Sr. Firmware Engineer

Design, implement, verify, and document high-performance FPGA-based digital hardware in accordance with DO-254 DAL A certification requirements.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• Minimum of 4 years of related engineering experience.
• Experience with FPGA development.
• Experience with DO-254 compliance processes.
• Knowledge of DO-254 DAL A certification requirements.
• Familiarity with MIL-HDBK-516C or related certification guidance.
• Experience developing and maintaining hardware requirements.
• Experience using DOORS for requirements management and traceability.
• Proficiency with VHDL and/or Verilog.
• Experience with RTL coding and simulation.
• Experience with digital circuit architecture and design.
• Experience with FPGA resource tradeoff analysis.
• Experience with timing analysis and timing closure.
• Experience developing RTL testbenches using VHDL or SystemVerilog.
• Experience with FPGA simulation and synthesis tools such as ModelSim, Synplify, Quartus, or Vivado.
• Experience with revision control tools such as Git or Subversion.

Preferred Skills

• Experience supporting DO-254 DAL A certification activities.
• Experience with FPGA tool qualification and assessment.
• Experience developing verification plans.
• Experience with quantitative verification analysis.
• Experience maintaining requirements-to-design-to-verification traceability.
• Experience producing certification artifacts and compliance documentation.
• Experience with high-assurance or safety-critical digital hardware development.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop, review, and maintain FPGA and hardware requirements.
• Maintain traceability between system-level requirements, hardware requirements, implementation, and verification evidence.
• Create and implement complex FPGA-based digital hardware designs.
• Perform RTL coding using VHDL or Verilog.
• Develop testbenches for verification of RTL blocks.
• Perform functional testing and hardware verification activities.
• Conduct timing analysis and timing closure.
• Evaluate FPGA resource utilization and design tradeoffs.
• Develop verification plans and execute verification activities.
• Assess and qualify design and verification tools used in safety-critical hardware development.
• Maintain certification documentation, design records, verification results, and traceability matrices.
• Support DO-254 DAL A compliance and certification activities.
• Participate in technical reviews of requirements, designs, verification artifacts, and compliance documentation.
• Support hardware integration with system and software components.

Pay Details: $51.00 to $55.00 per hour

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

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