Epirus

FPGA Engineer

Epirus$102K — $118K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering
  • 2+ years of technical experience in FPGA systems
  • Familiarity with FPGA and microprocessor designs on embedded hardware
  • Experience with Xilinx/Intel Parts and associated tools (Vivado, Quartus)
  • Understanding of digital communication protocols (SPI, I2C, UART)
  • Strong communication skills
  • Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
  • US Citizenship or Permanent Residency required, with a future need for security clearance

Responsibilities

  • Design and verify RTL modules for FPGA applications
  • Perform initial tests and bring-up of custom FPGA circuit cards
  • Automate the test environment and lab equipment
  • Capture design tradeoffs and system architecture details

Benefits

  • Dynamic work environment within a growing company
  • Collaboration with a multi-disciplinary engineering team
  • Opportunity to work on innovative RF systems
  • Engagement in rapid development projects
Full Job Description
Job Summary

This is an exciting role in a growing company. The ideal candidate for the position is someone who has experience designing, verifying, and integrating state-of-the-art FPGA systems and embedded processing solutions for RF applications. In this role, you will work closely with a talented, multi-disciplinary engineering team to design and manufacture novel RF systems for a variety of platforms in a rapid development environment.
Responsibilities
  • Design and verification of RTL modules for FPGA applications
  • Initial test and bring-up of custom FPGA circuit cards, including on-board peripherals such as memory, Ethernet, and sensors
  • Automation of test environment (up to and including hardware-in-the-loop testing), lab equipment, and measurement devices
  • Capturing design tradeoffs, state machine flow, system address maps, and block diagrams
Basic Qualifications
  • BS degree in Computer or Electrical engineering
  • 2+ years of technical experience
  • Familiarity implementing FPGA and microprocessor designs on embedded hardware
  • Experience working with latest generation state of the art Xilinx/Intel Parts and associated tool sets (Vivado, Quartus)
  • Understanding of common digital communication protocols (SPI, I2C, UART)
  • Good written and oral communication skills
  • Collaborative; capable of working across all levels of the organization
  • Organized; comfortable working in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
  • US Citizen and/or Permanent Resident (future US Security Clearance will be required)
Preferred Skills and Experience
  • MS degree in Computer or Electrical engineering
  • 3+ years of experience
  • Experience implementing complex DSP algorithms on FPGAs
  • Proficiency with design automation, scripting languages (TCL, Python, Perl, Matlab)
  • Knowledge of advanced firmware verification testbench development (UVM, System Verilog)
  • Skilled with advanced high-speed Verilog/VHDL designs including high-speed memory interfaces (DDR4, HBM) and high-speed SerDes IO and protocols (100GE, JESD, Interlaken)
  • Understanding of digital and mixed signal PCB design including signal integrity analysis, FPGA sizing estimation, and IO selection
  • Aerospace/Defense experience and/or military experience
  • Current/Active Secret Security Clearance

ITAR REQUIREMENTS:
  • To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

As required by the Equal Pay Transparency Act, Epirus provides a reasonable range of minimum compensation for roles that may be hired. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific office location.

For the state of California only, the range of starting pay for this role is:

$102,000-$118,000 USD

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