Secret-Cleared FPGA Digital Design Engineer

PGS Worldwide is seeking Secret-Cleared FPGA Digital Design Engineers in Rolling Meadows, Illinois for an approximately seven-month hybrid contract-to-hire role supporting a leading aerospace & defense company. These positions will support the full lifecycle development of advanced digital electronic systems, including FPGA-based circuit card designs, high-speed interfaces, real-time digital signal processing, embedded processing, verification, integration, production, and field support.

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a similar engineering discipline with 9+ years of digital electronics design experience; OR master’s degree in a technical field with 7+ years of relevant experience.
• Current Secret security clearance required.
• Extensive digital hardware circuit design experience from simulation and schematic capture through test and integration.
• Experience translating system performance and operational requirements into embedded-system requirements, designs, and test specifications.
• Experience with VHDL and/or Verilog.
• Strong FPGA design and development experience.
• Experience with Xilinx FPGA technologies.
• Experience using Xilinx Vivado.
• Experience with synthesis, static timing closure, implementation, and FPGA image generation.
• Experience developing testbenches and performing design verification.
• Experience using tools such as Synopsys Synplify Pro and Mentor Graphics QuestaSim.
• Experience implementing real-time Digital Signal Processing (DSP) algorithms within FPGAs.
• Strong understanding of high-speed digital design techniques, including:
  • Pipelining
  • Asynchronous clock domains
  • Clock-domain synchronization
  • Finite state machines
  • Multi-cycle paths
  • FIFO implementation
• Experience with digital circuit card and PCB design concepts.
• Familiarity with engineering documentation and revision-control processes.
• Strong technical leadership, mentoring, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively on complex technical problems.
• U.S. citizenship required.

Preferred Skills

• Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
• 12+ years of digital electronics design experience.
• Experience with Intel/Altera FPGA technologies.
• Experience modeling algorithms using MATLAB and generating bit-exact test vectors.
• Working knowledge of Electronic Warfare systems.
• Experience with airborne RF or infrared systems.
• Experience with laboratory test stations or electronic combat system test equipment.
• Aerospace or defense industry experience.
• Experience with high-speed data links, embedded processors, and processor interfaces.

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, modify, and evaluate digital electronic components, circuitry, and hardware systems.
• Support full lifecycle product development from system concept and requirements through design, implementation, verification, production, and field support.
• Develop FPGA-based digital subsystems and circuit card designs.
• Translate system-level performance requirements into digital hardware and embedded-system designs.
• Develop and verify HDL-based FPGA implementations.
• Perform synthesis, static timing analysis, implementation, and image generation.
• Develop testbenches and execute digital design verification.
• Implement real-time DSP algorithms in FPGA hardware.
• Develop high-speed digital interfaces and embedded processing architectures.
• Analyze hardware performance and conduct experimental testing.
• Evaluate test results and resolve design or integration issues.
• Select components and equipment based on technical specifications, performance, and reliability.
• Support test, integration, production, and fielded-system activities.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to other engineers.

Work Schedule / Shift

• Hybrid role in Rolling Meadows, Illinois.
• Monday–Friday, 5x8 schedule.
• 40 hours per week.

Pay

• $89.77 per hour.

Job ID: 2130

Military veterans and transitioning military members are encouraged to apply to all PGS Worldwide positions. All of our jobs are military-friendly, and we work with leaders in Aerospace who rely on your military expertise to support mission-critical programs nationwide. As a Veteran Founded company, we know that the military has given you the skills and training you need to succeed in positions like this, and we want to support your success in the civilian sector however we can. We thank you for your service and humbly offer our own in return by helping you take your career to the next level.