FPGA/Firmware Engineer (Rhode Island)

Location: Rhode Island, United States; US citizenship required due to government requirements.

Company

A defense contractor's Torpedo Systems Group developing FPGA-based systems for national security programs.

What you will do

• Drive FPGA design, verification, documentation, simulation, and delivery from concept through completion.
• Contribute to system architecture, module interfaces, and detailed device design decisions.
• Evaluate synthesis, place and route, timing, power utilization, test results, and system performance.
• Present requirements, designs, and results to management, engineering teams, and government customers.
• Improve FPGA development processes, standards, procedures, and tools across the organization.
• Support customer-site installation, troubleshooting, and corrective actions for delivered products.

Requirements

• US citizenship is required due to government requirements.
• Must be willing to obtain a DoD Secret Clearance and pass a background check, including criminal, credit, education, employment, and drug screening.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or a related science, engineering, or mathematics field, plus at least 8 years of relevant experience; or a master's degree plus at least 6 years of relevant experience.
• Expertise in FPGA design, verification, system architecture, and development of new FPGA engineering theories and methods.
• Experience with Git or comparable software source control, Linux, C, multithreaded programming, and real-time operating systems.
• Experience troubleshooting hardware with digital multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, function generators, and similar equipment, plus strong written and verbal communication skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Work supports mission-critical torpedo systems used in active defense programs.
• Full lifecycle ownership from architecture through verification, delivery, and field troubleshooting.
• Opportunity to act as a trusted technical representative for government customers and shape FPGA processes and standards.