Scientist, Electrical Engineer (FPGA/ASIC)

Location: Yorba Linda, California, United States. Onsite 4/10 schedule: 10-hour days, 4 days per week. Requires 5–10% travel.

Salary: $153,000–$284,000 annually.

Company

Develops end-to-end defense technology solutions across space, air, land, sea, and cyber domains for national security missions.

What you will do

• Derive and manage system, hardware, FPGA, and ASIC requirements from customer needs.
• Define electrical and system architectures and flow requirements to software, ASIC, and test teams.
• Develop FPGA, ASIC, RF, embedded hardware, and digital signal processing solutions for military GPS electronics.
• Create design descriptions, verification plans, qualification test plans, and customer deliverables.
• Support design, build, integration, test, root-cause analysis, and resolution of technical issues.
• Lead or participate in design reviews and technical discussions with program leadership, customers, and cross-functional engineering teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with at least 10 years of relevant experience, graduate degree with at least 7 years, or 13 years of relevant experience without a degree.
• 5+ years of multi-processor FPGA/ASIC development from RTL design through structural netlist timing closure, including CDC and UPF.
• Experience with RF receiver, antenna, or radio design; embedded hardware; FPGA DSP; schematics capture; and PCBA layout.
• Experience with UVM/SystemVerilog simulation, Palladium emulation, MATLAB/Simulink, P-Spice, Agilent ADS or AWR, Ansys HFSS, Altium, Xilinx tools, and ModelSim.
• Active Secret Security Clearance required; security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, project management experience, and product design team leadership experience.

Nice to have

• GPS module design and topology experience.
• Advanced high-speed analog design knowledge.
• DO-254 design experience.
• Linux-based toolchain management and performance monitoring experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive environment focused on professional growth, work-life success, and excellence.
• Health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, and employee assistance program.
• Education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays.
• Benefits and available programs may vary by hire date, schedule type, and collective bargaining agreement.