Senior FPGA Engineer

The MITRE Corporation•New Bedford, MA

7d•$126,800 - $190,200•Onsite

About The Position

MITRE’s Electronic Systems Development department is seeking to hire talented engineers with a background in FPGA and/or ASIC design to support advanced research and development projects of national significance. Qualified candidates will join a multi-disciplinary team to help support the design and implementation of proof-of-concept prototype systems on embedded hardware platforms. Our diverse set of sponsors and research objectives provide a wide variety of interesting work opportunities such as: Real-time communication and sensor systems leveraging cutting-edge FPGA technology and SDR platforms, Advanced architectures for high throughput signal processing algorithms, Tightly integrated, custom platforms targeting low size, weight, power and cost (SWaP-C) applications, and Cross-disciplinary teams of similarly bright and motivated engineers on projects of national importance. Our team specializes in rapid prototyping of advanced sensor, communication, and navigation systems on state-of-the-art embedded system platforms. This position provides an exciting opportunity to work on component development across FPGA and ASIC technologies and implementation of algorithms in SW/HW on embedded systems.

Requirements

Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
Candidates should have a strong foundation in programming and experience with one or more RTL languages such as VHDL, Verilog/System Verilog, and a solid background with RTL synthesis and simulation tools
Experience implementing complex embedded systems
Experience with industry standard best practices for design, verification, test, and deployment
Experience integrating third-party Intellectual Property (IP) into custom designs
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.
Capable of obtaining and maintaining a DoD Secret security clearance
This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site

Nice To Haves

M.S. or PhD in Electrical and/or Computer Engineering or similar field
Experience deploying on cutting-edge, reconfigurable SoC platforms (AMD Xilinx MPSoC, AMD Xilinx RFSoC, AMD Xilinx Versal, Intel Agilex SoC)
Experience working across all phases of digital design, including architecture, implementation, verification, test, documentation, and version control
Exposure to leading edge process nodes and foundries including GlobalFoundries, Intel, and TSMC
Solid understanding of processor interface techniques such as memory mapped peripherals and interrupts
Experience with scripting languages and build tools (TCL, Python, CMake)
Understanding of microelectronic circuits and transistors
Experience in EDA ASIC design tools including synthesis, timing closure, and place & route
Basic understanding of signal processing concepts and exposure to MATLAB
Demonstrated technical leadership in FPGA design and verification methodologies (UVM, OVM)
Exposure to hardware emulation platforms such as Cadence Palladium and Siemens Veloce