Staff Engineer - FPGA Design/Verification

General Electric Company

$110K — $130K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 8+ years of design experience
  • Authorization to work in the United States
  • Master's degree in Electrical or Computer Science Engineering preferred
  • 5 years of experience in computing product development with cSoC architectures
  • Knowledge of Zynq and Polarfire devices in SSoC or SoM applications
  • Familiarity with avionics interfaces like MIL-STD-1553 and A429
  • Expertise in VHDL, UVM Test Benches, and various FPGA tools such as Xilinx and Intel Quartus

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design lifecycle of FPGA products from ideation to production
  • Create innovative designs for avionics applications, potentially resulting in patent applications
  • Develop and manage requirements in DOORs while handling DO-254 certification artifacts
  • Formulate project plans focusing on custom logic development, including scheduling and cost management
  • Prepare bids and proposals for complex product architectures
  • Utilize judgment to solve complex hardware design or manufacturing issues
  • Document technical data in accordance with engineering policies and procedures

Benefits

  • Relocation assistance provided
  • Opportunities for professional development and innovation
  • Supportive environment for team collaboration and leadership growth
  • Challenging projects that promote technical expertise
  • Access to advanced tools and technologies in FPGA design
Full Job Description
Job Description Summary
The Senior Custom Logic Engineer demonstrates leadership in technology development and innovation, program planning and execution, and process improvement across multiple products or a business segment. In this role, you will leverage your experience and expertise to develop design solutions for complex project challenges, create and execute project plans for yourself and the custom logic team, and drive both short-term and long-term business goals.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities
  • Perform tasks for any portion in the design lifecycle of an FPGA in the Xilinx, Microsemi and other product families.
  • Design FPGA, ASIC and CPLD devices for avionics hardware applications, including innovation resulting in patent applications
  • Responsible for VHDL design using appropriate tools to perform design and simulation of the FPGA
  • Responsible for requirements development and management in DOORs along with the preparation of appropriate DO-254 certification artifacts
  • Define project plans for executing custom logic development, including scheduling and cost management objectives
  • Develop bids and proposals and define complex architectures for your product area
  • Uses judgment to make decisions or solve moderately complex tasks or problems in hardware design, manufacturing, or technology
  • Uses technical experience and expertise for data analysis to support development recommendations
  • Uses multiple internal and limited external sources outside of own function to arrive at decisions
  • Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience
  • May lead small projects with moderate risks and resource requirements
  • Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus
  • Developing persuasion skills required to influence others on topics within field
  • Responsible for working multiple projects with multiple teams in parallel
  • Ensure proper documentation of technical data generated for the assigned projects and/or tasks, consistent with engineering policies and procedures


Required Qualifications
  • Must be authorized to work in the United States
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited university/college in Electrical or Computer Engineering with a minimum of 8 years of professional experiences in design.


Desired Characteristics
  • Master of Science in Electrical or Computer Science Engineering
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in computing product development containing cSoC device architectures
  • Preferred candidate has experience with Zynq and Polarfire devices in system on chip or system on module applications with the knowledge of high speed data interfaces and functions used in computing applications such as PCIe, AXI bus, SERDES, DMA, ect.
  • Experience with avionics interfaces and protocols such as MIL-STD-1553, A429, A664, and TSN
  • Experience with Intel Quartus, Lattice Diamond, Microsemi Libero and Xillinx Vivado
  • Experience in VHDL and UVM Test Benches
  • Experience with the Mentor Graphics Expedition Enterprise and Hyperlinx PI/SI
  • Strong oral and written communication skills. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs
  • Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
  • Experience in the Mil/Aero/avionics, DO-254 and Civil FFA Certification
  • Ability to break down complex problems and apply critical thinking


Additional Information
  • This position requires U.S. citizenship status.


This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

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