Sr. FPGA Design Engineer - (Aerospace & Defense)

Title: Sr. FPGA Design Engineer - (Aerospace & Defense)
Work location: Woodland Hills, CA - Onsite 
Duration: 12 months - W2 Contract
Work authorization: US Citizen; must hold a current/active US Gov't secret clearance.

Duties and responsibilities:

• The Principal Digital Engineer will be responsible for the design and verification of digital systems on a safety-critical development program.
• Possess strong communication skills as you will interface with our development program leads, senior scientists, engineering and manufacturing organizations throughout the program lifecycle.
• Have technical foresight to integrate the appropriate requirements, processes, and procedures and tools.

• BS + 5 years of experience in related STEM field; MS + 3 years of experience.; PHD in a STEM field + 1 year of relevant experience
• Experience with High-Speed Digital Design and Verification
• Experience with FPGA/SOC/ASIC implementation (VHDL/Verilog, Synthesis, Timing Closure)
• Experience with design processes including hardware requirements definition, conceptual design, detailed design, verification, production transitioning
• U.S. Citizenship is required
• A current/active Secret Clearance is required to start.
• Ability to work onsite full-time in Woodland Hills, CA

• Experience with V&V technologies (System Verilog, UVM, Hardware-In-Loop)
• Knowledge of Computer Architecture (Bus standards, Interrupts, Memory)
• Experience with Model-based Engineering (MATLAB, Simulink, Fixed Point vs. Floating Point)
• Experience with Sensors and Digital Signal Processing
• Cost Account Management (CAM) certification / experience
• Experience with safety critical designs (DO-254)
• Communication, team building and facilitation skills