FPGA Hardware Design Engineer

Amentum•Hanover, MD

3d•$200,000 - $260,000•Onsite

About The Position

This position is for a team of three contractors that work directly with our customer on custom solutions for technical challenges identified by our field sites. This position is for a candidate that designs and test new integrated circuits and hardware components for a wide variety of signal processing applications and research. Designs, documents, and develops code (to include firmware) for digital signal processors or other programmable hardware devices such as Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) and Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) hardware. Analyzes the function of existing integrated circuits and hardware components for the purpose of reverse engineering the hardware and firmware. Conducts the necessary hardware engineering and related functions to modify and adapt vendor manufactured hardware to meet special government needs and contingencies.

Requirements

12 years of experience as a HDE in integrated circuit or microelectronic component design or reverse engineering of the same is required.
10 years : Programming in VHDL
8 Years : Programming in Xilinx FPGAs- any combination of VIRTEX-II Pro, VIRTEX-4, VIRTEX-5 or VIRTEX 6
5 Years: Programming on Linux platforms
5 years: Experience with XILINX ISE, Synplify Pro, and Modeltechs Modelsim
8 years at 50%: Experience writing pin-level VHDL and clocking constraint files
1 year: Programming in one or more of the following scripting languages: PERL, sh, bash, or python
5 Years: Using linux or Unix for day-to-day activities.
Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering or related technical discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
Twelve (12) years of experience is required.
Five additional years of experience are required if the candidate does not have a Bachelors degree in a technical field.

Nice To Haves

Experience writing Interface Control Documents (ICDs)
Experience with Microsoft office Tools (word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Three or more years of experience using one or more of the following revision control applications: git, Subversion (SVN), CVS, ClearCase
One or more years of experience generating and documenting design specifications of system-level components in a UML-based tool (e.g. Confluence/Gliffy)
Two or more years of experience with test-driven development

Responsibilities

Designs and tests new integrated circuits and hardware components for a wide variety of signal processing applications and research.
Designs, documents, and develops code (to include firmware) for digital signal processors or other programmable hardware devices such as Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) and Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) hardware.
Analyzes the function of existing integrated circuits and hardware components for the purpose of reverse engineering the hardware and firmware.
Conducts the necessary hardware engineering and related functions to modify and adapt vendor manufactured hardware to meet special government needs and contingencies.
Assist with designing new products and processes and improving and maintaining existing products.
Conduct design analysis on components and/or assemblies to assist in the development process by ensuring designs are cost efficient, able to be manufactured, and reliable.
Communicate with the other engineering personnel to coordinate the interrelated design and assure project completion.
Apply ASIC or FPGA place and route (P&R) tools with various libraries to create physical implementations of designs.
Develop and maintain documentation for the P&R design flows.
Assist with de-processing electronic components and retrieving stored firmware or software using approved reverse engineering procedures.
Design new products and processes and improving and maintaining existing products.
Integrate new P&R tools, P&R tool updates, and ASIC or FPGA design libraries into Government’s computer aided design environment, documents the use of those tools and libraries, and Assist other physical designers to successfully complete their specific P&R design tasks.
Work with tool and library vendors to develop solutions for designers’ P&R design challenges.
Perform the de-processing of electronic components and retrieving stored firmware or software using approved reverse engineering procedures and develops improved procedures.
Lead the designs of new products and processes and improve and maintain existing products.
Provide technical leadership to less experienced engineers.
Direct and check the work of other hardware design engineers.
Act as internal consultant providing technical guidance on most complex projects.
Oversee the de-processing of electronic components and retrieving stored firmware or software using approved reverse engineering procedures.
Develop novel procedures for reverse engineering of new component types.
Amentum enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment. As appropriate, each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements and fulfilling all self-aid/buddy aid responsibilities, participating in emergency response tasks and serving on safety committees and teams.
Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone to our goal of customer satisfaction. It is our policy to consistently provide services that meet customer expectations. Accordingly, each employee must conform to the Amentum Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable Amentum Quality System documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand his/her Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction responsibilities.
Each employee must read, understand and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures and policies pertaining to his/her job.