Job Description

FPGA Engineer

Our client, a leading federal defense contractor has multiple openings for FPGA Engineers in their Bloomington, MN office. The FPGA Engineers will be part of a team to build FPGA's that will go on to different types of network cards. They will be processing traffic/data through a network.

Duties and Tasks:

- Determines architecture, system simulation and detailed design approach
- Defines module interfaces and all aspects of device design and simulation
- Evaluates the process flow including but not limited to high level design, synthesis, place and route, timing and power utilization
- Creates test and simulation plans that establish functional criteria
- Verifies test results and analyzes performance
- May also review vendor capabilities, foundry technologies, device libraries and simulation tools
- Participates in the improvement of the FPGA organizational processes
- Supports the generation of technical engineering products by using the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the FPGA development life cycle
- Contributes to the research and analysis of data, such as customer design proposal specifications, and manuals to determine feasibility of design or application
- Selects components and equipment based on analysis of specifications and reliability
- May provide leadership and/or direction to lower level staff members
- Independently determines approach to solutions
- Contributes to the completion of major programs and projects
- Plans and executes project tasks for activities described above

Required Skills

- Must be US Citizen due to government requirement
- Must be able to obtain a DoD Secret Clearance (active Secret is preferred)
- Requires a Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, or a STEM field and 5+ years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree plus 3 years of job-related experience.

Tech Stack:
- Must have FPGA with System Verilog
- Networking to include ethernet and packet processing is a plus
- UVM is highly desirable
- Microchip Polarfire is a plus

Additional Experience:
- Highly proficient in the principles and techniques of FPGA design
- Highly proficient understanding of FPGA processes
- Highly proficient in FPGA design tools
- Highly proficient ability to recognize and clearly report information relevant to sound FPGA design
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Office applications
- Highly proficient written and verbal communications skills
- Ability to think creatively
- Ability to multi-task
- Works under limited direction
- Regular contact with senior levels of internal work groups
- Contact with project leaders and other professionals within the Engineering department and with project teams across the company
- Some contact with external customers

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Job Tags

Contract work, For contractors, Second job, Work at office

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