Advanced FPGA/Firmware Engineer

Location: Middletown, Rhode Island or Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, United States; onsite government-customer support may be required

Rate: $75–$79 per hour without a clearance or $80–$85 per hour with a Secret clearance, on a non-benefitted W2 contract

Company

hirify.global provides engineering staffing support for a top aerospace and defense client.

What you will do

• Develop, deliver, maintain, verify, and document FPGA, software, and firmware products for torpedo systems.
• Participate in FPGA architecture, system simulation, detailed design, module-interface definition, synthesis, place-and-route, timing, and power-utilization analysis.
• Verify test results and analyze system performance across multiple development programs.
• Present requirements, concepts, designs, decisions, and results to management, engineering organizations, teammates, and customers.
• Support product installation, troubleshooting, and corrective actions as a frontline engineering representative for government customers.
• Improve FPGA development processes and produce technical engineering documentation throughout the development life cycle.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Must be able to obtain a security clearance; Secret clearance is preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline.
• Experience with FPGA development, verification, simulation, and related design processes.
• Experience working in Linux, writing C, multithreaded programming, and real-time operating systems.
• Strong hardware troubleshooting experience using digital multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, and function generators.

Nice to have

• Expert knowledge of software source-control tools and concepts, preferably Git.
• Experience developing new theories and methods in FPGA engineering.
• Ability to resolve complex engineering problems using ingenuity and creativity.

Culture & Benefits

• W2 contract engagement without benefits.
• Collaboration with engineering teams, internal organizations, and government customers.
• Work across several aerospace and defense development programs.
• Equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to a diverse workforce.