their associated application environments.
  • Exercises considerable latitude in determining technical objectives, using current technology such as FPGAs, Microprocessors, DSPs, and Interface Controllers.
  • Working knowledge of Digital Signal Processing (DSP), and modeling (MATLAB or Python)
  • Familiarity with FPGA firmware development including Verilog/System Verilog/VHDL
  • Must be a US Citizen; this position will require a government security clearance.

Nice To Haves

  • Ability to weigh design options within a trade space
  • Excellent oral, written, and presentation skills.
  • Possess technical expertise to implement designs without appreciable direction.
  • C/C++
  • Estimation Theory
  • Precision Emitter Location
  • Multi-variate statistics
  • Numerical methods
  • Matlab Coder
  • Extensive VHDL/Verilog/System Verilog firmware programming capability, and having applied that knowledge on an FPGA device (Xilinx, Intel, Microsemi).
  • Having utilized Xilinx Vivado, Intel Quartus, or Microsemi Libero development platforms to successfully build and test an executable hardware implementation of code which they have written.
  • Use of the Mentor Questa HDL simulator, including UVM verification techniques.
  • Experience with MATLAB modeling is a plus.
  • Our Syracuse team has a heavy focus on Xilinx/Vivado and VHDL...advanced experience / expertise in these particular areas is a plus.
  • Higher level code development, including Nvidia CUDA, OpenCL, Simulink HDL Coder, and Xilinx System Generator are also a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Support design and architecture development
  • Implement FPGA designs
  • Integrate and troubleshoot designs
  • Innovation and deployment of algorithms, requirements, and modeling for Electronic Warfare (EW) systems related military and space applications.

Benefits

  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Life Insurance
  • Short-Term Disability
  • Long-Term Disability
  • 401(k) match
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • EAP
  • Education Assistance
  • Parental Leave
  • Paid time off
  • Holidays
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