Sr. Hardware Design/FPGA Engineer

GrammaTech, Inc.

18d•Onsite

About The Position

GrammaTech is a provider of software solutions and software research, development, and engineering services solving some of the world’s most complex security problems. GrammaTech is looking for a Sr. Hardware Design/FPGA Engineer to work onsite at customer locations. Candidates must have a Full Scope Polygraph clearance and work onsite in Central Maryland (Ft. Meade or Annapolis).

Requirements

Twelve (12) years of experience in integrated circuit or microelectronic component design or reverse engineering of the same is required.
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering from an accredited college or university is required.
Five (5) years of additional hardware design engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
Full Scope Poly clearance
Significant experience developing in C/C++
Python
Assembly (Intel or other)
Hardware Description Language experience (Verilog or VHDL)
FPGA Design
Knowledge of Ghidra

Nice To Haves

Knowledge/experience with algorithms for digital EDA tool development
Experience with hypervisor / container development
Experience with RoT techniques including TPM
Experience with firmware-level code
FPGA physical design
Experience with device characterization or PUF techniques
Experience with ASIC analog and/or digital design

Responsibilities

Assists with designing new products and processes and improving and maintaining existing products
Conducts design analysis on components and/or assemblies to assist in the development process by ensuring designs are cost efficient, manufacturable, and reliable
Communicates with the other engineering personnel to coordinate the interrelated design and assure project completion
Applies 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
Designs new products and processes and improving and maintaining existing products
Integrates 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 assists other physical designers to successfully complete their specific P&R design tasks
Work with tool and library vendors to develop solutions for designers’ P&R design challenges
Performs the deprocessing of electronic components and retrieving stored firmware or software using approved reverse engineering procedures
Leads the designs of new products and processes and improving and maintaining existing products
Provides technical leadership to less experienced engineers
Directs and checks the work of other hardware design engineers
Acts as internal consultant providing technical guidance on most complex projects
Develops novel procedures for reverse engineering of new component type