Sr Advanced ASIC FPGA Engineer-(Sign-on Bonus Available)

General Dynamics Mission Systems•Scottsdale, AZ

About The Position

General Dynamics Mission Systems is seeking a Sr Advanced ASIC FPGA Engineer for its Scottsdale, Arizona team. The position may be performed remotely, onsite, or in a flex arrangement. The engineer leads and contributes to ASIC and FPGA design and development activities, from architecture and detailed design through verification, documentation, and lifecycle process improvement. The role includes technical leadership for small teams or projects, guidance to lower-level employees, and support for major programs and projects. The engineer communicates technical requirements, concepts, decisions, and results to internal stakeholders, customers, vendors, and teammates, and identifies opportunities to apply AI for continuous improvement and innovation. Candidates must be able to obtain a U.S. Department of Defense TS/SCI security clearance within a reasonable amount of time after hire. Applicants are subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. U.S. citizenship is required due to the nature of the work.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering, Technology, or Mathematics field, plus at least 8 years of job-related experience; alternatively, a master’s degree plus at least 6 years of job-related experience.
Ability to obtain a U.S. Department of Defense TS/SCI security clearance within a reasonable amount of time from the date of hire.
Must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and be a U.S. citizen.
Strong knowledge of related disciplines and strong understanding of ASIC/FPGA engineering processes.
Strong awareness of business objectives and Engineering’s role in achieving them.
Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to think creatively and multitask.
Strong ability to communicate issues, impacts, and corrective actions.
Ability to recognize and clearly report information relevant to sound engineering design.
Strong understanding of project leadership principles, including SPI/CPI, Earned Value, Cost Account Management (CAM), and Statistical Process Controls.
Ability to resolve diverse, complex problems using ingenuity and creativity.
Agile experience is preferred, but listed under Basic Qualifications.
Key technical areas include verification, ASIC, FPGA, SystemVerilog, Verilog, Assertions (SVA), OVM, UVM, Digital Signal Processing (DSP), functional coverage, constrained random, formal verification, and constrained random testing.

Nice To Haves

Agile experience.

Responsibilities

Define, design, verify, and document ASIC and/or FPGA developments.
Determine architecture, system simulation, and detailed design approaches.
Define module interfaces and device design and simulation details.
Evaluate process flows, including high-level design, synthesis, place and route, timing, and power utilization.
Create test and simulation plans that establish functional criteria; verify test results and analyze performance.
Review vendor capabilities, foundry technologies, device libraries, and simulation tools as needed.
Generate and maintain work products such as plans, specifications, and design documentation for internal use and external customers.
Develop and present requirements, concepts, designs, decisions, and results to management, other organizations, teammates, and customers.
Contribute to technical subcontract management, including statement-of-work development, proposal evaluation, source selection, technical oversight, and evaluation and acceptance of subcontractor work products, as applicable.
Review vendor capability to support product development.
Apply organizationally defined processes throughout the program or project lifecycle and participate in improving ASIC/FPGA organizational processes.
Generate technical engineering products using applicable standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the development lifecycle.
Lead research and analysis of data, including customer design proposals, specifications, and manuals, to determine design or application feasibility.
Select components and equipment based on specification and reliability analysis.
Contribute to technical approaches for small proposals.
Provide leadership and direction to lower-level employees and lead technical tasks for small teams or projects.
Exercise latitude in determining technical objectives and guide the successful completion of major programs and projects.
Identify opportunities to apply AI for continuous improvement and innovation.