FPGA Engineer

Elite Technical•Minneapolis, MN

28d

About The Position

Our client, a leading federal defense contractor has multiple openings for FPGA Engineers in their Bloomington, MN office. The FPGA Engineers will be part of a team to build FPGA's that will go on to different types of network cards. They will be processing traffic/data through a network. Duties and Tasks: - Determines architecture, system simulation and detailed design approach - Defines module interfaces and all aspects of device design and simulation - Evaluates the process flow including but not limited to high level design, synthesis, place and route, timing and power utilization - Creates test and simulation plans that establish functional criteria - Verifies test results and analyzes performance - May also review vendor capabilities, foundry technologies, device libraries and simulation tools - Participates in the improvement of the FPGA organizational processes - Supports the generation of technical engineering products by using the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the FPGA development life cycle - Contributes to the research and analysis of data, such as customer design proposal specifications, and manuals to determine feasibility of design or application - Selects components and equipment based on analysis of specifications and reliability - May provide leadership and/or direction to lower level staff members - Independently determines approach to solutions - Contributes to the completion of major programs and projects - Plans and executes project tasks for activities described above

Requirements

Must be US Citizen due to government requirement
Must have an Interim Secret Clearance prior to starting (active Secret preferred)
Requires a Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, or a STEM field and 5+ years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree plus 3 years of job-related experience.
Must have FPGA with System Verilog
Must have networking to include ethernet and packet processing
Highly proficient in the principles and techniques of FPGA design
Highly proficient understanding of FPGA processes
Highly proficient in FPGA design tools
Highly proficient ability to recognize and clearly report information relevant to sound FPGA design
Highly proficient in Microsoft Office applications
Highly proficient written and verbal communications skills
Ability to think creatively
Ability to multi-task
Works under limited direction
Regular contact with senior levels of internal work groups
Contact with project leaders and other professionals within the Engineering department and with project teams across the company
Some contact with external customers

Nice To Haves

UVM is highly desirable
Microchip Polarfire is a plus

Responsibilities

Determines architecture, system simulation and detailed design approach
Defines module interfaces and all aspects of device design and simulation
Evaluates the process flow including but not limited to high level design, synthesis, place and route, timing and power utilization
Creates test and simulation plans that establish functional criteria
Verifies test results and analyzes performance
May also review vendor capabilities, foundry technologies, device libraries and simulation tools
Participates in the improvement of the FPGA organizational processes
Supports the generation of technical engineering products by using the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the FPGA development life cycle
Contributes to the research and analysis of data, such as customer design proposal specifications, and manuals to determine feasibility of design or application
Selects components and equipment based on analysis of specifications and reliability
May provide leadership and/or direction to lower level staff members
Independently determines approach to solutions
Contributes to the completion of major programs and projects
Plans and executes project tasks for activities described above