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Digital Engineer 3

Tekfortune Inc.Baltimore, MD🇺🇸United StatesPosted 2 Sept 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to national defense by developing cutting-edge software and systems, utilizing the latest digital tools and Agile practices. You'll thrive here if you're eager to learn new technologies and apply your engineering skills to impactful projects within a forward-thinking organization. Apply now to join this dynamic team and advance your career in digital engineering.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Work mode
On Site
Location
Baltimore, MD, United States
Posted
22 hours ago
FPGAAgileVHDL

Job Description

Title: Digital Engineer 3

Location: Baltimore, MD

Role Overview

Our organization is seeking a Digital Engineer with a desire to learn new technologies to join our innovative Software and Digital Technologies Organization. This role will help develop, enhance, and maintain software on cutting-edge products and systems. You will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our enterprise-wide digital transformation, using the latest digital development tools and Agile practices to deliver critical national defense products and capabilities.

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, verification, simulation, and testing of FPGAs.
  • Utilize modeling and simulation tools to expedite development and testing of firmware updates.
  • Develop test plans and implement rigorous testing and validation processes for digital designs to ensure functionality, performance, and security requirements are met.
  • Adhere to coding standards, revision control practices, and peer review procedures.
  • Conduct tests using high-speed oscilloscopes, signal generators, signal analyzers, and FPGA debugging tools, and analyze test data.
  • Create engineering change orders and perform fundamental types of analysis such as power utilization and signal integrity.
  • Provide support for Systems Integration and Test operations.
  • Lead on-site testing of digital designs.
  • Manage design constraints (timing, power, I/O) and perform static timing analysis to meet critical performance targets.
  • Use interpersonal skills to work effectively within a development team to understand system-level interdependencies.

 

Required Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering (BSCE), Electrical Engineering (BSEE), or a related STEM Degree.

 

Experience: Must have 5 years of related experience. Must have 5 years of experience with VHDL programming language. Must have 5 years of experience with firmware development, including specification, design, implementation, integration, debug, and maintenance.

 

Technical Skills: Must have 5 years of experience working in schematic and programmable logic tools such as AMD/Xilinx, Vivado, or Altera/Quartus.

 

Additional Requirements: Must be willing and able to obtain a DOD Secret clearance before beginning work on the program, and must be able to maintain that level of clearance through the duration of the assignment.

 

Preferred Qualifications

  • Active DOD Secret Clearance
  • Master's Degree in Computer Engineering (MSCE), Electrical Engineering (MSEE), or related STEM Degree with 8+ years of related experience.
  • Knowledge of timing constraints and achieving timing closure.
  • Experience in real-time embedded firmware development and knowledge of Radar, Electronic Warfare, or Space technologies.
  • Proficiency with schematic and programmable logic tools.
  • Proficiency in a government contracting environment.
  • Ability to collaborate in a team environment.
  • Experience working in a lab/testing environment.

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