Lead Engineer (FPGA development) - Diverse Linx

Position: Lead Engineer (FPGA development)
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Duration: Fulltime only - onsite form day 1

Job Description Summary:
Under direct supervision, performs engineering work and applied research, development, and design of new products. Work includes design, fabrication, modification, and evaluation of electronic apparatus, components, or circuitry for use in electronic equipment and devices. Analyzes equipment to establish operating data and conduct experimental tests. Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and no prior experience.

Job Description:
The Experienced Engineer performs or directs others in sophisticated analysis, design and testing of complex systems. Responsible for developing and supporting FPGA/CPLD designs through all phases of design and system integration for high-reliability embedded aerospace and ground based vehicle systems applications.

Responsibilities:

• Perform activities such as requirements generation, design, RTL-synthesis, test bench development and design simulation, static timing and power analysis, and requirements based design verification.

• Prototype evaluation, design-to-cost tradeoffs, design reviews, qualification test support, system integration support, production and obsolescence support tasks.

• Maintain the desire to stay current in the continuously developing field and to expand knowledge base and skills in FPGA design and digital hardware engineering.

• Considered an expert in specific engineering discipline

• Provides leadership to promote system engineering education and training across the engineering department

• Decisions have major impact on cost, schedule and technical performance

• Acts as a mentor to engineering leadership

• Leads, writes, reviews, and delivers proposals and presentations

Required Skills and Education:

• 5+ years circuit design experience, with the demonstrated ability to design HDL-based FPGAs and CPLDs for aerospace applications.

• Comprehensive knowledge of digital electronic devices and circuit design principles and experience using design/analysis tools, such as Timing Designer and Hyperlynx.

• Synopsys - Design Complier (DC), IC Compiler II (ICC2), PrimeTime (PT), PrimePower (PT-PX)

• Hands-on hardware build, test, and integration experience.

• Familiarity with RTCA/DO-254 hardware development objectives

• Experience with Matlab and Simulink for auto-generation of FPGA code

• Motivated self-starter with the ability to effectively work in a team environment.

• Excellent problem solving skills, judgment, and analytical capability, along with follow-up and monitoring skills.

• Strong written and oral presentation skills.

• Familiarity with FPGA integration into digital circuit card designs to ensure electrical integrity of FPGA design in embedded applications.

• 10 years work experience

• Minimum Training/Education: BSEE

Preferred Skills and Education:
Experience with any of the following is a plus:

• Design experience with Microprocessor/Microcontroller interfaces such as I2C, SPI, CAN bus ARINC-825, memory interfaces such as SDRAM controllers, Flash, SRAM; serial interfaces (MIL-STD-1553, ARINC-429, RS422, RS485, AFDX ARINC-664) and FPGA design using Microsemi, Xilinx, Lattice, Altera, etc.

• Familiarity with RTCA/DO-254 hardware development objectives

• Experience with Matlab and Simulink for auto-generation of FPGA code

• Design tools such as Synplify, ModelSim, Questasim

• Experience with high-speed Digital circuit card design, including part placement and routing, constraint generation, and signal integrity analysis.

• Emphasis on design-to-cost methodology

• Experience with VHDL, System Verilog designs and OVM/UVM test benches

• Experience with state machines, code coverage

• C++ or other Object Oriented Programming languages

• Perl, Python, Tcl or other industry standard scripting languages

• Synposys VCS

• Synopsys Verdi waveform viewer and debug system

• Cadence JasperGold Formal Verification Platform

• Mentor Graphics Calibre

• Cadence Conformal LEC

• Apache RedHawk

• Synopsys PrimeTime-SI (PT-SI)

• Experience with Requirements Management tools (i.e. DOORS), Configuration Management, and Problem Reporting tools.

• Knowledgeable of commercial certification objectives and activities.

• Experience with development of formal validation and verification procedures.

• Demonstrated leadership ability to lead small working groups.

• Experience with flight critical fly-by-wire Flight Controls, Actuators, Air Data Systems, Pilot Inceptors, Inertial Sensors and/or Autopilot systems.

• Job Families for Job Profiles

• Electronic/Digital Engineering.