FPGA Development Engineer

Position: FPGA Development Engineer
Location: Melbourne, FL 100% Onsite
Employment: Contract
FPGA Hands-on Experience: Required

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced FPGA Development Engineer with strong hands-on experience in VHDL-based FPGA development, preferably within the aerospace/defense industry. The ideal candidate will have experience developing, integrating, testing, and debugging FPGA-based systems using Xilinx FPGA architectures and tools.

DO-254 development experience is mandatory for this position.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement FPGA logic using VHDL.
• Develop FPGA-based DSP/digital signal processing implementations.
• Work with Xilinx FPGA architectures and development tools.
• Perform FPGA simulation, verification, debugging, and timing analysis.
• Support FPGA board bring-up, hardware testing, and system integration.
• Perform timing closure and timing analysis for FPGA designs.
• Use MATLAB for modeling, simulation, and algorithm development.
• Work in a Linux development environment.
• Perform simulation using ModelSim / Questa.
• Troubleshoot FPGA and hardware-related issues in the laboratory.
• Support RF, SDR, radar, communications, or similar signal-processing systems.
• Capture and analyze system requirements and translate them into detailed FPGA designs.
• Prepare detailed design and development documentation.
• Follow aerospace development processes and standards, including DO-254.

Required Qualifications

• Strong hands-on FPGA development experience.
• Strong VHDL development experience.
• DO-254 experience Mandatory.
• Aerospace/defense industry experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with Xilinx FPGA tools and architectures.
• Experience implementing DSP/digital signal processing algorithms on FPGA.
• Experience with MATLAB modeling and simulation.
• Experience with timing analysis and timing closure.
• Hands-on FPGA board bring-up and hardware debugging.
• Experience with hardware lab testing and system integration.
• Experience with ModelSim or Questa.
• Linux development environment experience.
• Experience with requirements capture and detailed technical documentation.
• RF, SDR, radar, or communications systems experience is highly desirable.