Hardware Design Engineer (RR-3)
About The Position
The Hardware Design Engineer 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. About Your New Company Legato, LLC is a dynamic small business headquartered in Columbia, near Ft. Meade, MD. Our positions include Cyber, Software, Systems, Networking, Data Science and other complex engineering capabilities. We set ourselves apart by having employees in the top of their field and who enjoy working at Legato for its attention to its employees, aggressive compensation, and upward mobility possibilities.
Requirements
- Experience designing and developing ASIC/FPGA/SoC microelectronics including simulation, verification, and debugging
- Experience with HDL coding (Verilog/VHDL)
- A deep understanding of digital logic and analog circuits
- Knowledge and understanding of computer architecture and semiconductor physics
- Knowledge of physical ASIC design and fabrication including place and route tools and semiconductor manufacturing
- Familiar with commercial software tools to build circuit schematics and simulate or verify designs (Cadence, Mentor Graphics, Synopsys, etc..)
- Twelve (12) years of experience in integrated circuit or microelectronic component design or revered engineering of the same.
- A bachelors degree in a technical discipline. In lieu of a degree, an additional five (5) years of experience, for a total of seventeen (17) years, may be substituted
- Security Clearance Required: TS/SCI w/ Polygraph
Responsibilities
- designs and tests new integrated circuits and hardware components
- 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
Benefits
- individual and family health, vision and dental benefits
- A minimum of four (4) weeks of paid time off including a week of sick leave
- Legato gives our employees 11 federal holidays off
- 401(k) employer match with no vesting schedule
- opportunity to earn referral benefits or bank hours if the contract allows
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
1-10 employees
