Information Assurance Hardware Design Engineer

Swift•Annapolis Junction, MD

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Swift is seeking an Information Assurance Hardware Design Engineer in Annapolis Junction, MD. This role involves designing and testing integrated circuits and hardware components for signal processing applications and research. The engineer will design, document, and develop code (including firmware) for digital signal processors or other programmable hardware devices such as ASICs and FPGAs. Responsibilities include designing, testing, simulating, and verifying new integrated circuits or hardware components, and providing detailed engineering reports, datasheets, and test plans. The role also requires documenting the design process.

Requirements

Level 1: One (1) year of experience as a HDE in integrated circuit or microelectronic component design is required
Level 1: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering from an accredited college or university is required
Level 1: Four (4) years of additional hardware design engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree
Level 2: Six (6) years of experience as a HDE in integrated circuit or microelectronic component design is required
Level 2: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering from an accredited college or university is required
Level 2: Four (4) years of additional hardware design engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree
Level 3: Twelve (12) years of experience as a HDE in integrated circuit or microelectronic component design is required
Level 3: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering from an accredited college or university is required
Level 3: Five (5) years of additional hardware design engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree
Level 4: Fifteen (15) years of experience as a HDE in integrated circuit or microelectronic component design is required
Level 4: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering from an accredited college or university is required
Level 4: Four (4) years of additional hardware design engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree
Level 4: A Master’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science may be substituted for two (2) years of experience
Level 4: A PhD in Engineering or Computer Science may be substituted for four (4) years of experience
US citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance required

Responsibilities

Assist with designing new products and processes and improving and maintaining existing products
Communicate with the other engineering personnel to coordinate the interrelated design and assure project completion
Conduct design analysis on components and assemblies to assist in the development process by ensuring designs are cost efficient, able to be manufactured, and reliable
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
Design new products and processes and improving and maintaining existing products
Work with tool and library vendors to develop solutions for designers’ P&R design challenges
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
Lead the designs of new products and processes and improve and maintain existing products
Provide technical leadership to less experienced engineers
Perform Security Verification Testing and Certification to meet Type I Information Assurance Certification standards
Produce security evaluation documentation to support new ASIC and FPGA designs
Review Very High Speed Integrated Circuit (VHSIC) Hardware Description Language (VHDL) code and provide security recommendations
Perform full scan to test an ASIC and FPGA
Evaluate, review, and test security code
Direct and check the work of other hardware design engineers