Engineer Digital 3

PROLIM (www.prolim.com) is currently seeking Engineer Digital 3 for one of our top Client for Location: San Diego, CA (100% Onsite)

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

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Engineer Digital 3 (FPGA / VHDL)

Clearance: Secret Clearance Required

Location: San Diego, CA (100% Onsite)

Employment Type: Contract (6-12 Months)

Pay Rate: Up to $145/hour on W2

Security Clearance: Active Secret Clearance Required

Client: Northrop Grumman

About the Opportunity

PROLIM is seeking an experienced Engineer Digital 3 for one of our top clients, Northrop Grumman, in San Diego, CA. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to advanced defence and mission-critical programs by developing and integrating FPGA-based digital solutions for Software Defined Radio (SDR) platforms. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in VHDL, FPGA development, digital verification, and communication protocols within a defence or aerospace environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, integrate, and test VHDL-based FPGA digital designs for Software Defined Radio (SDR) applications.
• Develop FPGA firmware using industry-standard FPGA development environments and tools.
• Collaborate with Systems Engineering, Digital Engineering, Hardware, and Integration & Test teams.
• Participate in Agile and/or Waterfall development methodologies.
• Analyse system requirements, timing, and performance to resolve design challenges.
• Develop and execute VHDL verification strategies and test benches.
• Support FPGA integration, debugging, validation, and timing closure activities.
• Translate system requirements into FPGA design documentation and test specifications.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related STEM field with 5+ years of relevant experience, or Master's degree with 3+ years of experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with VHDL design and verification.
• Experience with FPGA development environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong understanding of engineering development processes.
• Active Secret Security Clearance is required prior to start.

Preferred Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional FPGA/Digital Engineering experience.
• Experience with OSVVM verification methodologies.
• Experience with AMD/Xilinx FPGA families (Zynq, Kintex, Ultrascale, Versal).
• Knowledge of communication protocols including:
• I2C
• SPI
• UART
• PCIe
• Ethernet
• Experience with FPGA development tools including:
• Vivado
• Quartus
• QuestaSim
• Experience achieving FPGA timing closure and physical constraints.
• Experience creating VHDL test benches and formal verification.
• Hardware debugging using oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
• Experience supporting DoD communication systems is highly preferred.

Required Skills

• FPGA Design
• VHDL
• OSVVM
• Vivado
• AMD/Xilinx FPGA
• Digital Design Verification
• SDR Firmware Development
• FPGA Timing Closure
• Communication Protocols (SPI, I2C, UART, PCIe, Ethernet)
• Hardware Debugging
• Agile Development
• Defence/Aerospace Engineering

Why Join?

• Competitive pay up to $145/hour on W2.
• Opportunity to support cutting-edge defence technologies.
• Work with one of the world's leading aerospace and defence organizations.
• Collaborative engineering environment with advanced FPGA and SDR technologies.

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.