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

General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc•Scottsdale, AZ

6d•$152,462 - $169,138

About The Position

The Sr Advanced ASIC FPGA Engineer is responsible for defining, designing, verifying, and documenting ASIC and/or FPGA developments. The role determines architecture, system simulation, and detailed design approaches; defines module interfaces and device design and simulation; and evaluates development flows, including high-level design, synthesis, place and route, timing, and power utilization. The engineer creates test and simulation plans, verifies results, analyzes performance, and may review vendor capabilities, foundry technologies, device libraries, and simulation tools. The position contributes to engineering work products, presents requirements and technical decisions to internal and external stakeholders, supports technical subcontract management, and reviews vendor capabilities. It applies and improves organizational processes throughout the program lifecycle, leads research and analysis to assess design feasibility, selects components and equipment based on specifications and reliability, and contributes to technical approaches for small proposals. The engineer provides leadership and direction to lower-level employees, leads technical tasks for small teams or projects, and guides major programs and projects. The position may be remote, onsite, or flex, and is part of the Scottsdale, Arizona team. Candidates must be able to obtain a U.S. Department of Defense TS/SCI security clearance within a reasonable time after hire; U.S. citizenship is required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering, Technology, or Mathematics field and 8+ years of job-related experience; alternatively, a master’s degree and 6+ years of job-related experience.
Must be able to obtain a U.S. Department of Defense TS/SCI security clearance within a reasonable amount of time from hire and meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
U.S. citizenship is required.
Strong knowledge of related disciplines and a strong understanding of ASIC/FPGA engineering processes.
Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to think creatively and multitask.
Strong skill in communicating issues, impacts, and corrective actions.
Ability to recognize and clearly report information relevant to sound engineering design.
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.

Nice To Haves

Agile experience.
Knowledge or experience relevant to the listed key words: verification, ASIC, FPGA, SystemVerilog, Verilog, Assertions (SVA), OVM, UVM, Digital Signal Processing (DSP), functional coverage, constrained random, formal verification, and constrained random testing.

Responsibilities

Define, design, verify, and document ASIC and/or FPGA developments.
Determine architecture, system simulation, and detailed design approaches.
Define module interfaces and all aspects of device design and simulation.
Evaluate development processes, 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 applicable.
Generate and maintain plans, specifications, design documentation, and other work products for internal use or external delivery.
Develop and present requirements, concepts, designs, decisions, and results to management, other organizations, teammates, and customers.
Contribute to technical subcontract management, including SOW development, proposal evaluation, source selection, technical oversight, and subcontractor work product evaluation and acceptance, as applicable.
Review vendor capability to support product development.
Apply organizationally defined processes throughout program or project lifecycles 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 customer design proposals, specifications, manuals, and other data to determine design or application feasibility.
Select components and equipment based on analysis of specifications and reliability.
Contribute to the technical approach on small proposals.
Provide leadership and/or direction to lower-level employees and lead technical tasks for small teams or projects.
Guide the successful completion of major programs and projects.
Identify opportunities to apply AI for continuous improvement and innovation.