Secret-Cleared FPGA Design & Verification Engineer

PGS Worldwide•Littleton, CO

8d•$113•Onsite

About The Position

PGS Worldwide is seeking a Secret-Cleared FPGA Design & Verification Engineer in Littleton, Colorado for a one-year onsite contract-to-hire role supporting a leading aerospace & defense company. This position will support ASIC and FPGA development for advanced R&D programs, with a focus on digital signal processing, high-speed digital design, high-speed communications, and system-on-chip architectures. The engineer will contribute across design, simulation, verification, integration, and test while collaborating with systems, RF/analog, digital circuit, and ASIC/FPGA engineering teams.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline with 6–10 years of relevant experience, or master’s degree with 4–8 years of relevant experience; equivalent combined education and experience may be considered.
Experience verifying digital ASICs, FPGAs, and/or mixed-signal ASIC/FPGA designs.
HDL programming experience with VHDL, Verilog, and/or SystemVerilog.
Experience developing, testing, and integrating FPGA-based digital systems.
Experience with digital signal processing applications implemented on FPGA platforms.
Experience with high-speed digital design and high-speed communications.
Experience with system-on-chip architectures implemented on FPGA platforms.
Experience with embedded processors and COTS-based control platforms.
Experience with design, simulation, verification, integration, and testing of complex digital hardware.
Ability to collaborate across systems, RF/analog, digital circuit, and ASIC/FPGA engineering disciplines.
Active Secret or Top Secret clearance required.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading or managing ASIC development projects.
Space-system design experience.
Understanding of space-system and hardware requirements.
Experience developing automation or scripting solutions to improve FPGA development workflows.
Experience with high-speed networking concepts.
Customer-facing communication experience.
Strong self-directed learning and problem-solving skills.
Experience using AI prompting to support engineering workflows.

Responsibilities

Develop and verify FPGA and ASIC-based digital hardware for advanced R&D programs.
Support implementation of DSP, high-speed digital, high-speed communications, and system-on-chip functions.
Develop HDL using VHDL, Verilog, and/or SystemVerilog.
Perform simulation and verification of digital and mixed-signal FPGA/ASIC designs.
Integrate and test FPGA-based hardware and embedded processing platforms.
Support development of COTS-based control architectures and embedded processors.
Develop automation and scripting approaches to improve FPGA engineering efficiency.
Collaborate with systems architects and RF, analog, digital, and hardware engineers.
Support design reviews, integration activities, troubleshooting, and test execution.
Contribute to high-speed networking and complex system-development efforts.