Altimeter Solutions
Job Description:This position will lead FPGA Firmware Engineering activities in the Space Systems Sector within the Space & Airborne Systems (SAS) Segment. The SAS Segment provides critical mission solutions for space and airborne domains with defense, intelligence, and commercial applications. The Lead FPGA Engineer will perform the following:Support proposal efforts in the estimation and planning of end-to-end FPGA development.Decompose and allocate system and box-level requirements to FPGA requirements and specifications.Architect solutions against requirements and implement those solutions in various FPGA technologies or platforms.Lead small teams of engineers in executing FPGA development of highly reliable and robust FPGA designs.Follow, enforce, and refine consistent firmware development processes across FPGA designs.Develop HDL code for module and top level and generate appropriate testbench and verification environments.Map FPGA simulation work products to system-level requirements and capabilities.Synthesize designs to targeted technologies and perform constraint driven place and route and analysis.Ensure FPGA simulations verify performance, then integrate and test the FPGA on the circuit card assembly. Qualifications:BS Degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering with 9 years professional experience, or Graduate degree and a minimum of 7 years relevant experience.Secret security clearanceExperience with VHDL, FPGA design process, and tools used to generate FPGA designsExperience with vendor tool suites such as Xilinx, Microsemi, Intel, or AlteraExperience with architecting solutions against requirements and implementing solutions Preferred Additional Skills:Top Secret security clearanceVersion control tools (subversion, git, etc)Designing for space environmentsHigh speed memory interfacesHigh speed serial protocols (PCI Express, SRIO, Ethernet)Analog to Digital (AD) and Digital to Analog (DA) interfacesControl protocols such I2C, SPI, RS-232/422, and SpaceWireNetwork interfaces and protocolsLinting and CDC analysis toolsXilinx, Microsemi, Intel, and Altera Tool Suites (VHDL, Synthesis, Place and Route, Simulation, Timing Analysis)Work in an integrated team environment with Hardware, Software, and Systems Engineering