Digital Design Engineer 3

PROLIM (www.prolim.com) is currently seeking Digital Design Engineer 3 for one of our top Client for Location: San Diego, CA

Qualified candidates can directly send your updated resume and contact info via email: sameer.mithaigar@prolim.com

Job description:

Job Overview

Location: San Diego, CA (Onsite - No Telework)

Shift : 1st Shift (9/80A Schedule)

Please note : Active DoD Secret Clearance Required (Day 1)

This is a fully onsite position with no travel requirement.

Job Summary

We are hiring a Digital Design Engineer to support advanced defense and communication systems in San Diego, CA. This role focuses on FPGA-based digital circuit card design and software-defined radio (SDR) applications in a collaborative engineering environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, integrate, and test digital circuit card assemblies
• Support FPGA System-on-Chip (SoC) hardware development
• Work closely with Systems, Hardware, and Integration & Test teams
• Analyze system requirements, timing, and performance constraints
• Define PCB stack-up, routing, layout, and thermal design specifications
• Perform board-level debugging using oscilloscopes and logic analyzers
• Conduct design reviews and documentation updates

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related STEM field
• 5+ years of digital hardware design experience (3+ years with Master's degree)
• Active DoD Secret Clearance (Required at start)
• Experience with FPGA-based digital circuit card development
• Hands-on experience with Siemens Xpedition (EDA tool)
• Strong understanding of engineering development lifecycle processes
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional engineering experience
• Experience with AMD/Xilinx RFSoC platforms
• Analog/RF and digital design/test experience
• Experience with communication protocols (I2C, SPI, UART, PCIe, Ethernet)
• PCB design, component selection, and supply chain collaboration
• Worst-case digital signal analysis
• Experience with DoD communications systems

Job Type: Contract

Work Location: In person

About PROLIM Corporation

PROLIM is a leading provider of end-to-end IT, PLM and Engineering Services and Solutions for Global 1000 companies. They understand business as much as technology, and help their customers improve their profitability and efficiency by providing high value technology consulting, staffing, and project management outsourcing services.

Their IT and PLM consulting offerings include; Advisory, PLM Software/Services, Program Management, Solution Architecture Training/Staffing, Cloud Solutions, Servers/Networking, Infrastructure, ERP Practices and QA Services. Engineering services include Data Translation, CAD/CAM/CAE, Process & Product Engineering, Prototyping, and Testing/Validation within a wide range of markets and industries.